[SMM Tin Bulletin: MIIT Minister Li Lecheng: The AI Technology Adoption Rate Among China’s Large-Scale Manufacturing Enterprises Exceeded 30%]

Published: Mar 5, 2026 11:44

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At the first “Ministers’ Corridor” of the Fourth Session of the 14th National People’s Congress on March 5, Minister of Industry and Information Technology Li Lecheng stated that Chinese models had gone global; over the past year, China’s open-source model downloads ranked first worldwide. AI tools empowered production: by the end of 2025, the AI application popularization rate among above-designated-size manufacturing enterprises exceeded 30. Smart terminals integrated into daily life, and domestic enterprises released more than 300 humanoid robot products.

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