China's artificial intelligence (AI) industry is on track to exceed 1 trillion yuan (about 138 billion U.S. dollars) by 2025, accounting for over 20 percent of the global market, according to a report from iiMedia Research.
In 2024, China's AI market was valued at 747 billion yuan (over 103 billion U.S. dollars), marking a 41 percent increase from the previous year.
Driven by the growing adoption of AI across sectors like internet services, telecommunications, government service, and finance, the market is expected to reach 1 trillion yuan by 2025.
AI penetration has surged in major industries, with the internet sector leading at 89 percent adoption rate, followed by telecommunications at 68 percent, government service at 65 percent, and finance at 64 percent in 2023, according to the report.
This growth highlights China's expanding AI landscape, where the technology continues to boost efficiency and foster innovation across industries.
China's AI industry expected to surpass 1 trln yuan by 2025
Many families in the war-torn Gaza Strip are struggling to find their basic necessities met, as Israel continues to block the flow of aid into the Palestinian enclave.
Despite international calls for an end to Israel's war on Gaza to allow humanitarian access and warnings of a humanitarian catastrophe caused by the continued blockade, Israel continued its strike and "punishing" blockade of food, water and other critical aid to the besieged enclave.
Many families are struggling to find food and medical supplies. The situation is particularly dire for children like Rahaf Ayad, who are suffering from severe malnutrition. Her voice, soft yet filled with worry, reveals a fear no child should have to carry.
"My name is Rahaf Ayad. I'm 12 years old and in the seventh grade. I'm afraid I won't recover, that I won't go back to how I was, and that I won't find treatment," she said.
Her mother, Shurooq Ayad, watches helplessly as her daughter's condition worsens. With little access to proper nutrition or medical care, the daughter and mother are trying to navigate the impossible challenges imposed by the blockade and repeated displacement.
"Because of the closure of the crossings and the lack of incoming aid, her condition worsened, it deteriorated even more. We also don't have the necessary food available, we don't have the appropriate food for her condition. She needs a special diet. And even if it's available, the prices are extremely high, so none of it is actually accessible to us. Every time we're displaced, her condition worsens. She gets more tired, more in pain. Because she can't walk, and you know what displacement means, it means walking, moving, hardship. She would get sicker, and I'd suffer more with her. I'd have to go back to the hospitals. This displacement is extremely difficult for us, a real hardship. We suffer greatly from displacement," said the mother.
At Al-Rantisi Children's Hospital, doctors are witnessing more and more such cases. Doctor Ragheb Warshagha explained how widespread malnutrition has become a deadly threat in Gaza, not only weakening children's bodies, but also stripping away their ability to fight illness.
"Many children come to Al-Rantisi Hospital because of malnutrition. Malnutrition often causes severe weight loss in children, which of course leads to a weakened immune system, which in turn leads to severe infections in children. Unfortunately, due to these severe infections, malnutrition, and a weakened immune system, some children have died in hospitals across the Gaza Strip," he said.
The humanitarian crisis has extended beyond individual stories. Olga Cherevko, spokeswoman for the OCHA (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) Office in Gaza, said that with only limited treatment resources remaining, the humanitarian prospect in Gaza looks grim unless immediate access to aid is restored.
"It has been impacting people severely, and of course, they don't know how they're going to survive the next day, and many people are struggling to find food. Malnutrition rates are going up, according to our malnutrition partners, who also announced today (Monday) that they have now run out of malnutrition prevention supplies that obviously treat or prevent these kinds of cases, and they only have left in stock malnutrition treatment supplies, which will also eventually run out unless the situation changes quickly," she said.
Despite her suffering, Rahaf Ayad holds onto hope. She wishes to return to a normal life.
"I hope I go back to how I was. I hope the crossings open so food and medicine can come in. And I hope I can play with my friends and sisters," she said.
Meanwhile, looking into the uncertain future, her mother's fears are deepening. She longs not just for medicine, but also for justice, for her daughter's right to live, to learn and to be a child again.
"I'm afraid of losing her. I'm afraid she'll slip away from my hands. Because here in Gaza, it's our right for our children to live. They have the right to enjoy life, as this is the most basic of their rights, so that they return to being normal, so that the fear leaves them, so that they play again, so that they go back to school. This was our dream, that we could educate our children. Now this dream has slipped away from us, from our hands, it’s even slipped away from them. Their childhood is gone. Their lives are gone. They've been shattered by life," the mother said.
Gaza families struggle with food supply, malnutrition as Israel continues aid blockade
