China's average daily token usage has surpassed 140 trillion by March this year, marking a rapid growth in the country's AI development, an official said on Tuesday.

The number represents a surge of more than 1,000 times compared with 100 billion at the beginning of 2024, and an increase of more than 40 percent compared with 100 trillion at the end of 2025, Liu Liehong, head of the National Data Administration (NDA) said at a State Council Information Office press conference in Beijing.

He added that more than 100,000 high-quality data sets have been built nationwide by the end of 2025.

"The substantial increase in average daily token calls fully demonstrates that China's AI development has entered a stage of rapid growth. AI application scenarios are evolving from dialogue-capable systems to decision-making and execution by intelligent agents, indicating a significant boost in the competitiveness of China's AI industry. This also signals a large increase in supply of data sets and a continuous release of the data value as a factor of production, ushering in a phase of positive interactions in which data is empowering AI-driven innovation," he said.

Moving forward, the NDA will continue to advance data empowerment for AI innovation and development, according to Liu.