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China Releases Big Data Development Plan: Xinhua

The scale of the sector is likely to exceed $470 billion by the end of 2025, with compound annual growth rate of about 25%


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In the past 12 months, Alvarez and Marsal’s Disputes and Investigations Forensic Technology team has seen a 20% increase of engagements concerning cross-border disputes involving China. File photo: AFP.

 

China on Tuesday unveiled a development plan for the big data industry during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-25), Xinhua reported.

The scale of the country’s big data industry is likely to exceed 3 trillion yuan ($470 billion) by the end of 2025, with a compound annual growth rate of about 25%, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said.

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George Russell

George Russell is a freelance writer and editor based in Hong Kong who has lived in Asia since 1996. His work has been published in the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, New York Post, Variety, Forbes and the South China Morning Post.