en.Wedoany.com Reported - On June 30, eight Chinese departments, including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, issued the "Implementation Opinions on Promoting the High-Quality Development of the Industrial Internet," proposing to further encourage foreign-invested enterprises in China to participate in the development of the industrial internet, implement the encouraged foreign investment industry catalog, and attract more foreign investment to related fields. The document also proposes deepening international exchanges and cooperation in areas such as policy, facilities, technology, applications, and standards, leveraging the Belt and Road Initiative and the BRICS cooperation mechanism.
The construction of the industrial internet involves communication networks, industrial software, automation control, edge computing, industrial data platforms, network security, intelligent manufacturing systems, and industry solutions. Foreign-invested enterprises in China have long participated in the country's manufacturing system, covering multiple industrial sectors such as automobiles, electronics, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, equipment, and energy. They possess experience in production management, equipment control, quality traceability, factory coordination, and cross-border supply chains. This policy encourages foreign investment in related fields, not only to attract capital but also to expand cooperation opportunities in areas such as industrial internet infrastructure, platform capabilities, industrial software, intelligent equipment, and industry applications. Foreign enterprises can participate in the digital and intelligent transformation of China's manufacturing sector through local R&D, joint projects, solution imports, standard alignment, and industrial chain collaboration.
The document proposes promoting the use of the industrial internet by relevant countries and regions to accelerate digital transformation and encouraging capable enterprises to explore international markets.
This statement places the industrial internet within a broader framework of international industrial cooperation. Countries along the Belt and Road and BRICS nations have significant digital upgrade needs in areas such as industrial parks, mines, energy, ports, transportation, equipment manufacturing, food processing, building materials, and chemicals. The industrial internet can integrate equipment networking, production scheduling, remote operation and maintenance, quality management, safety monitoring, and energy optimization into a single system, helping overseas factories and engineering projects improve operational efficiency. Chinese enterprises already have project foundations in communication networks, engineering construction, industrial equipment, and park development. By adding industrial internet platforms, industrial data systems, and intelligent manufacturing solutions, they can extend from single equipment exports to system-level delivery.
The document also proposes promoting the release of data element value and optimal resource allocation, advancing the construction of the Digital Silk Road, and actively utilizing relevant multilateral and bilateral mechanisms to promote joint technical R&D and talent cultivation. This indicates that international cooperation on the industrial internet will not be limited to platform deployment or equipment sales but will also involve data governance, standard interfaces, talent training, operation and maintenance services, and technical R&D collaboration. For digital systems in overseas industrial projects to operate long-term, local engineers must be able to maintain equipment, manage data, use platforms, and handle production anomalies. The inclusion of joint R&D and talent cultivation as tasks suggests that the industrial internet's global expansion requires building sustainable service capabilities rather than one-time delivery.
International cooperation on the industrial internet will also bring requirements at the standard and interface levels. Factory equipment, communication networks, industrial protocols, data rules, and regulatory environments vary across countries, requiring stronger compatibility between platforms and devices, data and models, and enterprise systems and supply chain systems.
Foreign-invested enterprises in China participating in industrial internet development can supplement experience from the international manufacturing system; Chinese enterprises exploring international markets can bring industrial internet capabilities to overseas factories, parks, and infrastructure projects. These two paths will jointly influence the openness of the industrial internet industry chain. Communication equipment providers, industrial software companies, automation vendors, cloud service providers, network security firms, system integrators, and industry solution providers may all gain more cross-border cooperation opportunities under this policy direction. As the Digital Silk Road advances, the industrial internet will expand from a tool for domestic manufacturing transformation into an international industrial digital infrastructure connecting industries, projects, data, technologies, and standards.
