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title: 'China Developing National Data Infrastructure Amid Digital Revolution'
url: 'https://thediplomaticinsight.com/china-developing-data-infrastructure/'
author: 'Irshad Hussain'
date: '2025-01-06T23:40:02+05:00'
categories:
  - 'Asia'
  - 'China'
  - 'Science & Technology'
---

# China Developing National Data Infrastructure Amid Digital Revolution

**Beijing (TDI): **Amid rapidly advancing digital technologies and infrastructure worldwide, China is set to complete building the main structure of a national data infrastructure by 2029.

This step is part of the country’s broader push to build a unified national data market and develop the digital economy, according to a guideline issued Monday by the [National Development and Reform Commission](https://en.ndrc.gov.cn/) and two other authorities, Media in China Reported while citing the authentic sources.

Developing the national data infrastructure, a new type of infrastructure that supports data collection, aggregation, transmission, processing, circulation, utilization, operation and security.

China’s data infrastructure development is still in the early stages, according to the guideline.

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### China and Future Plans

The country plans to finish the top-level design of a national data infrastructure between 2024 and 2026 and build an infrastructure that supports large-scale data circulation and interconnectivity while fully integrating data networks and computing power facilities between 2027 and 2028.

The country also vowed to upgrade the 5G network to 5G-A level and promote 6G-related research, development and innovation, according to the guideline.

The 5G-A network surpasses the current 5G network in terms of speed, latency, connection scale, and energy consumption.

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It achieves a peak data rate of 10 gigabits per second for downloads and 1 gigabit per second for uploads, millisecond-level latency, and low-cost connectivity for the Internet of Things.

Chinese cities such as Beijing and Shanghai have already started offering 5G-A network services in some districts.