China’s daily AI token calls reach 140 trillion, up more than 1,000-fold since early 2024

China’s daily AI token calls reached 140 trillion by March 2026, more than 1,000 times higher than in early 2024.

A CCTV Finance preview cited a China Academy of Information and Communications Technology official as the source of the figure.

The surge is being driven by wider use of AI agents, where one user request can trigger multiple model calls.

The jump points to rapid growth in AI infrastructure usage and a rising need for token pricing, scheduling, and compute-management systems.