Internet infrastructure picks up speed

China will ramp up resources to make breakthroughs in core and key technologies and speed up the construction of internet infrastructure such as 5G, artificial intelligence and the internet of things in an effort to achieve its goal of high-quality development, a senior government official said on Tuesday.

Chen Zhaoxiong, vice-minister of industry and information technology, said that more efforts will be made to promote the deep integration of the internet, big data and AI with the real economy as part of the country's broader push to accelerate the digital and intelligent transformation of traditional industries and foster new economic growth engines.

Chen made the remarks at the 2019 China Internet Conference being held in Beijing from Tuesday to Thursday. He also called for enhancing the capabilities in safeguarding key information infrastructure, network data and personal information in a bid to build the nation's strength in cyberspace.