Southeast Asia Information Port News (www.dnyxxg.com) – The "Action Plan for Promoting the Innovative Development of the Internet of Things (IoT) Industry (2026-2028)," released on the 31st by nine departments including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China, proposes that by 2028, the number of IoT terminal connections should strive to reach tens of billions, and the core IoT industry scale should exceed 3.5 trillion yuan (RMB).
The IoT, based on sensing technology and through communication networks, achieves ubiquitous intelligent connectivity between people, machines, and things, bridging the digital and physical worlds. The IoT industry mainly consists of sensing, networks, platforms, applications, and security.
The plan clarifies that it will promote the innovative development of the IoT industry through five major measures: promoting the innovation and upgrading of IoT devices, improving the service efficiency of IoT platforms, cultivating IoT application scenarios, strengthening the IoT network foundation, and creating an ecosystem for the development of the IoT industry. This will further accelerate the comprehensive integration of IoT technology into all areas of production, consumption, and social governance, promote the deep integration of the digital economy and the real economy, and contribute to the development of new quality productivity.
Among these measures, promoting the innovation and upgrading of IoT devices includes three tasks. The first is to break through key technologies for sensing devices and improve the level of independent innovation in mid-to-high-end sensors. Second, accelerate the optimization and upgrading of application terminals, and expedite the deep integration of technologies such as artificial intelligence, 5G, and edge computing with application terminals. Third, enhance the connectivity of network equipment to meet the communication needs of the Internet of Things (IoT) for massive connectivity, low latency, and interference resistance.
The plan further proposes that by 2028, new IoT technologies, products, and models will continue to emerge, industrial innovation capabilities will be continuously enhanced, breakthroughs will be achieved in key technologies such as sensing, network and communication, data processing, and security, the intelligence level of terminals and platforms will be significantly improved, more than 50 advanced and applicable standards will be formulated and revised, 10 application areas with hundreds of millions of connections and 15 application areas with tens of millions of connections will be cultivated and developed, the number of IoT terminal connections will strive to reach tens of billions, and the core IoT industry scale will exceed 3.5 trillion yuan. (End)
