In 2022, the scale of China's digital economy reached 50.2 trillion yuan, ranking second in the world in total, with a year-on-year nominal growth of 10.3% and a proportion of 41.5% in GDP. The scale of the digital industry has steadily increased, and the electronic information manufacturing industry has achieved a revenue of 15.4 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.5%; The software business revenue reached 10.81 trillion yuan, an increase of 11.2% year-on-year; The scale of Industrial Internet core industry exceeded 1.2 trillion yuan, up 15.5% year on year. The integration of digital technology and the real economy has been deeply promoted.

Revenue growth of China's digital industry from 2020 to 2022

The digitization of agriculture is accelerating its extension to the entire industrial chain, and the informationization rate of agricultural production exceeds 25%. The CNC rate of key processes in industrial enterprises nationwide and the popularization rate of digital research and development design tools have increased to 58.6% and 77.0%, respectively. The national online retail sales reached 13.79 trillion yuan, with physical goods accounting for 27.2% of the total retail sales of consumer goods, setting a new historical high. The innovation and development momentum of digital enterprises continues to strengthen. The total R&D investment of China's top 100 internet companies by market value reached 338.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.1%. Among the strategic emerging industry enterprises that have been listed on the Science and Technology Innovation Board and the Growth Enterprise Board, the proportion of digitally related enterprises is close to 40% and 35%, respectively.

Scale, year-on-year nominal growth, and proportion of China's digital economy to GDP from 2017 to 2022

In 2022, the total R&D investment of China's top 100 internet companies by market value reached 338.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.1%. Among the top 1000 private enterprises invested in research and development, the computer, communication, and other electronic equipment manufacturing industries, as well as the internet and related service industries, have an average R&D intensity of 7.33% and 6.82%, respectively, ranking in the top two industries. The financial support for innovative digital enterprises continues to increase. Among the strategic emerging industry enterprises that have been listed on the Science and Technology Innovation Board and the Growth Enterprise Board, the proportion of digitally related enterprises is close to 40% and 35%, respectively. There were 53 new listed enterprises in the field of Industrial Internet, with a cumulative financial plan of 58.134 billion yuan.

Total R&D Investment of China's Top 100 Internet Enterprises by Market Value from 2018 to 2022

As of the end of 2022, 2.312 million 5G base stations have been opened, with 561 million 5G users, accounting for over 60% of the global total; The number of mobile IoT terminal users reached 1.845 billion, making it the first country among major economies in the world to achieve the "Internet of Things Superman".