The national informatization "15th Five-Year Plan" is issued: the penetration rate of intelligent agent applications will exceed 90% by 2030, and 6G commercialization will be launched in due course

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+1 The penetration rate of applications such as intelligent agents exceeds 90%, and 6G commercialization will be launched in due course. What signals does the national informatization "15th Five-Year Plan" release? The Paper reporter Wu Yuxin 2026-10-24 07:46 Source: The Paper ∙ 10% Company > Listen to the full text Font size

The "National Informatization '15th Five-Year Plan'" has been issued, systematically planning the task book, timetable, and roadmap for informatization development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period.

Recently, the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission issued the "National Informatization '15th Five-Year Plan'" (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan"). The "Plan" closely follows the "Outline of the Fifteenth Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development of the People's Republic of China" and relevant deployments for building a cyber power, and proposes that by 2030, China's informatization will have made major progress, and its role in advancing Chinese-style modernization will be more prominent. Information infrastructure will consolidate and expand its leading advantages, a three-dimensional network system spanning land, sea, air, and space will basically take shape, the new-generation communications network will be fully built, sixth-generation mobile communications (6G) commercialization will be launched in due course, the national blockchain network will be basically completed, and the intelligent internet will accelerate its layout and development. The capacity for scientific and technological innovation in cyberspace will be significantly enhanced, the scientific and technological innovation system will be more sound, and breakthroughs will be made in key core technologies in key fields. The cyber industry ecosystem will flourish, digital technology and the real economy will be deeply integrated, and the comprehensive strength of cyber enterprises will be significantly enhanced. The level of digital, networked, and intelligent application in the economy and society will reach a new stage, and the ability to empower economic and social development and governance will be markedly improved. Cybersecurity safeguards will be solid and strong, the system of laws and regulations and standards will be more complete, and the concept of a community with a shared future in cyberspace will be deeply rooted in people's hearts.

Overall, the "Plan" focuses on systematically and deeply advancing national informatization development, and deploys 25 key tasks in 10 areas and 7 special columns.

12 main indicators, with the penetration rate of applications such as intelligent agents to exceed 90% in five years

The "Plan" lists 12 main indicators in a special column, all of which are expected indicators. Among them, the largest increase is "the penetration rate of applications such as new-generation intelligent terminals and intelligent agents," rising from 40% in 2025 to more than 90% in 2030, more than doubling in five years.

The remaining indicators include: internet penetration rate rising from 80.1% to 85%; the number of 5G (including 5G-A) base stations per 10,000 people rising from 34 to 50; the share of IPv6 network traffic rising from 33.79% to 42%; the operating power usage effectiveness (PUE) of newly built large and super-large computing facilities falling from 1.25 to below 1.2; the added value of core industries of the digital economy as a share of GDP rising from 10.5% to 12.5%; the scale of cross-border e-commerce imports and exports growing from 2.84 trillion yuan to 3.5 trillion yuan; and the share of adults with advanced digital literacy and skills rising from 16.26% to 25%.

A relevant responsible comrade of the Cyberspace Administration of China, in answering reporters' questions on the "Plan," said that the above indicators not only take into account continuity with relevant indicators in the "14th Five-Year Plan" National Informatization Plan, but also fully reflect the forward-looking and representative nature of informatization development, effectively guiding all regions and relevant departments to promote high-quality informatization development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period.

Zhang Li, president of the China Center for Information Industry Development, stated in an interpretation article published on the official website of the Cyberspace Administration of China that the "Plan" makes forward-looking arrangements for developing the intelligent internet, deepens the integrated development of artificial intelligence and information networks, promotes efficient collaboration among intelligent terminals and intelligent agents, and accelerates the expansion of new forms of the intelligent economy. He summarized the overall layout of the "Plan" as a "352" architecture: building 3 systems to comprehensively enhance informatization development capacity; improving levels in 5 aspects to give play to the driving and leading role of informatization; and strengthening 2 supports to focus on optimizing the informatization development environment.

6G moves from "research" to "commercialization"

"Launching 6G commercialization in due course" is written into the 2030 goals. The Paper reporter found upon comparison that the "14th Five-Year Plan" National Informatization Plan issued in December 2021 still described 6G deployment as "strengthening research on new network infrastructure and 6G, and accelerating research and development of key technologies such as the integration of terrestrial wireless and satellite and terahertz communications."

In the five years since, 6G technology research and development and standards development have been solidly advanced. The State Council Information Office disclosed at a press conference in January 2026 that 6G research and development had completed the first phase of technical trials, formed a reserve of more than 300 key technologies, and had launched the second phase of 6G technical trials.

In addition, in the "15th Five-Year Plan for the Development of the Information and Communications Industry" released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in September 2026, the first key task is to build information infrastructure with appropriate forward-looking investment and deploy world-leading network facilities. It explicitly states the promotion of urban and hotspot area networks evolving toward "dual 10-gigabit," the timely launch of 6G commercialization, the active carrying out of 10-gigabit optical network pilot construction, and the gradual expansion of 10-gigabit network coverage.

The "Plan"'s deployment regarding network infrastructure also points out: deepening the large-scale deployment of 5G and gigabit optical networks, and advancing the construction and development of 5G-A and 10-gigabit optical networks; accelerating the construction and application of satellite internet, developing direct-to-satellite services for terminal devices, and promoting the integrated development of satellite and terrestrial networks; strengthening the construction of international submarine and terrestrial cables, and enhancing international communications capacity. In terms of application infrastructure: implementing the national blockchain network construction project to consolidate the foundation of the value internet; accelerating the building of a nationally integrated computing network, promoting the coordinated development of computing power, electricity, and networks, optimizing the layout of general computing power, intelligent computing power, and supercomputing power, and exploring forward-looking research and technological layout for space computing power.

In Zhang Li's view, the new information infrastructure system is the "support": new information infrastructure such as the new-generation communications network and computing network are the foundational support for informatization development. The "Plan" proposes building a three-dimensional network infrastructure and makes clear deployments for the construction of the new-generation communications network. Build the national blockchain network, build a nationally integrated computing network, and improve integrated application infrastructure.

Consolidate industrial advantages in intelligent connected vehicles, drones, and other areas

When deploying the building of a cyber and information technology innovation system, the Plan mentions, first, enhancing basic research and original innovation capacity. Strengthen basic theoretical research in computational mathematics, communication networks, data science, and other fields. Second, achieve breakthroughs in key core technologies. Refine mature-process chips, improve advanced-process manufacturing capabilities, and advance breakthroughs and applications of technologies such as compute-in-memory, 3D integration, and optoelectronic fusion. Promote the integrated development of operating systems, software development toolchains, and other areas with artificial intelligence. Advance research on artificial intelligence theories and algorithms such as foundation models, brain-inspired intelligence, and swarm intelligence. Strengthen R&D on new database architectures. Make forward-looking arrangements for communication technologies such as deep-space and deep-sea communications and new optical networks. Third, promote the deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation. Explore the building of cyber and information technology innovation centers and industrial ecosystem centers, strengthen efforts on key generic technologies, and cultivate and expand the industrial ecosystem.

In terms of building a cyber and information industry ecosystem, the Plan's content includes cultivating new industries and new tracks, empowering the optimization and upgrading of traditional industries, promoting the high-quality development of cyber and information enterprises, and setting up a special column on the cyber and information industry ecosystem development project.

Zhang Li stated that the cyber and information industry ecosystem is the "foundation." At present, the building of China's cyber and information industry ecosystem continues to improve in quality and efficiency, the industrial foundation is constantly being consolidated, and a collaborative framework has taken initial shape. The Plan proposes consolidating advantages in industries such as mobile communications, intelligent connected vehicles, and drones, and cultivating technology products with international leadership in fields such as integrated circuits, new displays, artificial intelligence, and blockchain. Accelerate the industrial application of technologies such as quantum technology, brain-computer interfaces, embodied intelligence, and 6G. The Plan specifies task measures for developing smart agriculture, promoting the "intelligent transformation, digital transformation, and network connectivity" of the manufacturing industry, deepening the expansion and quality improvement of the service industry, and vigorously promoting digital consumption, emphasizing the need to promote the high-quality development of cyber and information enterprises and improve the categorized and tiered cultivation service work mechanism.

It is reported that, to promote the implementation of the Plan's tasks and ensure practical results, the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission Office will, in the next step, work with relevant departments in four areas.

In strengthening overall coordination, improve the national informatization development work coordination mechanism, strengthen departmental coordination, central-local linkage, and categorized guidance, organize monitoring and evaluation of implementation, regularly release national informatization development reports, and promote the effective implementation of various tasks.

In funding support and guarantees, coordinate and make good use of various fiscal funds and industrial funds in accordance with regulations, develop and expand patient capital, long-term capital, and strategic capital, and guide financial institutions to support the development of the cyber and information industry.

In talent team building, comprehensively enhance the informatization performance capabilities of leading cadres and increase efforts to cultivate interdisciplinary and cross-field composite talents.

In strengthening publicity and guidance, broadly build social consensus and stimulate the enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity of the whole society in promoting informatization development. Responsible Editor: Ge Jia Image Editor: Zhu Weihui Proofreader: Liu Wei The Paper news tip: 021-962866 The Paper, unauthorized reproduction prohibited +1 Favorite I want to report #NationalInformatization #Agent #6G #NewGenerationCommunicationNetwork View more