The Investment Department of the National Development and Reform Commission said
China’s current six-networks push is moving from ‘single-point’ buildouts to
system-level networking to unlock multiplier effects across water, new power
grids, compute, next-generation communications, urban underground utilities and
logistics networks. The aim is demand integration and resource sharing so
investment yields whole-system gains rather than a simple sum of single
networks. Remaining frictions include non‑uniform technical standards, weak
cross‑entity coordination and unclear revenue-sharing. The NDRC plans to tackle
these by establishing unified technical standards and data interfaces to enable
facility sharing and data interoperability; improving market-based coordination,
clarifying cross-network roles and revenue allocation and supporting corporate
consortia in integrated projects; and running regional integrated pilots in
major city clusters to develop replicable models before national rollout.
