Bei Jing Shang Bao·2025-10-24 09:27Core Insights - The AI industry in China is experiencing explosive growth, with a market size of 700 billion yuan and an annual growth rate exceeding 15% [1] Group 1: Developer Demographics - 93.35% of AI developers in China hold a bachelor's degree or higher, with nearly half having master's or doctoral degrees [1] - The primary age group of developers is 28-32 years old, accounting for 28%, while those aged 33-37 represent 22% [1] Group 2: Employment Distribution - Developers are predominantly concentrated in the internet/software sector (50.7%) and the AI industry (32.7%) [1] - Employment structures are diverse, with 24.27% working in large companies with over 1,000 employees, 20.74% in small teams of fewer than 50, and 13.7% as independent developers [1] Group 3: Community Engagement - There are 16 million active learners in the technology and AI fields on Zhihu, along with 3.56 million deep content creators and 150,000 ecosystem linkers [1] - The open-source model platform, Modao, aggregates over 120,000 models and has 20 million users [1]