Nation to further efforts in big data to serve real economy

China is ramping up efforts to promote further integration of big data with the real economy and foster the long-term growth of the country, said an official at the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

More efforts should be made to advance the national big data strategy, optimize the network infrastructure, develop regional data centers, promote the development and industrialization of core big data technologies and safeguard data security, according to Li Guanyu, deputy director of the information and software service division at the ministry.

"We will continue to boost the integration of information and industrialization management systems. Together with related ministries, we will enable a better environment and ultimately boost the development of big data," Li said on Wednesday at a news conference in Beijing.