Industrial internet development efforts powering ahead

China is stepping up efforts to develop the industrial internet, with the recent approval of two important action plans for the industrial internet, an official from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said on Sunday.

The three-year development plan and the work plan for the leading working group on the industrial internet were recently approved to guide and accelerate the development and application of advanced manufacturing, said Liu Jie, deputy head of the telecommunication management department of the MIIT.

The move is part of the nation's broader effort to advance the Made in China 2025 plan to bolster competitiveness in advanced manufacturing. To be specific, China is expected to lead the world in key sectors of the industrial internet by 2035.