Indicates the type of a location. Location Type Defined by CCTVPLUS Indicates the role that a specific instance of a description takes among all descriptions. Description Role Defined by CCTVPLUS The role in the overall content stream. Part Role Indicates a kind of content rendition. Content Rendition Defined by CCTVPLUS CCTV Newscontent Co.,Ltd. CCTV Newscontent Co.,Ltd. All Rights Reserved. No access Chinese mainland CCTV Newscontent www.cctvplus.com +86-10-83949886 +86-10-63978447 contact@cctvplus.com 2026-04-21T17:46:05Z 2026-04-21T17:46:05Z 2026-04-21 2014-11-06T09:22:45Z China Central Television Beijing China Tech April 21, 2026/File China-5G Industrial Network/Official China to push for upgraded '5G Plus Industrial Internet': official China will push for an upgraded version of the "5G Plus Industrial Internet," which was highlighted in this year's government work report, to make it widely used in real economy, said an official of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) in Beijing on Tuesday. At a press conference on the country's industry and information technology development in the first quarter of 2026, Xie Cun, director of the MIIT's Information and Communications Development Department, said China has built 1,260 5G factories with distinctive features in different categories and grades, with 100 benchmark 5G factories claiming advanced technologies. Xie said more than 25,000 "5G Plus Industrial Internet" projects in total have been built nationwide. On average, participating 5G factories have seen product quality improve by 20.5 percent, operating costs decline by 18.4 percent, and production capacity increase by 24.7 percent "Our ministry will focus on building an upgraded version of the '5G Plus Industrial Internet' and push forward the comprehensive improvements of its capacity in network infrastructure, technological products, integrated applications, industrial ecosystems and public services. We will develop new industrial networks represented by 5G technology, accelerate the deep integration of '5G Plus Industrial Internet' into key sectors of real economy, and provide solid support for the intelligent, green and integrated development of manufacturing," he said. Xie said the ministry will speed up the rollout of guidelines on promoting high-quality development of the industrial internet to formulate a series of standards covering fundamental technologies, key innovations and typical applications. At the same time, he said, the ministry will carry out initiatives to promote the integration of the industrial internet and artificial intelligence (AI) in a bid to provide a critical foundation for AI applications in industrial settings. Chinese/Nats/Part Mute Beijing, China - April 21, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland) 1. Various of press conference in progress; reporters 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Xie Cun, director, Information and Communications Development Department, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (partially overlaid with shot 3): "Our ministry will focus on building an upgraded version of the '5G Plus Industrial Internet' and push forward the comprehensive improvements of its capacity in network infrastructure, technological products, integrated applications, industrial ecosystems and public services. We will develop new industrial networks represented by 5G technology, accelerate the deep integration of '5G Plus Industrial Internet' into key sectors of real economy, and provide solid support for the intelligent, green and integrated development of manufacturing." ++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++ 3. Reporters ++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++ FILE: Beijing, China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland) 4. Entrance to Ministry of Industry and Information Technology FILE: China - Exact Location and Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland) 5. Various of programmers at work, screens, computers FILE: Sichuan Province, southwest China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland) 6. Production line in factory 7. Various of robotic arms operating in factory FILE: China - Exact Location and Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland) 8. Various of humanoid robots working in factory 9. Machines working; staff member checking machine 10. Various of data transmission in smart cities