China Writers Association 2025 Blue Book: China’s online literature corpus
surpassed 33.0 mln works and readership exceeded 500 mln by end-2025. Output
quality improved across major genres. Cumulative overseas exports topped 130,000
works; overseas registered users total about 250 mln, with ~40 mln added in
2025, and active users across 200+ countries and regions. Overseas daily active
users for online literature and related short-drama platforms reached 60 mln;
overseas revenue exceeded 8 bln yuan (including web-novel platforms’ short-drama
business).