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, in

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 intelligent agents.