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BEIJING, January 28 (Xinhua) — China's telecom sector maintained robust growth in 2025, with the country exceeding the 5G infrastructure and gigabit fiber optic network development targets outlined in the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025), according to data released Wednesday by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

By the end of 2025, China had 4.838 million 5G base stations. There were 34.4 such stations per 10,000 people, 8.4 units higher than the target set during the 14th Five-Year Plan period.

In 2025, the country's telecommunications revenue was expected to reach 1.75 trillion yuan (approximately $250.8 billion), an increase of 0.7 percent year-on-year. In particular, 25.7 percent of this revenue came from emerging areas of the sector, such as cloud computing, big data, the Internet of Things (IoT), and data centers.

In terms of technological innovation, China's share of the total number of global patent applications required for the 5G standard reached 42 percent. The country also achieved interim results in validating the system architecture and key technologies of 6G.

By the end of 2025, China will have provided every county with access to gigabit fiber optic networks, covering all townships and urban-type towns and over 95 percent of the country's administrative villages with 5G networks.

By the end of 2025, more than 330 Chinese cities were covered by 5G-A (5G-Advanced) networks. The total length of fiber-optic cable networks in the country reached 74.99 million km.

According to the aforementioned agency, by the end of 2025, China will have 1.827 billion mobile phone users, including 1.204 billion 5G mobile phone subscribers. The number of mobile IoT end users reached 2.888 billion, an increase of 8.7 percent year-on-year. Mobile IoT terminals are widely used in many areas of China, including the Internet of Vehicles and public services.

The aforementioned ministry also reported on the deep integration of digital technologies into the real economy. 5G networks and gigabit optical networks are being used in 91 key sectors of the national economy, and 41 key industries in the country have been covered by the industrial internet.

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Almaty, January 28 (Xinhua) — Venture capital investment in artificial intelligence (AI) in Kazakhstan increased more than fivefold between 2023 and 2025, from $14 million to $73 million, the country's Ministry of AI and Digitalization reported on Wednesday.

According to the Kazakhstan AI Country Report, AI currently accounts for more than half of all venture capital investments in Kazakhstan. There are over 100 AI startups operating in the country.

The study, presented Wednesday in Astana, also stated that Kazakhstan is entering a new phase of development, moving from digitalization to the large-scale implementation of AI. AI is seen as a key factor in economic growth and strengthening the country's international competitiveness.

According to the study's authors, the implementation of AI could provide an additional annual increase in Kazakhstan's gross domestic product (GDP) by 0.5-2 percent in the medium term due to increased productivity in more than half of jobs. –0–

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BEIJING, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) — China, as host of the 33rd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' Meeting, will organize the inaugural APEC Senior Officials' Meeting and related sessions in Guangzhou from Feb. 1 to 10, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun announced Wednesday.

At the latest departmental press conference, the diplomat noted that this would be the first official event within the framework of the APEC Year of China.

As Guo Jiakun noted, the APEC Senior Officials' Meeting serves as the main channel for preparing the outcomes of the informal APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting and is held four to five times a year.

The upcoming meeting in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, southern China, will focus on the main theme of "Building an Asia-Pacific Community of Shared Prosperity" and three priority areas: openness, innovation, and cooperation. The meeting will aim to fully launch cooperation across various sectors and mechanisms and conduct in-depth discussions on specific areas of cooperation to accumulate results by the informal leaders' meeting scheduled for November, Guo Jiakun said.

More than 50 events will be held in parallel, with an estimated 1,000 participants, Guo Jiakun said, inviting media representatives to actively follow and cover the upcoming events. -0-

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URUMQI, January 28 (Xinhua) — Northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region welcomed more tourists in 2025 than the previous year. Tourist arrivals totaled 323 million, with tourists spending 370 billion yuan (approximately $53 billion) on trips. Both figures increased year-on-year by 8 percent and 8.4 percent, respectively. This was announced at the ongoing regional "two sessions."

According to plans for 2026 outlined in the regional government's work report, Xinjiang will prioritize the development of tourism sectors such as winter sports, specialized tours, and border tourism. Efforts will be stepped up to develop top-tier AAAAA tourism attractions.

The document also emphasizes the importance of implementing digital technologies to develop the cultural and tourism industries, improve the quality of tourism services, and strengthen market regulation. Tourism is expected to remain a key driver of job creation and promote interaction and exchanges among people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang.

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Beijing, January 28 (Xinhua) — In 2025, 697 million people were screened and cleared at Chinese checkpoints entering and exiting the country, a 14.2 percent increase compared to the entire 2024, reaching a new all-time high. This is according to data released Wednesday at a press conference by the National Administration of Migration Affairs (NAM).

According to the agency, during the reporting period, the number of border crossings through Chinese checkpoints by foreign citizens increased by 26.4 percent year-on-year to 82 million. In particular, nearly 30.1 million foreign citizens entered the country under the visa-free regime, or 73.1 percent of the total number of border crossings by foreign citizens entering China, representing a 49.5 percent increase from the previous year.

Furthermore, last year, residents of mainland China crossed the border in both directions 335 million times, while residents of the Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions, as well as Taiwan Island, entered and exited the country's border 279 million times. Both figures increased year-on-year by 15.1 percent and 10.1 percent, respectively, GUM reported.

China currently implements a visa-free entry policy for citizens of 76 countries. Additionally, travelers from 55 countries can enjoy 240-hour visa-free transit at 65 checkpoints in the country. -0-

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BEIJING, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) — China, as host of the 33rd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' Meeting, will organize the inaugural APEC Senior Officials' Meeting and related sessions in Guangzhou from Feb. 1 to 10, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun announced Wednesday.

At the latest departmental press conference, the diplomat noted that this would be the first official event within the framework of the “Year of China” within the APEC framework. -0-

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BEIJING, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) — China made significant progress in promoting urban renewal in 2025, amid ongoing efforts by the country's authorities to make urban living spaces greener and more livable.

Last year, the country invested a total of 133.2 billion yuan (about $19.1 billion) in renovating 27,100 old urban housing estates, benefiting 4.99 million households, according to data released Wednesday by the Ministry of Housing, Urban-Rural Development.

According to the agency, key urban renewal initiatives last year included the installation of 14,000 elevators in older residential buildings, which made it easier for more than 4.7 million residents to get around, and the creation of more than 4,700 pocket parks—small recreation areas in urban neighborhoods.

The data also showed that more than 5,800 km of urban greenways were installed last year, and 156,000 km of underground pipelines were built or reconstructed.

The ministry also noted that in 2026, efforts will continue to renovate older urban residential complexes, build new small parks, expand common green spaces, and improve the quality of environments friendly to the elderly.

The Chinese government places great importance on urban renewal for its social and economic impact. According to participants at the Central Conference on Urban Work held in July 2025, urban renewal should become an important lever for optimizing urban structures, transforming growth factors, improving quality of life, promoting green development, preserving cultural heritage, and enhancing governance efficiency.

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BEIJING, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) — The volume of tax incentives aimed at supporting scientific and technological innovation and the manufacturing sector in China in 2025 has exceeded 2.8 trillion yuan (nearly 402 billion U.S. dollars), tax authorities said Wednesday.

These measures have provided a significant stimulus for the development of new-quality productive forces, said Hu Jinglin, head of the General Administration of Taxation of the People's Republic of China, at the All-China Working Conference on Tax Issues.

According to data presented at the meeting, total tax and fee revenue in 2025 will reach 33.1 trillion yuan, meeting the annual target.

Meanwhile, tax revenue, excluding export tax refunds, rose 2.7 percent year-on-year to 17.8 trillion yuan, while social security contributions increased 5.6 percent to 9.1 trillion yuan and non-tax revenue amounted to 5.6 trillion yuan. -0-

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BEIJING, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) — China's solar power sector ended 2025 with strong growth and made a significant contribution to boosting the country's electricity generation capacity, data from the National Energy Administration showed Wednesday.

By the end of 2025, China's total installed power plant capacity reached 3.89 billion kW, up 16.1 percent from the previous year. Solar power, meanwhile, grew 35.4 percent to 1.2 billion kW.

High growth rates were also recorded in wind energy, where installed capacity reached 640 million kW, an increase of 22.9 percent year-on-year.

According to government data, in 2025, generating equipment (meaning power plants with a capacity of 6,000 kW and above) in the country operated for an average of 3,119 hours, which is 312 hours less than in 2024. -0-

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XI'AN, January 28 (Xinhua) — Northwest China's Shaanxi Province will strive to improve the construction of the SCO Agricultural Technology Exchange and Training Demonstration Base and deepen cooperation with Central Asian countries in agricultural innovation in 2026, according to a work report by the Shaanxi provincial government.

In addition, in 2026, the province will continue its efforts to create an economic ring based on international railway freight transport services between China and Europe.

At the annual session of the provincial People's Congress, it was noted that local authorities had made efforts to fully implement the outcomes of the China-Central Asia Summit related to Shaanxi Province in 2025. Specifically, the first China-Central Asia international tourist train service was launched from Xi'an (Shaanxi Province) to Almaty. The total number of trains departing from or arriving in Xi'an on China-Europe routes reached 6,037, an increase of 21.1 percent year-on-year.

Data show that Shaanxi Province's total foreign trade turnover increased by 18.5 percent year-on-year to 537.9 billion yuan (about $77.43 billion), while the province's trade with five Central Asian countries increased by 37.2 percent. -0-

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