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.
This is MIIT's latest official figure for China's intelligent computing capacity (2,592 EFLOPS, +146% year on year), a direct indicator of the country's AI compute base.
IT之家 10 月 20 日消息，国务院新闻办公室于 2026 年 10 月 20 日（星期二）下午 3 时举行新闻发布会，请工业和信息化部总工程师王卫明，工业和信息化部新闻发言人、运行监测协调局局长陶青，工业和信息化部新闻发言人、信息通信管理局局长谢存介绍 2026 年前三季度工业和信息化发展情况，并答记者问。
IT之家从国务院新闻办公室官网文字实录了解到，工业和信息化部新闻发言人、信息通信管理局局长谢存介绍称，今年前三季度，信息通信行业发展总体平稳，前三季度电信业务总量同比增长 7.3%，互联网业务收入 1—8 月同比增长 8.9%。行业发展呈现四方面特点：
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