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- China's commerce ministry says it will help build international AI trade rules
Vice Minister of Commerce Jiang Chenghua told a State Council Information Office press conference that during the 15th Five-Year Plan period China will keep supporting the WTO-centered trading system, deepen bilateral and multilateral economic cooperation, and "actively lead" rule-making in emerging areas such as digital and green development. According to Securities Times, as carried by 36Kr, he said China will work to build an open AI ecosystem and, together with other countries, jointly construct international AI economic and trade rules. Jiang also said the digital divide, development deficits and the over-securitization of issues have become worldwide problems.
36氪快讯 · 🔥 0 - MIIT: China's intelligent compute hits 2,592 EFLOPS, up 146% year on year
At a State Council Information Office press conference on October 20, 2026, MIIT spokesperson Xie Cun presented the first three quarters' figures for China's information and communications sector: 5.254 million 5G base stations built, 33.4 million gigabit 10G PON ports, and 10-gigabit optical network trials in residential, factory and campus settings. As of end-September 2026, China's intelligent computing capacity reached 2,592 EFLOPS, up 146% year on year, which MIIT said strongly supports the country's AI industry. The ministry also said it will lay out 6G technology innovation in advance, strengthen next-generation network standards, and push integration of communications with artificial intelligence.
IT之家 AI · 🔥 0 - MIIT drafting policies for next-generation smart manufacturing
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is researching and drafting policies for next-generation smart manufacturing, chief engineer Wang Weiming said at a State Council Information Office briefing on October 20 covering industrial and IT development in the first three quarters of 2026. Wang said a national advanced manufacturing conference held in September identified next-generation smart manufacturing as the main direction, aiming to make manufacturing smarter, greener and more integrated. He said the ministry is drafting supporting measures to speed the deep integration of artificial intelligence with manufacturing, according to a Securities Times report relayed by 36Kr Kuaixun.
36氪快讯 · 🔥 0 - China commerce ministry unveils tech-driven plan to expand services consumption
At an October 19 State Council Information Office briefing on the Opinion on Accelerating Tech-Empowered Commerce, MOFCOM said expanding services consumption through technology is a key part of the document, which promotes applying AI and big data to services consumption. Market development director Meng Yue said the ministry encourages housekeeping companies to work with tech firms on smart housekeeping platforms with traceable service processes, supports smart elderly-care facilities using wearable devices and body-sensing monitoring for health tracking and emergency assistance, and encourages qualified localities to explore AI in health management and rehabilitation care. The briefing also cited MOFCOM big-data figures showing sales of smart glasses on key platforms rose 1.1-fold in January-September, while MIIT said China produced more than 400 humanoid robot models and over 40,000 units in the first half, expects full-year output above 100,000, and has pushed validation and deployment in over 300 scenarios including warehousing, food and retail, and home services.
36氪快讯 · 🔥 0 - China statistics bureau says 'AI Plus' action drove emerging-sector investment and exports
On October 19, Wang Guanhua, spokesperson for the National Bureau of Statistics and head of its comprehensive statistics department, told a State Council Information Office briefing that the "AI Plus" initiative strongly drove investment and exports in emerging fields in the first three quarters. The bureau said AI adoption spurred upstream and downstream investment and capacity expansion, with first-three-quarter investment in electronic circuit manufacturing, integrated circuit manufacturing and information services up 58.7%, 14.2% and 20.2% respectively, while support under the "two new" policy helped lift equipment purchase investment by 9.7%. It added that exports of electronic components and wires and cables rose 70% and 25.3%, and that terminals such as AI glasses and intelligent bio-inspired robots are broadening global AI application scenarios.
36氪快讯 · 🔥 0 - Nine Chinese departments back AI products and embodied intelligence in commerce opinion
China's Ministry of Commerce and eight other departments issued an opinion on accelerating "technology-driven commerce" on October 19, calling for higher application of AI, big data, IoT, cloud computing, blockchain, digital twins and embodied intelligence across trade. It calls for richer smart product supply — smartphones, computers, home appliances, wearables and robots — and encourages smart products built on secure, reliable open-source operating systems. The opinion also targets specialised commercial agents for smart shopping guides, operations and logistics, pushes embodied intelligence into home services and commercial logistics, and proposes tiered governance of commercial agents with regulatory sandbox pilots.
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