Industrial internet to get boost from government

China will accelerate steps to develop the industrial internet and publish a guideline to promote the digitalized, intelligent and internet-powered development of the nation's manufacturing sector, said a leading official on Monday.

"We will release a guideline to promote the construction of the industrial internet including fostering industrial apps," said Li Guanyu, deputy director of the information and software service division of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

"We will select 10 cross-sector and cross-field industrial internet platforms, and form a group of independent platforms specific for certain industries," Li said at the first Digital China Summit.