The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the "AI+ICT Innovation Development Implementation Opinions (2026–2028)", directing support for raw materials, electronic information and equipment manufacturing sectors to pursue intelligent

2026-06-10

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the "AI+ICT Innovation Development Implementation Opinions (2026–2028)", directing support for raw materials, electronic information and equipment manufacturing sectors to pursue intelligent upgrades, digital transformation and networked connectivity. It calls for building new industrial networks, accelerating industrial-internet adoption, and creating a multi-layer, systemized industrial internet platform ecosystem; cultivating industrial intelligent agents; and promoting integrated network-solution plus industry-specific large-model informatization services. The notice orders faster scale deployment of 5G and optical networks for smart transport, intelligent equipment inspection and industrial machine-vision inspection, and mandates package-style, modular "network+AI" offerings for SMEs to meet bespoke needs. It also pushes intelligent upgrades of innovative industrial clusters to accelerate formation of so-called smart clusters.