China AI & Compute Landscape: Briefing, October 2026

Want the facts on China's AI boom without reading dozens of Chinese government releases? This 16 October 2026 briefing collects the key numbers in a few pages: 602M+ generative-AI users, compute growing from 725 EFLOPS (2024) to 2,185 EFLOPS (mid-2026), 42 clusters of 10,000+ GPUs, rising token prices and the national compute-network policy. It closes with what this means for foreign businesses. Every figure links to its public source. Includes a key-figures table, an executive summary and a watch list. It's built for investors, analysts, consultants and founders. Public sources only. Not investment advice.