China is building national data infrastructure to facilitate large-scale data sharing and utilization across sectors, aiming to unlock the economic potential of data and fuel future growth, according to the National Data Administration (NDA).
The country expects to complete the building of the main structure of the national data infrastructure by 2029, according to a new plan released on Monday.
Titled "Guidelines for National Data Infrastructure Construction," the plan was released by China's National Development and Reform Commission, National Data Administration, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology at a press conference held in Beijing on Monday.
"Through the integration and application of industry and regional data infrastructure, public data services can be promoted on a larger scale and in more areas," said Li Jianguo, deputy director of the NDA's Digital Technology and Infrastructure Construction Department.
The NDA estimates that every 10-percent increase in data flow can contribute to a 0.2-percent rise in GDP, with the contribution of data flow to profit growth across various industries averaged at about ten percent.
"We are building and operating the national data infrastructure to support large-scale data circulation and utilization across regions, industries, and enterprises. This will unlock the full value of data elements, leverage the advantages of massive datasets and diverse application scenarios, and empower the development of new quality productive forces and the construction of a digital China," said Du Wei, director of the NDA's Digital Technology and Infrastructure Construction Department.
China's national data infrastructure aims to facilitate large-scale data sharing
People in the Republic of the Congo say they are looking forward to expanding cooperation with China to more fields including medicine.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is going to visit the central African country on Tuesday, as part of his four-nation tour of Africa.
Officials said that the two sides will implement some of the programs that were agreed upon at last year's Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Beijing.
Economic relations between China and the Republic of the Congo date back to the 1960s.
Over the years, China has built factories, roads and bridges that have helped transform the country's agriculture-based economy into a semi-industrialized one.
Crude oil, copper and wood have been the Republic of the Congo's major exports to China, according to global trade data.
Congolese people hope their government can work to strengthen relations with one of the country's most important partners. In addition to infrastructure, people say some of the other areas that China and the Republic of the Congo plan to develop include health, agriculture and security.
"For me I think cooperation should extend to the healthcare sector, as we know that Chinese are good at medicine," said Ragma Nganga, a university student in Brazzaville.
"Cooperation between China and Congo has been remarkable especially in infrastructure projects. Chinese have built many roads," said Josue Mifoundou, a local digital media practitioner.
In 2018, China and the Republic of the Congo signed a memorandum of understanding on projects under the Belt and Road Initiative - China's flagship infrastructure initiative that's helping link Asia, Europe, Latin America and Africa to China through ports, roads and railways.
Congolese people anticipate expanded cooperation with China
