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The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) proposed accelerating the adoption of AI computers, smartphones and other products through channels such as the "trade-in" program. On October 23, 2026, Wei Wei, Director of the MIIT's Department of Science and Technology, said at a State Council Information Office press conference that the next step would be to work with the Ministry of Commerce and other departments to advance this work and to push forward the development and iteration of intelligent terminals such as brain-computer interfaces and embodied intelligence. The same report also said that, according to estimates, China's core artificial intelligence industry scale exceeded 1.2 trillion yuan in 2025, and the adoption rate of AI technology among manufacturing enterprises above designated size exceeded 30%. At present, this statement is at the release stage, and there is no qualified factual evidence of subsequent implementation progress.
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MIIT: Combine "trade-in" to accelerate the popularization of AI computers, mobile phones and other products
Wei Wei, Director of the Science and Technology Department of the MIIT, said at a State Council Information Office press conference that the next step will be to join forces with the Ministry of Commerce and other departments to accelerate the popularization of AI computers, mobile phones and other products through channels such as "trade-in," and to promote the development and iteration of intelligent terminals such as brain-computer interfaces and embodied intelligence. According to estimates, in 2025 the scale of China's AI core industry will exceed 1.2 trillion yuan, and the penetration rate of AI technology applications among manufacturing enterprises above designated size will exceed 30%.