Digital economy to receive top priority

China will ramp up efforts to build basic systems for data, bolster construction of digital infrastructure with a moderately proactive approach and accelerate the digital transformation of enterprises, government officials said on Monday.

Sun Wei, deputy director of the Department of Innovation and High-Tech Development at the National Development and Reform Commission, said accelerated steps will be taken to build a data elements market system, speed up large-scale commercial application of superfast 5G technology, cultivate digital industrial clusters with global competitiveness and deepen international cooperation in the digital economy sector.

Sun made the comments at a news conference for the sixth Digital China Summit, which is scheduled to be held in Fuzhou, Fujian province, from April 27 to 28.