China Issues 15th Five-Year National Informatization Plan, Prioritizes Blockchain Network and Integrated Computing Power Infrastructure
The Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission has issued the National Informatization Plan for the 15th Five-Year Plan Period, outlining strategic infrastructure priorities including the implementation of a national blockchain network construction project to consolidate the foundation of the Internet of Value.
The plan emphasizes accelerating the building of a nationwide integrated computing power network, promoting coordinated development of computing power, electricity, and networks. It calls for optimizing the layout of general-purpose, intelligent, and supercomputing power while exploring forward-looking research for space-based computing. Additional directives include prudently building data circulation infrastructure, creating new-type industrial networks, advancing autonomous iteration of mobile IoT, and upgrading digital infrastructure across transportation, energy, municipal services, and water conservancy sectors.
