China has seen strong growth momentum in eight emerging and nine future industries, with about 1.13 million companies established in these sectors in 2025, an increase of 9.9 percent year on year, official data showed on Thursday.
Among these, some cutting-edge fields such as humanoid robots, civil aviation and generative artificial intelligence witnessed notable growth, according to the State Administration for Market Regulation.
China registered nearly 25.75 million newly established market entities last year, including 9.5 million enterprises and 16.19 million self-employed businesses, the administration said.
Consumer-related sectors also showed promise. The number of entities involved in intelligent consumer equipment manufacturing reached approximately 78,000 in 2025, with around 5,000 newly established.
The cultural tourism sector added 3.3 million new enterprises, up 12.2 percent year on year, while sectors related to the silver economy saw the addition of roughly 68,000 enterprises, a year-on-year increase of 17.1 percent.
Market regulatory authorities will continue to refine market access and exit mechanisms, foster a fair competitive environment and optimize government services for businesses, thereby further stimulating the vitality of all types of market entities.
China reports roughly 1.13 mln new firms in emerging, future industries in 2025
Chinese Premier Li Qiang said on Wednesday that cooperation between China and Germany is the only optimal solution to address risks, and development is the only option for both sides to ensure security.
The more severe the situation is, the more China and Germany should strengthen cooperation, Li said when attending a symposium of the China-Germany economic advisory committee in Beijing together with visiting German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
Amid mounting instability and uncertainty in the world economy, Li said that through close, continuous cooperation, China and Germany, as two major economies, have not only expanded the space for their own development, but also created driving forces for the world economy.
Li noted that both the Chinese and German economies are showing positive recovery momentum, and that there will be broader space for economic and trade cooperation between the two countries during China's 15th Five-Year Plan period, which began this year.
The basic China-Germany cooperation pattern featuring economic and industrial complementarity has not changed, and the areas in which the two countries can collaborate far exceed those in which the two sides are locked in competition, Li said, adding that promoting development hand-in-hand by shaping a sound relationship defined by healthy competition and cooperation is entirely possible.
Eying higher-level mutually beneficial results, Li urged coordinated efforts from China and Germany in three major areas.
First, Li called for the basic foundations of traditional cooperation to be strengthened, with enterprises from the two countries continuing to deepen cooperation in fields such as machinery, equipment and chemicals, and accelerating the localization of their business.
Second, on new opportunities for future development, Li said the two countries should support enterprises and scientific research institutions to promote the two-way flow of innovative resources, carry out joint, in-depth research on technology and platform construction, share cooperation outcomes and come together to explore third-party markets.
Third, Li urged the creation of a favorable environment for investment and business. China will steadfastly expand its high-level opening-up and actively address the reasonable demands of foreign-funded enterprises, including German companies, Li said, expressing China's hope that the German government will provide an open, fair and non-discriminatory business environment for Chinese enterprises operating in the country.
China also hopes that Chinese and German entrepreneurs will play key roles in promoting economic and trade cooperation, in enhancing communication and understanding between the two sides, and in promoting the stability of bilateral relations, Li said.
Noting that Germany and China are important trading partners for each other, Merz said that these bilateral economic and trade relations -- characterized by vitality -- have sustained high-level development over the years, effectively promoting the economic growth of both countries.
He said that Germany is committed to mutual learning and the exchange of experience with China, and to enhancing mutually beneficial cooperation in such fields as automobiles, chemicals, machinery, renewable energy and the digital economy, with the aim of fostering common prosperity and supporting the stable, long-term development of Germany-China relations.
Germany supports German enterprises in deepening their investment in the Chinese market, is willing to improve its business environment continuously, and welcomes more Chinese companies to invest and operate in Germany, creating jobs and strengthening connectivity, he said.
China-Germany cooperation only optimal solution to address risks: Premier Li
China-Germany cooperation only optimal solution to address risks: Premier Li
