China's Industrial Internet and AI Integration Plan Targets 2028

According to Foresight News, China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has released an action plan to enhance the integration of industrial internet and artificial intelligence by 2028. The initiative aims to significantly improve the fusion of these technologies, expanding new industrial networks to meet the high-throughput, low-latency, high-reliability, and low-jitter communication needs of AI applications in industry. The plan focuses on accelerating the deployment of these networks across key sectors such as raw materials, equipment manufacturing, consumer goods, and electronic information. It aims to upgrade and transform at least 50,000 enterprises with new industrial networks. Additionally, the strategy includes the development of comprehensive systems for industrial data aggregation, governance, circulation, and sharing, with the creation of high-quality data sets in 20 key industries. The action plan also emphasizes nurturing intelligent solution providers to support key links in industrial chains and typical scenarios, facilitating the collaborative upgrade of large, medium, and small enterprises. Efficient allocation of resources among key enterprises, technological products, and public services is a central goal of the initiative.