- The Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has issued new guidelines to promote the integration of AI with the information and telecommunications industry by 2030.
- The plan includes 17 key tasks across 4 groups of sectors to build a synchronized AI ecosystem and digital infrastructure.
- China aims to form an initial innovation framework by 2028, where AI and the telecommunications industry support each other.
- Intelligent network operation capabilities are expected to reach international advanced levels. Telecommunications networks will reach a high-level self-operating stage with stronger automation.
- The government expects the emergence of more than 30 high-value AI application scenarios along with many specialized AI Agents.
- A key goal is to expand a computing network with 1-millisecond latency to more than 75% of urban areas by 2028. This infrastructure will support sectors such as autonomous vehicles, telemedicine, and industrial digitalization.
- China is also promoting the development of transmission networks with speeds of 400Gbps and 800Gbps. The plan includes upgrading data exchange centers, next-generation internet networks, and high-speed optical transmission systems.
- MIIT emphasized the deployment of AI Agents in network operation, construction, maintenance, and telecommunications infrastructure management. The “East Data, West Computing” program continues to play a fundamental role in allocating computing resources nationwide.
- Bloomberg reports that China is preparing to invest approximately 2 trillion yuan (about $295 billion) over the next 5 years to build data centers for AI. Beijing views AI as a strategic driver for economic growth and industrial upgrades in the coming period.
- China’s AI policy is shifting from promoting single applications to using AI as a platform for large-scale economic transformation.
📌 The new MIIT plan shows that China is not just focusing on AI models but is building the entire infrastructure foundation for the AI era. With the goal of wide-area low-latency computing network coverage, the development of AI Agents, and an investment of about $295 billion in data centers, China is preparing for a long-term AI competition phase, where digital infrastructure and computing capacity are seen as strategic factors on par with advanced AI models.
