MIIT Vice Minister Huai Provides Overview of Big Data Strategy

On Monday, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) Vice Minister Huai Jinpeng participated in a discussion forum in Shenzhen on big data development, offering keynote remarks that were subsequently published on the MIIT website. In his remarks, vice minister Huai emphasized that data is one of China's strategic resources, a critical factor behind modern innovation and an engine of China's future social and economic development. 
 

Huai then introduced the seven key objectives for China's big data industry development, as articulated in the Action Plan to Promote Big Data Development, which was published in early September 2015:
  • Implement China's Big Data national strategy, starting with top-level leadership coordination
  • Support key Big Data technology R&D and commercialization
  • Integrate China's Big Data strategy into theInternet Plus and China Manufacturing 2025 strategic framework
  • Promote the establishment of a Big Data standards system
  • Encourage the application of Big Data technologies, including through the creation of special experimental or pilot areas 
  • Strengthen Big Data infrastructure development
  • Improve the legal system governing Big Data