One-sentence summary
At a State Council Information Office press conference on October 20, 2026, Xie Cun, director of the MIIT Information and Communication Administration, announced that as of the end of September 2026, China's intelligent computing power reached 2,592 EFLOPS, up 146% year over year; in the same period China built 5.254 million 5G base stations and 33.4 million 10G-PON ports for gigabit optical networks.
Data Description
- Source: State Council Information Office press conference (October 20, 2026), announced by Xie Cun, director of the MIIT Information and Communication Administration.
- As-of date: end of September 2026; some indicators cover Q1-Q3 2026 or January-August 2026 (see field description).
- Definition: EFLOPS stands for exa floating-point operations per second; 2,592 EFLOPS means about 2,592 exaflops of floating-point operations per second.
Core Data
| metric | Field meaning | value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| intelligent_computing_power | Intelligent computing power (EFLOPS, as of 2026-09-30) | 2592 | +146% |
| 5g_base_stations | 5G base stations built (10k units) | 525.4 | Not disclosed |
| 10g_pon_ports | 10G-PON ports for gigabit optical networks (10k units) | 3340 | Not disclosed |
| telecom_volume_growth | Telecom business volume growth, Q1-Q3 2026 | +7.3% | +7.3% YoY |
| internet_revenue_growth | Internet business revenue growth, Jan-Aug 2026 | +8.9% | +8.9% YoY |
| foreign_telecom_enterprises | Cumulative foreign-invested telecom enterprises | 3455 | +25% |
Field Description
- intelligent_computing_power: intelligent computing power in EFLOPS (exa floating-point operations per second), as of end of September 2026.
- 5g_base_stations: number of 5G base stations built as of end of September 2026, in units of 10,000; YoY not disclosed.
- 10g_pon_ports: number of 10G-PON ports for gigabit optical networks, in units of 10,000; YoY not disclosed.
- telecom_volume_growth: year-over-year growth of telecom business volume in Q1-Q3 2026.
- internet_revenue_growth: year-over-year growth of internet business revenue in January-August 2026.
- foreign_telecom_enterprises: cumulative number of foreign-invested telecom enterprises as of end of September 2026, up 25% year over year.
Data Sources & References
- gov.cn: China's intelligent computing power reaches 2,592 EFLOPS (October 20, 2026)link
- People's Daily Online: MIIT: intelligent computing power reaches 2,592 EFLOPS as of end of September, up 146% (October 20, 2026)link
- National Business Daily Morning Briefing: MIIT: intelligent computing power up 146% as of end of September (October 21, 2026)link