[Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Timely study to further expand the opening up of value-added telecommunications services as a pilot project] On October 20, the State Council Information Office held a press conference on the 20th to introduce the development of industry and information technology in the first three quarters of 2026. Xie Cun, director of the Information and Communications Administration Bureau of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that in the first three quarters of this year, the development of the information and communications industry was generally stable. The total volume of telecommunications business in the first three quarters increased by 7.3% year-on-year, and Internet business revenue increased by 8.9% year-on-year from January to August. In terms of computing power facilities, as of the end of September 2026, China's intelligent computing power reached 2,592 EFLOPS, a year-on-year increase of 146%, which strongly supports the rapid development of China's artificial intelligence industry and continues to unleash the vitality of industry development. In the next step, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will work hard to promote the quality and upgrading of the information and communications industry. The first is to stabilize investment, seize opportunities for the construction of new generation communication networks, plan and implement a number of strategic, guiding, and breakthrough major engineering projects, accelerate the expansion and improvement of computing power facilities, and consolidate the network and computing power base for the development of advanced manufacturing; The second is to focus on innovation, proactively lay out 6G technological innovation, strengthen the construction of the new generation communication network standard system, deepen the innovation of 5G industrial Internet applications, promote the integration innovation of information communication and artificial intelligence, the integration and empowerment of industrial Internet and artificial intelligence, build high-level urban pilot projects for 5G+industrial Internet integrated application, and deeply empower advanced manufacturing; the third is to promote openness, support more qualified enterprises to apply for commercial trials of satellite IoT services, and timely study to further expand the opening of value-added telecommunications services.