MIIT: Promote Future Industries Including Nuclear Fusion Energy as New Growth Drivers

The State Council Information Office held a press conference on August 26, where the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology briefed on efforts to fully implement the "15th Five-Year Plan" and accelerate new industrialization.

The MIIT stated that over the next five years, it will focus on optimizing the industrial structure, coordinating the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, nurturing and strengthening emerging industries, and making forward-looking arrangements for future industries, while maintaining and developing a complete industrial system.

In terms of future industry layout, the MIIT proposed promoting quantum technology, biomanufacturing, hydrogen energy and nuclear fusion energy, brain-computer interfaces, embodied intelligence, and sixth-generation mobile communications as new economic growth drivers. The inclusion of nuclear fusion energy in future industry directions highlights its important position in new industrialization and the cultivation of strategic emerging industries.

The MIIT also stated that it will build an innovation model led by enterprises with deep integration of industry, academia, research, and application to meet the practical needs of strategic fields, implement major national science and technology projects, accelerate innovation breakthroughs, and promote faster transfer of innovation achievements from laboratories to production lines.

The specific information released on the Chinese government website is as follows:

Accelerate the development of emerging pillar industries such as integrated circuits, aerospace, biomedicine, low-altitude economy, new energy storage, and intelligent robots

Over the next five years, efforts will focus on optimizing the industrial structure, coordinating the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, nurturing and strengthening emerging industries, and making forward-looking arrangements for future industries, while maintaining and developing a complete industrial system. Accelerate the development of emerging pillar industries such as integrated circuits, aerospace, biomedicine, low-altitude economy, new energy storage, and intelligent robots, and promote future industries including quantum technology, biomanufacturing, hydrogen energy andnuclear fusion energy, brain-computer interfaces, embodied intelligence, and sixth-generation mobile communications (6G) as new economic growth drivers.

Accelerate the cultivation of major application scenarios such as "5G+", "AI+", "Robot+", "Industrial Internet+", and "BeiDou+"

Focus on scenario cultivation to promote the large-scale application and rapid adoption of new technologies, new products, and new scenarios. Carry out demonstration programs for large-scale application of new technologies, new products, and new scenarios in manufacturing, accelerate the cultivation of major application scenarios such as "5G+", "AI+", "Robot+", "Industrial Internet+", and "BeiDou+", improve mechanisms for selecting landmark projects, publishing lists of new technologies, new products, and new scenarios, and facilitating supply-demand matching, and jointly advance the testing, verification, and iterative upgrading of innovation achievements in real-world scenarios to promote industrial implementation and large-scale application in relevant fields.

Promote the large-scale application of technologies such as 5G and the Industrial Internet in manufacturing, energy, healthcare, culture and tourism, and other fields

6G will be a top priority during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period. Efforts will be made to accelerate breakthroughs in core 6G technologies, continue 6G technology trials and standards development, promote the maturity of the 6G industry and ecosystem building, and prepare for 6G commercialization. On the demand side, application empowerment will be deepened, promoting the large-scale application of technologies such as 5G and the Industrial Internet in manufacturing, energy, healthcare, culture and tourism, and other fields, accelerating the innovative development of "AI + information and communications," cultivating new models of digital consumption, and enabling information and communications technology to integrate into workshops and production lines, reach deep into mines, and brighten people's lives.

Promote the application of consumer electronics products in scenarios such as education and training, home-based elderly care, and sports and health

Continuously enrich product application scenarios. Jointly with relevant departments, promote the application of consumer electronics products in scenarios such as education and training, home-based elderly care, and sports and health, continue collecting typical cases of audio-visual systems and intelligent sports, accelerate the integrated development of consumer electronics products with vertical fields, and innovate diversified consumption scenarios. Support display technology in creating greater value in digital culture and tourism, smart healthcare, education and training, and other fields.

Create a batch of "shelf-ready" material products that can be used directly, making advanced materials the most dynamic "growth pole" of the raw materials industry

Seize the important opportunity of AI leading the transformation of scientific research paradigms, create a batch of "shelf-ready" material products that can be used directly, form a virtuous cycle of "one generation of materials, one generation of equipment, one generation of industry," and make advanced materials the most dynamic "growth pole" of the raw materials industry. To meet the practical needs of strategic fields, build an innovation model led by enterprises with deep integration of industry, academia, research, and application, implement major national science and technology projects, accelerate innovation breakthroughs, implement first-batch insurance compensation policies, and improve key platforms for new materials. The core goal is to remove the "last mile" barrier to the commercialization of research outcomes, enabling innovation achievements to move faster from laboratories to production lines and into people's homes.

To give an intuitive example, the foldable-screen phones many people use today rely on breakthroughs in ultra-thin flexible glass and film products to withstand repeated folding. At present, domestically produced ultra-thin flexible glass has achieved mass production at 30 microns, only one-quarter the thickness of an A4 sheet of paper, and the latest film products now cover the 4-micron specification level. We believe that during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, more such "good materials" will become "good products," entering "thousands of households" and serving "clothing, food, housing, and transportation."

Launch a batch of lightweight, low-cost, and easy-to-deploy industry solutions so that enterprises can truly use them, afford them, and benefit from them

From an application perspective, artificial intelligence has already essentially penetrated the entire chain from R&D and design to production and manufacturing, quality inspection, and operations and maintenance, accelerating the industry's intelligent transformation and upgrading. In terms of application, the focus is on identifying implementation scenarios. High-value scenarios will be refined by industry, exploring a new model of scenario cultivation featuring "one industry, one map; one scenario, one file." A special action will be implemented to cultivate application service providers, tapping into and organizing the "accumulated experience" of the manufacturing industry over many years, and on this basis launching a batch of lightweight, low-cost, and easy-to-deploy industry solutions so that enterprises can truly use them, afford them, and benefit from them.