The National Development and Reform Commission has clarified the scope of new infrastructure for the first time, including new technology infrastructure represented by blockchain

The National Development and Reform Commission today clarified the scope of new infrastructure for the first time. A relevant person in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission said that preliminary research shows that new infrastructure is an infrastructure system that is guided by new development concepts, driven by technological innovation, based on information networks, and oriented towards the needs of high-quality development, providing services such as digital transformation, intelligent upgrades, and integrated innovation.

At present, the new infrastructure mainly includes three aspects: First, information infrastructure. It mainly refers to the infrastructure generated based on the evolution of new generation information technology, such as communication network infrastructure represented by 5G, Internet of Things, Industrial Internet, and Satellite Internet, new technology infrastructure represented by artificial intelligence, cloud computing, blockchain, etc., and computing power infrastructure represented by data centers and intelligent computing centers. Second, integrated infrastructure. It mainly refers to the deep application of Internet, big data, artificial intelligence and other technologies. Third, innovative infrastructure. It mainly refers to infrastructure with public welfare attributes that supports scientific research, technological development, and product development, such as major scientific and technological infrastructure, science and education infrastructure, and industrial technology innovation infrastructure.