The 2025 China International Online Literature Week opened in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province on Friday, showcasing the empowerment of artificial intelligence in promoting the reach and speed of the dissemination of Chinese online literature in global market. Theming on "New Momentum, New Landscape, New Dimension", the event focuses on the two core issues of artificial intelligence empowerment and overseas readers, exploring the integration path of new-quality productivity and the development of online literature and summarizing the development of the international communication of online literature. "Empowered by AI, the scale and effectiveness of online literature's international dissemination continues to rise. Online literature has also established a new multimodal dissemination landscape characterized by IP co-creation," said He Hong, director of the Online Literature Center at the China Writers Association.
A report released by the China Writers Association on Friday showed that Chinese online literature currently attracts around 200 million active overseas readers from over 200 countries and regions.
The report also indicated that according to data from 50 major domestic online literature platforms, China's online literature volume had totaled more than 33 million book titles by the end of 2024, up 7 percent year on year.
Data also showed that on most relevant platforms, more than half of the translated works were done via AI, which reduced costs by over 90 percent.
2025 China Int'l Online Literature Week opens in Hangzhou
