China Releases Three-Year Industrial Internet Action Plan

China plans to complete the construction of industrial internet infrastructure, covering all regions and industries, and of 30 5G-connected factories spanning 10 key industry sectors, by 2023. The central government hopes to have established between three and five industrial internet platforms with international influence, in addition to a national big data centre for the industrial internet. A mechanism for industrial internet exchange and co-operation with the European Union and major countries along the Belt and Road routes will also be established.

Details can be found in the action plan for developing the industrial internet (2021-2023) (Gong Xin Bu Xin Guan No. 197 [2020]) released recently by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

Source: Ministry of Industry and Information Technology