New business formats and models, the manufacturing growth rate of smart consumer devices in China was significant in the first quarter
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2026-05-08
In the first quarter of this year, driven by the expansion of the consumer goods trade in policy and the deep integration of AI technology and consumer products, the development trend of intelligent consumer equipment manufacturing in China has improved, with impressive production growth rates, becoming an important support for industrial economic growth.
In recent days, multiple smart devices targeting ordinary consumers have made a concentrated appearance:
Intelligent glasses that can recognize objects, translate, and take photos;
Companion robots with emotional perception and human-computer interaction capabilities; Equipped with AI technology, 3D printers that can achieve multi-color and multi material printing have become a new consumer choice for a series of intelligent products.
Data shows that in the first quarter, China produced 298 million smartphones, a year-on-year increase of 6.9%, and produced over 4.4 million sets of service robots, a year-on-year increase of 2.6%.
The sales of complete machines have also driven the growth of upstream electronic component production. Integrated circuits, as core supporting components, produced 127.2 billion pieces, a year-on-year increase of 24.3%, providing solid support for the production of smart consumer products.
The export performance is impressive. In the first quarter, the cumulative export delivery value of computers, communications, and other electronic equipment manufacturing industries above designated size increased by 4.2% year-on-year, including:
LCD TV exports reached 25.61 million units, a year-on-year increase of 9.0%; The export of integrated circuits reached 85 billion units, a year-on-year increase of 13.4%.