| Entity | Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) |
|---|---|
| Date | 15 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Rule |
| Instrument | “人工智能赋能新型工业化高价值场景” navigation map |
| Region | China & Restricted |
On 15 October 2026, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology formally released the “人工智能赋能新型工业化高价值场景” (AI Empowering New Industrialization High-Value Scenarios) as an industry navigation map.
The map, compiled by multiple research institutions and enterprises, covers petrochemicals, steel, automobiles, consumer electronics and other sub-sectors totaling 20 areas and more than 1,000 scenarios drawn from production-line practice. It sits alongside prior MIIT actions that organized nearly 30 “深度行” activities facilitating over 5,000 enterprise matchings, supported 18 national AI innovation application pilot zones, advanced nearly 200 AI key technology standards, and established a 600 billion yuan national AI industry investment fund.
Who this affects
- For exporters: Manufacturers in the 20 covered sub-sectors receive a standardized reference of high-value AI application scenarios derived from existing production practice.
- For investors: The 600 billion yuan national AI industry investment fund operates alongside the map as a designated capital vehicle for AI industry development.
- For counsel/compliance: The map provides a tiered reference (攻关级, 验证级, 推广级) for assessing AI application maturity against current technical capability and replicability criteria.
- For policymakers: The release advances the stated line of using manufacturing as the primary battlefield and application traction as the main line for high-level AI empowerment of new industrialization.
The read
The map directly addresses the challenges noted in the reporting—blind following by some enterprises, repeated construction, and difficulty migrating successful experiences—by establishing a three-tier maturity classification and a one-industry-one-map, one-scene-one-archive structure.
It consolidates scenarios already drawn from frontline practice under the guidance of MIIT’s Science and Technology Department, with compilation led by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology together with the China Electronics Standardization Institute, National Industrial Information Security Development Research Center, CCID Research Institute, MIIT Electronic Fifth Research Institute and China Industrial Internet Research Institute.
The instrument therefore functions as a consolidation and standardization step within the existing sequence of deep-tour activities, pilot-zone designations, standards development and fund establishment rather than a new regulatory mandate.
What was the action?
MIIT formally released the “人工智能赋能新型工业化高价值场景” document on 15 October 2026 at the 2026 AI Industry Conference in Jinan, designating it as a reference “产业导航图” for AI empowerment of new industrialization.
What’s the penalty / scope, and how is it set?
No penalty is stated. The action establishes a reference map covering 20 manufacturing sub-sectors and more than 1,000 scenarios, structured as “一业一图谱、一景一档案” with three maturity tiers: 推广级 (already stably deployed and externally replicable), 验证级 (pilot completed, requiring expanded application), and 攻关级 (still in technical breakthrough stage). Scenarios originate from production-line practice.
Who else is exposed?
Not specified beyond the 20 sub-sectors named in the release (including petrochemicals/petrochemical-chemicals, steel, non-ferrous metals, building materials, industrial mother machines, automobiles, medical equipment, power equipment, aerospace, home furnishings, pharmaceuticals, biomanufacturing, historical classic industries such as baijiu, electronic components, consumer electronics, new displays, software, and information and communications). The map was compiled jointly by the listed research institutions and industry enterprises under MIIT Science and Technology Department guidance.
What happens next
The map is positioned as a reusable “活地图” for path support. Concurrent mechanisms already in operation include the 18 national AI innovation application pilot zones, the nearly 30 “深度行” activities, ongoing standards work, and the 600 billion yuan national AI industry investment fund. Monitoring centers on the rate at which 推广级 scenarios move from reference status into wider enterprise adoption and the share of the nearly half of “人工智能+” applications currently remaining at pilot stage that advance under the three-tier framework.
工业和信息化部今天正式发布“人工智能赋能新型工业化高价值场景”，为人工智能赋能新型工业化提供可参考借鉴的“产业导航图”。CCTV News Client, 15 October 2026 →