China’s industry ministry outlines an AI-plus-software action plan
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology held a press conference on 11 September about its “AI + Software” special action plan. The ministry said it had prepared the plan to support development of the software and information-services industries.
Event / data period: 2026-09-11
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The plan calls for better AI coding tools, upgrades to foundational and industrial software, and support for general, specialized and sectoral software agents. Computing services, high-quality datasets and open-source collaboration are also among its workstreams.
The ministry targets application coverage of 20,000 large software enterprises and 100 benchmark software-agent applications in key industries by 2028. These are future policy targets, rather than reported adoption outcomes.
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AI and software policy
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology held a press conference on 11 September about its “AI + Software” special action plan. The ministry said it had prepared the plan to support development of the software and information-services industries.
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MIIT briefed on its AI-plus-software action plan
The ministry held a press conference on the action plan on 11 September.
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Based on the ministry’s press-conference record dated 11 September 2026. The announcement is recorded as an occurred event; the 2028 application counts are policy targets.
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- Artificial intelligenceSuggested
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- Computing and information technologySuggested
- Subject suggested from the title or summary: softwarewap.miit.gov.cn ↗
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