Big data to reshape economic landscape

Core industries in China's big data sector could earn more than 720 billion yuan ($106.3 billion) this year, said a report on the sector's outlook from think tank CCID.

China's big data sector will witness 25 to 30 percent growth in 2019, facilitating the transformation and upgrading of regional economic structures, the report said.

Apart from East China where the sector is flourishing, Southwest China's Sichuan and Guizhou provinces and Chongqing municipality are expected to be front-runners for new growth, according to the report.