China's online literature has captivated more global readers with the assistance of digital technology including AI translation and multimedia transformations.
Digitalization has been empowering the global expansion of China's online literature, with WebNovel, a leading Chinese online literature platform, becoming one of the beneficiaries.
In 2025, the platform has had more than 10,000 pieces of works translated by AI, with the scale of multilingual translation reaching 3.5 times that of last year.
AI-powered translation volume has grown by nearly 300 percent, with efficiency improving by a hundredfold and costs reduced by 90 percent.
"AI is quite handy when it comes to multilingual translation. Previously, we could only publish four books in a month, but now that number can hit 400, with good quality approved by overseas readers," said Wu Xuemei, head of overseas product operation with an online literature platform.
According to the 2024 China Online Literature Blue Book, by the end of 2024, China's online literature readership had swelled to 575 million, taking up 51.9 percent of the total netizen population.
Also in that year, the number of overseas readers of Chinese online literature reached 200 million, with 30 million newly registered users. Meanwhile, the revenue from the overseas market hit 4.815 billion yuan (about 674 million U.S. dollars), showing a year-on-year growth of 10.68 percent, demonstrating the industry's strong market resilience.
"We don't have enough life to read all of them, and many of them are very good," said a Mexican reader.
For now, Chinese online literature has evolved into a comprehensive industry ecosystem of significant scale and depth.
Its full-chain IP development has yielded notable achievements, while derivative formats such as audiobooks, comics, and animation have broadened the horizons of dissemination, shaping an integrated communication model of "text, audiovisual, and interaction".
"Chinese online literature has now reached a mature phase in its global expansion, characterized by a transformation from mere content export to a comprehensive ecosystem encompassing creation, translation, IP development, and local co-creation," said Tang Qiao, deputy director of the online literature research office with Chinese Academy of Social Sciences' Institute of Literature.
Digital technology helps Chinese online literature captivate global readers
The four mediators of the Gaza conflict had assessed the implementation of the first phase of a peace deal reached between Hamas and Israel and exchanged views on laying out a roadmap for the deal's next phase, said Turkish foreign ministry on Saturday.
In a statement published on social media, Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Oncu Keceli said Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, along with representatives from the United States, Qatar, and Egypt, assessed the implementation of the first phase of the Gaza peace deal and exchanged views on the path forward for the next phase during their gathering in Miami on Friday.
Regarding the second phase, the mediators discussed arrangements aimed at ensuring that Gaza is governed by the people of Gaza, as well as steps to be taken regarding the Board of Peace and the International Stabilization Force envisaged in the peace plan, according to Turkish Foreign Ministry's statement.
Fidan briefed the media on Saturday that the meeting was productive, with discussions taking place on multiple platforms and in different settings, continuing late into the night.
However, continuous violations, especially on the Israeli side, have made the peace process exceptionally difficult, jeopardizing the peace plan while posing a serious risk to the second-phase transition, according to Fidan.
Fedan stated that all parties had reached a consensus on this issue and had held numerous discussions on how to prevent such incidents from recurring.
Fedan also noted that a preliminary research report on the reconstruction of Gaza was submitted at the meeting, and preliminary discussions were held within this framework.
Türkiye's National Intelligence Organization Director Ibrahim Kalin also met with Hamas Political Bureau member and chief negotiator Khalil al-Hayya in Istanbul on Saturday to discuss implementation of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, Ankara-based Anadolu Agency reported.
The meeting focused on Türkiye's role as a guarantor and its efforts to ensure the ceasefire holds. The two sides also discussed conditions for moving to the second phase of the Gaza peace plan, including steps to resolve outstanding issues and advance negotiations, the report said.
Both sides reaffirmed their support for Palestinian national reconciliation and the goal of establishing an independent Palestinian state, according to the sources.
Mediators assessed implementation of 1st-phase Gaza peace deal: Turkish foreign ministry
