News that Broadband China's strategy is finalized in July in October

According to sources, the "Broadband China" strategy, which has attracted much attention, will be finalized at the end of July. It will be submitted to all ministries and commissions in August and submitted to the State Council for final approval. It is expected that it will be officially launched in October as a separate policy document. According to Zhang Feng, director of the Department of Communication Development of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the "Broadband China" strategy will be submitted to the State Council for review in June and announced in September.

The "Broadband China" strategy has been listed as a key project of the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan." In the "Several Opinions on Vigorously Promoting the Development of Informatization" adopted at the State Council's executive meeting on May 9, the "Broadband China" strategy was implemented. Listed as the top job. As to why it failed to submit to the State Council for review according to the original plan, there may be multiple reasons. Some people think that because of the complexity of the allocation of interests and the implementation of multiple departments, it is normal for some changes to be made during the formulation process.

The “Broadband China” strategy was jointly organized by the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, the State Administration of Taxation, and the General Administration of Radio, Film and Television, etc. The “Broadband China” Strategic Research Working Group and the Expert Group were responsible. Formulate implementation plans, including general ideas, development goals, roadmaps, timetables, and policy measures.

According to the head of the "broadband China" strategic research expert group, Qi Hejun, "Broadband China" has already established four major principles. First, it must adhere to the combination of government guidance and market regulation to strengthen overall deployment; Second, it must adhere to the construction of broadband networks. The combination of application services and development promotes coordinated development. Third, it is necessary to adhere to the combination of broadband network construction and industrial innovation and development, and to consolidate industrial capabilities. Fourth, we must adhere to the combination of broadband network construction and the protection of information security to ensure network security.

Wei Leping, director of the China Telecom (Weibo) Group Science and Technology Commission, said at the FTTH Asia Pacific Regional Conference held in May this year that China’s broadband strategy will be introduced soon, aiming at establishing a national broadband network development goal, roadmap, and timetable. Promote policies, accelerate the construction of broadband infrastructure, increase network access bandwidth, expand user penetration, and expand application areas. According to the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, according to the implementation plan to be introduced in the future, by 2015, mainland China will achieve 250 million broadband access users, and in terms of broadband access capacity, urban households will average more than 20 trillion and rural areas will average 4 trillion. the above.