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China’s MIIT introduces program to cultivate AI application service providers across manufacturing
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Beijing is building a state-backed pipeline of AI service providers with ambitious targets: 1,000 industrial AI agents and 500 application scenarios by 2027.
Key facts
- Beijing is building a state-backed pipeline of AI service providers with ambitious targets: 1,000 industrial AI agents and 500 application scenarios by 2027
- The program has set concrete numerical targets: the creation of 1,000 advanced industrial AI agents and the development of 500 notable application scenarios by the end of 2027
- In January 2026, MIIT collaborated with seven other government departments to issue the “AI + Manufacturing” Implementation Opinion
- MIIT had already planned to identify and promote 500 representative AI application scenarios aimed at SMEs by 2025
Summary
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is rolling out a structured program to identify high-value AI applications and nurture a new class of service providers capable of deploying them across manufacturing and other priority sectors. The program has set concrete numerical targets: the creation of 1,000 advanced industrial AI agents and the development of 500 notable application scenarios by the end of 2027. In January 2026, MIIT collaborated with seven other government departments to issue the “AI + Manufacturing” Implementation Opinion. In April 2026, MIIT Vice Minister Ke Jixin announced the “AI + Software” initiative, focusing on classified support and tiered cultivation of digital transformation service providers.