Token中文名定了！词元

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In March 2026, the National Data Administration officially designated the AI term “Token” as Ciyuan in Chinese. As of March 2026, China’s average daily Ciyuan (token) usage exceeded 140 trillion, representing a thousand-fold increase from the 100 billion recorded in early 2024, and an increase of over 40% in three months compared to the 100 trillion figure at the end of 2025. This milestone signals that China’s AI industry has moved beyond technological exploration and entered a new phase of large-scale commercial application.

A Ciyuan (token) is the smallest unit of information processed by large AI models and has become a key metric for measuring industrial value in the intelligent era. The explosive growth in Ciyuan usage stems from the deepening expansion of AI applications — from general-purpose dialogue to specialized vertical scenarios, with consumption rising significantly in complex tasks such as intelligent agents and industry-specific solutions.

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2026年3月，国家数据局正式将AI领域的Token定名为词元。截至2026年3月，我国日均词元调用量已超140万亿，较2024年初的1000亿增长超千倍，较2025年底的100万亿三个月环比增长40%以上。这一数据标志着我国人工智能产业从技术探索迈入规模化商用新阶段。

词元是AI大模型处理信息的最小信息单元，已成为衡量智能时代产业价值的关键标尺。其爆发式增长，源于AI应用从通用对话向垂直场景深度拓展，在智能体、行业解决方案等复杂任务中的消耗量显著提升。