Multiple "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" of the Information Industry Waits for Announcement

According to the reporter, there are "12th Five-Year Plan", including the 12th Five-Year Plan for Informatization Promotion, the Twelfth Five-Year Plan for Industrial Transformation and Upgrading, and the Twelfth Five-Year Plan for Software and Service Industry. Planning, as well as industrial guidance policies for the industries of cloud computing, triple play, and internet of things, are currently waiting in line to be announced. The industry is expected to be available after the Central Economic Work Conference in early December.

In terms of government investment, sources revealed that according to relevant planning and industry guidance policies, during the “12th Five-Year Plan” period, the state’s direct investment in the information industry is expected to exceed RMB 1 trillion, and the main investment direction is the next-generation mobile communication network. Network infrastructure represented by a generation of Internet, next-generation digital broadcast television networks, cloud computing and triple play, and integration of information and industrialization.

Yang Xueshan, deputy minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, stated at the “China IT Conference 2011” on December 1st that China’s economic restructuring and industrial transformation and upgrading are a huge industrial opportunity for the information and communications industry, and it is necessary to promote informationization. Trends, clear directions; grasping demand and timing, pioneering and innovating, and integrating production, education and research.

Yang Xueshan pointed out that in the field of information technology, computer technology, storage technology, display technology, and perception technology all continue to maintain the momentum of rapid development; in the application of information technology, the Internet of Things and cloud computing are becoming important applications. He stressed that in the face of changes in the information technology industry and applications, more innovations need to be made behind a series of concepts and phenomena to grasp the essence and find the direction of development.

“The information industry and informationization are facing unprecedented opportunities.” Ge Chengyuan, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Institute of Electronic Science and Technology Information of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology pointed out that the new generation of technologies represented by cloud computing, the Internet of Things, and mobile Internet have been identified by the country as emerging industries. Extensively promoting emerging technologies and promoting the upgrading and optimization of traditional industries are also the focus of industrial transformation. In the course of improving public services, information technology and information applications will also play an important role.