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China's National Data Administration said on Monday that during the upcoming 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030), it will prioritize supporting private enterprises with strong innovation power and mastery of core technologies to lead the development of relevant standards in the data field, China Media Group reported.

An official from the administration said that, in the process of developing relevant standards in the data sphere, an ecosystem of standards dominated by enterprises and mutually promoted by the government and enterprises is accelerating its formation. 

Currently, among all units and institutions participating in the formulation of national relevant standards in the data field, enterprises account for 78 percent, according to the report.

Looking ahead to the 15th Five-Year Plan, the administration will continue to encourage and support enterprises—particularly private enterprises—to participate in standard formulation and revision, while prioritizing support for private enterprises with strong innovation capability and mastery of core technologies to lead standards development, the official noted, per the report.

During the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), significant progress has been made in the construction of China's data standards system, which has helped accelerate the development of the country's digital economy, officials from the National Data Administration and the State Administration for Market Regulation said on Monday.

As the world's first country to designate data as a factor of production, China is accelerating the advancement of data standardization efforts, according to the officials. During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, more than 120 national standards in the data field have been cumulatively developed and released, achieving widespread application in key areas such as artificial intelligence applications, new infrastructure, and data trading and circulation, empowering diverse industries including manufacturing, medical care services, and transportation, they said, per the reported.

Global Times