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The artificial intelligence surge is rapidly reshaping China's digital economy. On Tuesday, a senior official in charge of data security pointed to an explosion in "tokens" as both a barometer of growth and a new export frontier.

人工智能的迅猛发展正在重塑中国的数字经济。3月24日，国家数据局局长刘烈宏在国新办发布会上指出，“词元”（Token）的爆发式增长既是衡量行业发展的晴雨表，也正成为新的出口前沿领域。

Liu Liehong, head of the National Data Administration, said that daily consumption of tokens — tiny data units used by AI models — had surpassed 140 trillion as of March, a more than 1,000-fold increase from the 100 billion recorded at the beginning of 2024 and over 40 percent higher than the 100 trillion recorded at the end of last year.

刘烈宏表示，截至今年3月，全国日均词元调用量已超过140万亿，较2024年初的1000亿增长逾千倍，较去年底的100万亿增长超过40%。词元是人工智能模型所使用的微型数据单元。

"The surge signals that China's AI industry is expanding quickly and evolving from basic chat functions to more sophisticated systems capable of decision-making and task execution," Liu said.

刘烈宏指出：“这一激增表明，中国人工智能产业正快速扩张，从基础对话功能向具备决策与任务执行能力的复杂系统演进。”

Liu made the remarks on Tuesday at a news conference held by the State Council Information Office to announce the 9th Digital China Summit, which will take place from April 29 to 30 in Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian province.

3月24日,刘烈宏在国务院新闻办公室举行的发布会上作出上述表述。此次发布会宣布，第九届数字中国建设峰会将于4月29日至30日在福建省福州市举办。

Nearly 400 leading companies, including China Southern Power Grid and Alibaba Group, will introduce their latest technologies and products at the event. The summit will showcase nearly 100 exemplary cases of data element integration across agriculture, industrial manufacturing, healthcare, culture and tourism, with over 65 percent of the exhibits making their debut.

包括南方电网、阿里巴巴集团在内的近400家领军企业将在峰会期间展示最新技术和产品。峰会将集中展示近百个数据要素融合典型应用案例，涵盖农业、工业制造、医疗、文旅等领域，其中超65%的展品为首次亮相。

At the news conference, Liu announced that the government's next step for developing data elements will be to establish a unified national system for registering data property rights and roll out policies to build an integrated national data market and promote data infrastructure development. He emphasized that "token exports", a term g