National Bureau of Statistics issues key points for digital economy development in 2026.

The National Bureau of Statistics issued the "Key Points for the Development of the Digital Economy in 2026". The "Key Points" deploy key tasks for promoting high-quality development of the digital economy in 2026, proposing 8 key tasks. First, deepen the reform of market-oriented allocation of data elements. Formulate and introduce relevant policy documents for building an open, shared, and secure national integrated data market. Second, fortify the foundation of digital infrastructure. Accelerate the construction of a national integrated computing power network, promote the coordinated layout of data, networks, computing power, energy, and other resources, steadily advance the construction of data infrastructure, and support the construction of exemplary facilities in various industries and fields. Third, strengthen the empowerment of data for the development of artificial intelligence. Implement 6 major special actions including strong basic expansion, application empowerment, quality improvement and efficiency enhancement, management services, value release, and labeling breakthroughs. This will form a group of benchmark high-quality datasets that meet the requirements of AI readiness, effectively train advanced models, and effectively solve industry problems. Fourth, enhance the core competitiveness of the digital economy, etc.