Beijing Municipality ranks first nationally in the number of registered artificial intelligence (AI) models, Mayor Yin Yong said Sunday as he delivered a government work report at the annual session of the Beijing Municipal People’s Congress.
“Beijing consistently ranks first nationally in terms of the number of major artificial intelligence models registered and launched,” Yin said, emphasizing the city’s significant progress in developing its key AI ecosystem, particularly establishing an AI pilot application base for sectors such as healthcare, manufacturing and scientific research.
The report highlights that the added value of Beijing’s digital economy increased by 8.7 percent year-on-year in 2025.
According to the “White Paper on Beijing Artificial Intelligence Industry (2025)” released by the municipal science commission on November 29, 2025, Beijing has more than 2,500 AI companies and 183 registered major AI models, the largest number among Chinese cities.
According to preliminary estimates in the white paper, the total volume of Beijing’s AI industry exceeded 450 billion yuan (about 64.6 billion U.S. dollars) in 2025. In the first half of the year, the key AI industry grew 25.3 percent year-on-year to 215.2 billion yuan.
Business models developed by leading Beijing-based companies, such as Baidu’s Ernie, ByteDance’s Doubao, Zhipu AI’s GLM, and Moonshot AI’s Kimi, already deliver top-notch performance, comparable to the highest international standards.
