China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the AI+ICT
Innovation Development Implementation Opinions (2026–2028), directing AI-driven
evolution of information and communications. The plan prioritizes AI integration
with 5G‑A/6G, next‑generation optical networks, IPv6+ and the industrial
Internet; it mandates research on AI‑driven network architectures and
intensified R&D on core technologies including intelligent mobile air
interfaces, high-level network self-intelligence, intrinsic network
intelligence, space‑based computing networks and the internet of intelligence
agents.