Storyline Digital technology helps Chinese online literature captivate global readers AI is playing an enormous role in the global expansion of China's online literature industry, with leading Chinese platform WebNovel becoming one of the beneficiaries. Data from the 2024 China Online Literature Blue Book shows that there were 575 million netizens in China reading online literature in 2024. Globally, there were about 352 million. The massive international following is due in large part to the use of the AI to help translate the stories into various languages. Wu Xuemei, head of overseas product operation, online literature platform： "AI is quite handy when it comes to multilingual translation. Previously, we could only publish four books in a month, but now that number can hit 400, with good quality approved by overseas readers." Chinese online literature fans from around the world say there's isn't enough time in the day to read all the stories. Mexican reader： "We don't have enough life to read all of them, and many of them are very good." Data shows that China's overseas online literature market rose by more than 10 percent to around 700 million U.S. dollars in 2024. [Restrictions: No access Chinese mainland]