The reporter learned today from the National Data Bureau that in 2026, China will step up efforts to promote the construction of a digital China. Deepen data application and scenario construction: promote the digital transformation of the entire city and develop new forms of digital lifestyle consumption; create high-quality data sets for 16 key areas such as medical care, science, transportation, and innovative fields such as physical intelligence and biomantry to enable the development of artificial intelligence; promote wider openness of public data and enterprise data, establish an open list of scenarios; coordinate and deepen international cooperation in the data field to accelerate the release of data elements and better promote high-quality development. Promote the deep integration of data technology innovation and industrial innovation: China will continue to implement the “East Digital and Western Computing” project to accelerate the construction of a national integrated computing power network; build a number of innovative platforms such as key laboratories in the field of data to strengthen the construction of data element professionals and talent teams; cultivate digital industry clusters step by step, promote the construction of comprehensive data element pilot zones in 10 countries, and accelerate the cultivation of an open, shared and secure national integrated data market.

The reporter learned today from the National Data Bureau that in 2026, China will step up efforts to promote the construction of a digital China. Deepen data application and scenario construction: promote the digital transformation of the entire city and develop new forms of digital lifestyle consumption; create high-quality data sets for 16 key areas such as medical care, science, transportation, and innovative fields such as physical intelligence and biomantry to enable the development of artificial intelligence; promote wider openness of public data and enterprise data, establish an open list of scenarios; coordinate and deepen international cooperation in the data field to accelerate the release of data elements and better promote high-quality development. Promote the deep integration of data technology innovation and industrial innovation: China will continue to implement the “East Digital and Western Computing” project to accelerate the construction of a national integrated computing power network; build a number of innovative platforms such as key laboratories in the field of data to strengthen the construction of data element professionals and talent teams; cultivate digital industry clusters step by step, promote the construction of comprehensive data element pilot zones in 10 countries, and accelerate the cultivation of an open, shared and secure national integrated data market.