State Council's Opinions on Informatization and Information Security

On July 17th, the Chinese government's website issued the “State Council’s Several Opinions on Vigorously Promoting the Development of Informatization and Effectively Protecting Information Security.” The opinion pointed out that by the end of the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan”, the nation’s e-commerce transaction volume exceeded 18 trillion yuan, which was fixed throughout the country. There are more than 250 million broadband access users, 3G networks covering urban and rural areas, and IPv6 commercialization.

IPv6 realizes commercial scale

The comments made clear the main development goals during the 12th Five-Year Plan period. The opinion pointed out that the level of informatization in key areas will be significantly improved. The integration of informatization and industrialization continues to deepen, and agricultural informationization strongly supports the development of modern agriculture. The level of informationization in key areas such as culture, education, medical care, and social security has been significantly improved; the development of e-government and e-commerce has advanced to the end of the “Twelfth Five-year Plan”. The establishment of a national e-government network was basically completed, and information sharing and business synergy frameworks were basically established; the nation’s e-commerce transaction volume exceeded 18 trillion yuan, and online retail sales accounted for more than 9% of total retail sales of consumer goods.

The comments emphasized that by the end of the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan”, there were more than 250 million fixed broadband subscribers in the country, and the Internet’s international export bandwidth reached 6,500 gigabits per second (Gbit). The third-generation mobile communication technology (3G) network covers urban and rural areas, and international The Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) achieves commercial scale and the next-generation information infrastructure has been initially established.

The suggestion put forward that China will promote the commercialization and the frontier layout of the next-generation Internet, promptly promote the large-scale deployment and commercialization of IPv6, and promote the network evolution, business migration and commercial operation of IPv4 to IPv6. Improve the top-level network architecture of the Internet countries, upgrade the backbone network, and achieve high-speed, high-quality interconnection and interoperability. Focus on the development of next-generation Internet key chips, devices, software and systems to promote the pace of industrialization. Accelerate the research and development of the key theories and core technologies of the future network architecture, strengthen the strategic layout, and build a demonstration platform for future Internet innovation and development.

In addition, breakthroughs have been made in the transformation and upgrading of the information industry. A number of major innovations have been achieved in the areas of integrated circuits, system software, and key components, and the software industry has further increased the proportion of income from the information industry. The national information security system has basically taken shape. The security protection capabilities of important information systems and basic information networks have been significantly enhanced, and the basic level of information security equipment has been significantly improved, and the basic level of information security protection has been significantly strengthened.

Promote triple play

During the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, the "Broadband China" project will be implemented to build the next-generation information infrastructure. The comments pointed out that under the premise of ensuring information and cultural security, the three networks will be vigorously promoted to promote two-way access to radio and television and telecommunications services, accelerate network upgrading and resource sharing, strengthen resource development, information technology and business innovation, and vigorously develop convergent models. Business, nurturing and strengthening the three networks integration related industries and markets. Accelerate the construction of relevant laws and regulations and standards systems, improve the institutional mechanisms to adapt to the integration of the three networks, and improve the manageable and controllable network information and cultural security systems.

The opinion also pointed out that during the "12th Five-Year Plan" period, information technology and industrialization will be promoted in depth and the level of informatization of economic development will be increased. Specifically, it includes comprehensively improving the level of enterprise informatization, promoting energy-saving emission reduction information technology, enhancing the core competitiveness of the information industry, guiding the healthy development of e-commerce, and promoting the informatization process of the service industry.

In order to ensure the smooth realization of the above objectives, the Opinions point out that we will strengthen the support of fiscal and taxation policies, accelerate the construction of laws and regulations and standards, and strengthen publicity, education, and personnel training. In respect of the construction of laws and regulations and standards, it will improve the development of information technology and laws and regulations on network and information security, and study and formulate management methods for government information security management and personal information protection. We will improve relevant laws and regulations and clarify and implement the responsibilities of enterprises, institutions, and social organizations in maintaining information security. We will formulate and improve the application standards for the new generation of information technology in key areas and focus on the technical support for the development of standards for industrial development. Cultivate the national information security standardization professional force and speed up the development of safety standards in the areas of triple play, cloud computing, and internet of things. Actively participate in the formulation of international rules and standards on international standards of information security and Internet governance.