China targets ‘future industries’ in 2024, humanoid robots and biomedicines to drive high-quality economic growth
- Beijing aims to boost tech-heavy sectors, from new materials to biomedicines and high-end equipment, to move ahead with advanced manufacturing development
- Application of 5G tech, strengthening 6G pre-research and accelerating the deployment of intelligent computing facilities also listed as key missions for 2024
Beijing has set developing “industries of the future” as one of its key missions for the year to come, as it ramps up efforts to explore frontier technologies as a major driving force for China’s economic growth.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said at a meeting on Thursday that it would boost a wide range of tech-heavy sectors from new materials to biomedicines and high-end equipment to press ahead with China’s advanced manufacturing development and ensure high-quality growth.
“An action plan for the development of industries of the future will be introduced,” the ministry said in a statement.
The plan would target sectors including humanoid robots and quantum information, and focus on breakthroughs in key technologies, cultivating products and expanding application scenarios, it added.
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