Chinese consumers are already familiar with AI-powered characters: many of them are now used on e-commerce sites and streaming platforms.
Chen Rui, the head of Bilibili, a popular Chinese short-video platform, said in June that 32,412 virtual characters performed on the platform last year, a 40% increase from the previous year. They play games, dance, sing, draw, chat and interact with fans.
This trend is accelerating as AI finds commercial use in various phone number list sectors of China’s economy. According to a report jointly published by research firm International Data Corp and cloud computing and big data provider Inspur Group, the country will become a major driver of global AI development, accounting for 15.6% of the global market by 2024.
The market size of China's artificial intelligence sector is forecast to maintain a compound annual growth rate of 30.4% and reach $17.22 billion by 2024.