China: China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has unveiled a three-year plan spanning 2026 to 2028 aimed at accelerating the deep integration of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies with the country's information and communications sector, as part of a broader drive to enhance digital infrastructure and develop more intelligent and autonomous networks.

According to Oman News Agency, the plan focuses on developing communications networks capable of attaining advanced levels of autonomous intelligence by 2028, alongside expanding the deployment of AI applications across diverse domains. It also targets the implementation of more than 30 high-value use cases, the development of model applications and specialized AI agents, as well as achieving no less than 75 percent coverage of computing power access with latency not exceeding one millisecond in urban areas.

The ministry explained that while AI technologies are undergoing rapid evolution, their deep integration with the communications sector faces technical and structural challenges related to integration mechanisms and business models. According to the plan, China aspires to achieve breakthroughs in foundational technologies for integrating AI with communications networks by 2030, and to enhance the convergence of sensing, communications, computing, and artificial intelligence, thereby contributing to the construction of an integrated digital ecosystem.

The plan also outlines 17 key tasks distributed across four focal areas: the intelligent development of the ICT industry, the strengthening of AI foundations, the expansion of integrated applications, and the improvement of sector governance, in addition to supporting research into advanced technologies such as collaboration between large and small models, multi-agent systems, and the development of computing and network resource management.