Sales revenue in the high-tech industry grew by 14.7 percent year on year in the first 11 months, according to data released by the State Taxation Administration on Monday.
Among them, sales revenue in high-tech services increased by 17.2 percent year on year, while sales revenue in high-tech manufacturing rose by 11.1 percent. In manufacturing sectors such as integrated circuits and industrial machine tools, sales revenue grew by 19.3 percent and 11 percent year on year, respectively.
"From January to November, sales revenue in core industries of the digital economy rose by 10 percent year on year, while the firms' purchases of digital technology increased by 10.2 percent year on year. Sales revenue from digital product services and digital technology applications rose by 9.8 percent and 14.3 percent, respectively, showing the advancing progress of digital industrialization and industrial digitalization. Meanwhile, sales revenue in the data resources and intellectual property trading industry increased by 11.1 percent year on year, indicating accelerated progress in the marketization of data," said Cai Zili, deputy director of the State Taxation Administration at a press conference.
Cai said that China has deepened its efforts to upgrade traditional industries and accelerate the adoption of smart manufacturing equipment. In the first 11 months, the firms' purchases of digitized equipment by traditional industries rose by 7.6 percent, while purchases of automation equipment rose by 9.3 percent. Production practices in traditional industries have become more environmentally friendly, Cai added.
"From January to November, firms' purchases of energy-saving and environmental protection technologies in traditional industries increased by 33.2 percent year on year. This reflects the sustained intensification of technological upgrades for energy savings and carbon reduction in traditional industries, which will promote cleaner, low-carbon production practices while enhancing resource utilization efficiency," said Cai.
China's emerging industries see rapid sales growth in first 11 months
The winners of the 2026 World Laureates Foundation Prize (WLF Prize) were announced in Shanghai on Thursday, with a total of 11 scientists honored, the most in the award's history, following the introduction of a new prize category.
Established in 2021, the WLA Prize is an international science award recognizing exceptional individuals in the fields of computer science, mathematics, life science or medicine.
Ingrid Daubechies of Duke University won the 2026 WLF Prize in Computer Science or Mathematics for her major contributions to applied harmonic analysis, wavelet theory and image compression, as well as her leadership in the international mathematics community.
Yuan Junying of the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Wang Xiaodong and Shao Feng of the National Institute of Biological Sciences, and Vishva Dixit at Genentech Inc. won the 2026 WLF Prize in Life Science or Medicine.
They shared the award for elucidating the molecular pathways of distinct forms of programmed cell death and analyzing how those pathways govern diverse physiological functions and disease pathogenesis.
Shao was the first Chinese national to win the award.
The prize introduced a new category this year. Six young scientists under 40 won the WLF Prize for Young Scientists.
The winners are: Raphaele Juliette Clement from the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research for advances in solid-state systems for electrochemical energy storage and conversion; Chen Peining from Fudan University for contributions to flexible electronic materials and devices; Ding Shiqian from Tsinghua University for experimental achievements in nuclear quantum precision measurement; Wu Jiajun from Stanford University for work on embodied AI and world models; Xie Weidi from Shanghai Jiao Tong University for AI applications in rare disease diagnosis and treatment; and Zhuang Ziquan from Johns Hopkins University for fundamental contributions to K-stability and birational geometry.
While spotlighting frontier breakthroughs in basic science, this year's prize selection also actively focused on the development of disruptive technologies and the application of innovative achievements.
"The WLF Prize also encourages important contributions to theories. Many applications we see today may stem from mathematics developed decades or even a century ago. So there should be greater investments in this area, which will provide more important safeguards for the development of our large models in industrial applications, safety, and other aspects," said Hua Xiansheng, executive dean of the Institute of Engineering Intelligence, Tongji University.
The 2026 prize was organized by the WLF, with exclusive prize funding from Hongshan and support from the Shanghai Lingang Science and Technology Innovation and Development Foundation.
The formal award presentation will take place during the World Laureates Forum scheduled for Oct 30 to Nov 1 in Shanghai.
China unveils winners of prize for global scientists
