New infrastructure construction has entered a fast track

First, appropriately advance the deployment of information infrastructure. Accelerate the construction of a national integrated big data center system, build green and intelligent national hub nodes and data center clusters, and improve the national data element infrastructure. Accelerate the construction of gigabit optical networks, set up a number of new international communications gateways, and comprehensively promote the commercial deployment of IPv6. Build an open innovation platform for artificial intelligence public computing power to serve the development of small and medium-sized enterprises with low-cost computing power. We will build spatial information infrastructure and international sharing infrastructure, advance the major Beidou industrialization project, build an intensive and efficient satellite remote sensing system that integrates private and commercial planning, and boost the development of satellite Internet and spatial information industries.

Second, we will increase investment support. We will give full play to the central government's guiding and driving role in investment, make good use of medium - and long-term loans, special bonds of local governments, and policy-oriented development financial instruments, and increase the enthusiasm of private capital to participate in investment. At the same time, relax the entry threshold, optimize the market competition environment, and attract private capital and overseas capital to participate in the operation of new infrastructure. We will increase investment in information networks in the central and western regions, support small and medium-sized cities in upgrading networks and building cloud computing facilities, and strengthen weak areas.

Third, we will accelerate research on key core information technologies. Relying on the construction of information infrastructure, we will build a digital innovation ecosystem and open source community, strengthen digital technology innovation, and firmly grasp the initiative of digital economy development. We will improve the layout of the national computing power network and build a distributed national data center cluster. We will prudently advance the development of national civil space, 5G/6G, and optical fiber networks, promote the integration of new technologies such as space technology and artificial intelligence into infrastructure, foster application scenarios for key regions and industries, and coordinate the development of new technologies, new models, new forms of business, and new industries. We will strengthen forward-looking legislation on emerging technologies, and explore and improve ethical norms and standards for the research, development and application of emerging technologies.

Integrated infrastructure development enables thousands of industries

Tao Yuan (Deputy Director of Policy Research Institute of China Industrial Internet Research Institute) : Integrated infrastructure is an important means to make full use of data elements and information technology, transform and improve the level of traditional infrastructure, and promote high-quality development in various fields. In recent years, China's vigorous efforts to promote integrated infrastructure development have yielded positive results. New technologies and new forms and models of business have developed vigorously, and remarkable results have been achieved in empowering thousands of industries, injecting strong momentum into economic and social development and the improvement of people's livelihood.

Construction of integrated infrastructure systems was accelerated. The construction of integrated infrastructure has promoted the interconnection of infrastructure in various fields and achieved high-quality development of the entire infrastructure system. The construction of the national industrial Internet network, platform, security and other systems has been continuously improved, low-delay, high-reliability, and wide-coverage network facilities have been initially completed, the identification analysis system centered on the national top nodes has developed on a large scale, and the national, provincial, and enterprise three-level coordinated technical monitoring service system has basically taken shape. There are more than 240 industrial Internet platforms with certain industry and regional influence, with key platforms connecting more than 80 million units (sets) of industrial equipment and serving more than 1.6 million industrial enterprises. Smart energy construction continues to deepen, as of November 2022, the country's largest new energy centralized control center has accumulated access to 86 photovoltaic sites, access capacity of nearly 11GW, and access to more than 20 million data measurement points. We made positive progress in building a new type of smart city. Steady progress was made in building an urban information modeling platform and an operational management service platform. A national digital monitoring platform for spatial planning was basically completed, and construction of digital twin river basins, water networks, and water conservancy projects was accelerated.