Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Strengthen legislative research reserves in emerging fields such as the digital economy, artificial intelligence, and low-altitude economy to focus on rectifying “internal rolling” competition

The Zhitong Finance App learned that according to Gongxin WeChat, on July 20, a symposium of comrades in charge of national industry and information technology authorities was held in Beijing. The conference emphasized the need to strengthen bottom-line thinking and extreme thinking, strengthen the construction of new industrial networks and data security systems, enhance key industrial chains, key enterprises, important systems, and important data protection capabilities, consolidate basic telecommunication network security infrastructure, and raise the level of network and data security. It is necessary to raise the level of modernization of industry governance, deploy and implement the “15th Five-Year Plan” in the field of industry and information technology, strengthen legislative research reserves in emerging fields such as the digital economy, artificial intelligence, and low-altitude economy, speed up the construction of standard systems for key industrial chains, focus on rectifying “internal rolling” competition, promote the improvement of the data infrastructure system, and continue to create a market-based, rule-of-law and internationalized first-class business environment.

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In 2026, a symposium of comrades in charge of national industry and information technology authorities will be held in Beijing

On July 20, a symposium of comrades in charge of national industry and information technology authorities was held in Beijing. The conference insisted on being guided by Xi Jinping's ideology of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, thoroughly implementing the spirit of the 20th National Congress and the 20th Plenary Session of the Party, earnestly implementing the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, analyzing and grasping major issues in industry development, and further unifying ideas, firm confidence, and hard work to ensure the full completion of the goals and tasks for the whole year. Li Lecheng, Party Secretary and Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. Xin Guobin, member of the Ministry's party group and vice-minister, presided over the meeting. Ministry leaders Ye Min, Xiong Jijun, Ke Jixin, Xie Yuansheng, Yao Laiying, Gao Dongsheng, Zhong Zhihong, and Wang Weiming attended the meeting.

The conference pointed out that since this year, under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, the industrial and information technology systems have carried out in-depth study and education to establish and implement a correct view of political performance, focus on promoting high-quality development, the industrial economy is moving steadily forward, the high-quality development of key industrial chains is advancing in depth, breakthroughs in key core technologies have accelerated, the pace of intelligent green integrated development of the manufacturing industry has accelerated, and the high-quality development of the information and communication industry has been steadily strengthened. In the first half of the year, the value added of industries above the national scale increased 5.4% year on year. Among them, the value added of manufacturing industry increased 5.6% year on year. The value added value added of equipment manufacturing above scale and high-tech manufacturing increased by 9.3% and 13.3% year on year, respectively, higher than the growth rate of industries above scale by 3.9 and 7.9 percentage points.

The conference emphasized that doing a good job in the second half of the year is directly related to achieving the goals for the whole year and a good start to the “15th Five-Year Plan”. The entire system should effectively unify thoughts and actions into the scientific judgment and decision-making of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, further clarify ideas, identify paths, be firm in confidence, and really work hard to ensure that the goals and tasks for the whole year are completed with high quality. It is necessary to maintain a reasonable proportion of the manufacturing industry, optimize resource factor guarantees, improve and maintain a reasonable share investment mechanism in the manufacturing industry, support major industrial provinces and cities to take the lead, guide all regions to build modern industrial systems with various characteristics and advantages according to local conditions, and further strengthen, improve and expand the manufacturing industry. Enhance the manufacturing industry's ability to create value, promote the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, extend and expand the industrial chain, continuously optimize the industrial structure, enhance the level of autonomy and control of the industrial chain and the core competitiveness of the industry, and push the manufacturing industry to the middle and high-end of the global value chain.

The conference pointed out that the real economy, especially the manufacturing industry, is the “main battleground” for artificial intelligence applications. It is necessary to enhance the sense of responsibility and urgency, focus on application leadership based on responsibility and position, thoroughly implement the “artificial intelligence+manufacturing” action, accelerate the development and application of the artificial intelligence industry, and accelerate the “intelligent upgrading” of thousands of industries. It is necessary to organize and implement artificial intelligence application service provider cultivation activities, fully implement the “Module-Digital Resonance” campaign, launch a number of lightweight, low-cost, and easy-to-deploy industry solutions, and lower the usage threshold for small and medium-sized enterprises. It is necessary to strengthen the supply of core technologies such as computing power, models, and data, speed up research on intelligent equipment, develop next-generation intelligent manufacturing, support iterative innovation in various smart consumer terminals, and promote the popularization of next-generation intelligent devices such as humanoid robots and brain-computer interfaces. It is necessary to strengthen the national AI open source community, gather and share open source resources such as high-quality models and data, step up efforts to develop and promote key standards, and build a strong security barrier for the development of the AI industry.

The conference emphasized the need to strengthen bottom-line thinking and extreme thinking, strengthen the construction of new industrial networks and data security systems, enhance key industrial chains, key enterprises, important systems, and important data protection capabilities, consolidate basic telecommunication network security infrastructure, and raise the level of network and data security. It is necessary to raise the level of modernization of industry governance, deploy and implement the “15th Five-Year Plan” in the field of industry and information technology, strengthen legislative research reserves in emerging fields such as the digital economy, artificial intelligence, and low-altitude economy, speed up the construction of standard systems for key industrial chains, focus on rectifying “internal rolling” competition, promote the improvement of the data infrastructure system, and continue to create a market-based, rule-of-law and internationalized first-class business environment.

The conference pointed out that studying and implementing Xi Jinping's ideology of party building is an important political task at present and in the coming period. It is necessary to organically combine the establishment and implementation of a correct view of political achievements, study and education with the study and implementation of Xi Jinping's ideology of party building, continue to strengthen the Party's innovative theoretical study, refine the political character loyal to the Party, thoroughly implement the people-centered idea of development, strengthen the sense of discipline, establish a correct view of power, position, and interests, adhere to the use of power according to law, abide by public power, and use power with integrity, and effectively reflect the implementation of the Party Central Committee's spirit in the practice of planning major strategies, formulating major policies, deploying major tasks, and advancing major tasks.

The conference emphasized that currently is the main flood season, and the flood control situation is complicated and serious. We must thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions and instructions, adhere to the supremacy of the people and the supremacy of life, and unrelenting in carrying out all aspects of flood control, rescue and disaster relief. It is necessary to improve work plans, strengthen overall scheduling, make every effort to ensure emergency and disaster relief communications, strengthen coordination and guarantee of emergency industrial products, pharmaceutical supplies, etc., ensure safe production in the industry, and ensure the safety of people's lives and property.

At the meeting, comrades in charge of the competent departments of industry and information technology in Anhui Province, Beijing City, Guangdong Province, Jiangsu Province, and Sichuan Province, the Communications Administration Bureau of the Tibet Autonomous Region, the Department of Raw Materials Industry, and the Department of Equipment Industry 1 of the Ministry made exchange speeches. Comrades in charge of the Discipline Inspection and Monitoring Team of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission in the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, comrades in charge of the General Department of the National Defense Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry and the National Tobacco Monopoly Administration Office, comrades in charge of departments in charge of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, departments in charge of industry and information technology from various provinces (districts, cities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps attended the meeting.

This article was edited by Gongxin WeChat, Zhitong Finance Editor: Chen Wenfang.