PPTN (People's Posts and Telecommunications News):

In recent years, the industrial internet has played an important role in helping enterprises resume work and production and promoting digital transformation. What progress has been made in the integrated application of the industrial internet during the first half of this year? What plans and measures will be taken in the year's second half?

Wang Peng:

Thanks for your questions. The CPC Central Committee and the State Council attach great importance to the development of the industrial internet. This year marks the fifth year for us to implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions and further carried out the innovative development strategy of the industrial internet. Generally speaking, the systematic development of China's industrial internet has achieved remarkable results, which provided strong support for the digital transformation of the economy and society.

Since the beginning of this year, we have accelerated the development of the industrial internet in accordance with the requirements of the central government's work report, and made new progress in all aspects. I will give you a brief introduction from the following four aspects. First, the network has a more solid foundation. The number of "5G+Industrial Internet" national projects increased by 700 in Q2, bringing the total number to over 3,100. An analysis system for industrial internet identification has been basically constructed. The average daily resolution volume of national top-level nodes increased significantly, reaching 150 million. The second-level nodes have covered 34 key industries and 29 provincial-level regions across the country. Second, the platform system is blooming. More than 150 featured platforms with industrial and regional influence have been established, and 28 cross-industry and cross-field industrial internet platforms have been selected. The number of industrial equipment connected to key platforms now exceeds 79 million, and the number of industrial apps exceeds 280,000. Third, the security guarantee has been optimized simultaneously. A technical monitoring and service system has been basically established to coordinate work at the national and provincial levels as well as those to do with enterprises, and its institutional construction, technical means, and service capability have been improved simultaneously. Fourth, integration and empowerment have been accelerated. The industrial internet has been applied in 45 major national economic categories and has been constructed in industrial bases, industrial parks, and key enterprises. Its industrial scale exceeded one trillion yuan, which empowers the capabilities, value, and wisdom across all industries. 

Next, we will resolutely implement the decisions and arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, issue new policy measures for specific guidance, and upgrade the industrial internet. Efforts will be made in the following three aspects. First, we will focus on key links in industries and enhance our innovation capacity. We will further carry out innovation and development projects of the industrial internet, promote the integration of industrial internet demonstration projects, and concentrate on equipment connectivity, data innovation and application, equipment and platform security, and other key areas. A number of demonstration projects will be arranged, a series of urgently-needed standards will be formulated, and a batch of landmark results will be spread. Second, we will focus on key transformation areas and widen industrial applications. Factories fully connected with 5G in key industries will be constructed to accelerate the expansion of 5G from a supporting role during production to a core role. We will establish digital transformation centers of the industrial internet, improve the layout of public service innovation carriers, and accelerate large-scale applications and promotion. A series of application reference guides and safety protection guides will be compiled for different industries to provide guidance for enterprises. Third, we will focus on the application ecosystem and strengthen the synergy between supply and demand. "5G+Industrial Internet" on-site meetings will be organized for both information and communication enterprises and industrial enterprises to work together. In-depth activities will be increased to promote industrial internet applications in industrial parks and county economies. We will give full play to the industrial internet working group and take multiple measures to deepen industry-finance cooperation and industry-education integration. Thank you.