Central SOEs urged to ramp up digital efforts

China's centrally administered State-owned enterprises have made substantial progress in both industrial digitization and digital industrialization, boosting their roles in ramping up the country's digital economy development, experts said.

The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council recently emphasized the need to deeply implement the "AI+" special action among central SOEs. It urged enterprises to accelerate their digital and intelligent transformation based on their specific conditions, aiming to build a batch of emerging pillar industries.

Li Zhen, SASAC vice-chairman, said the commission will launch a new round of special transformative actions to this end.