Minister of Industry and Information Technology, Li Lecheng: Accelerate the Promotion of Innovation and Development in Future Industries

China Securities Journal China Securities Network, March 22, 2026: (Reporter Li Yanzheng) Li Lecheng, Party Secretary and Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said at the 2026 Annual Meeting of the China Development High-Level Forum that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will seize opportunities of the times, build on its own strengths, deepen open cooperation, and accelerate innovation-driven development in future industries.

Li Lecheng said that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will do a good job in overall planning and forward-looking deployment. Strengthen planning guidance, improve technology foresight mechanisms, coordinate and advance in an orderly manner the construction of pilot zones for future industries, and guide localities to develop future industries based on their respective comparative advantages—tailoring approaches to local conditions and pursuing differentiated development. Strengthen the technological supply for future industries. Systematically plan major breakthroughs in original and leading technologies, and promote breakthroughs in areas such as quantum technology, bio-manufacturing, hydrogen energy and nuclear fusion energy, brain-computer interfaces, embodied intelligence, 6G, and more, while actively integrating into global innovation networks.

In addition, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will play a leading role for enterprises. Vigorously cultivate science and technology leading enterprises and high-tech enterprises with core technology leadership and strong innovation capabilities, leverage the advantages of national high-tech development zones in science and technology resources and industrial resources, and accelerate the creation of a group of new tracks with international influence. Optimize the ecosystem for future industry development. Promote in-depth integration of the innovation chain, industrial chain, capital chain, and talent chain, improve innovation development policies, strengthen the protection of financial factors, and enhance the cultivation of professional talent related to future industries. Establish and improve the governance system for future industries. Adhere to the coordinated development of both development and security, actively explore regulatory approaches suited to the characteristics of future industries, continue to deepen international exchanges and cooperation, proactively align with global innovation resources, actively participate in the formulation of international standards and rules, and work to create an open, inclusive, secure, and orderly development environment.

(Editor: Wen Jing)

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                                                            Future industries