The Zhitong Finance App learned that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently issued the “Artificial Intelligence+Software” Special Action Implementation Plan. It points out the cultivation and expansion of intelligent software service providers. Guide software companies to transform into artificial intelligence application service providers and enhance continuous service and value delivery capabilities. Implement an artificial intelligence small and medium-sized enterprise entrepreneurship support plan, focusing on supporting the development of lightweight and specialized new software service providers, and cultivating a number of startups and specialized “little giant” enterprises. Encourage places in a position to do so to cultivate “artificial intelligence+software” innovation and entrepreneurship clusters, and coordinate the provision of supporting development resources such as space and computing power.
The “Plan” proposes that by 2028, the level of intelligence in the software and information technology service industry will increase markedly, cultivate a number of high-level intelligent programming tools and intelligent development platforms, promote and apply more than 20,000 software enterprises, and achieve remarkable results in intelligent software upgrades. A total of 100 intelligent technology improvement projects for software enterprises will be organized and implemented, and new forms of software represented by smart software will accelerate the emergence of 100 smart software benchmark applications in key industries. Information technology services will leap towards intelligence and value, forming a number of industries In-depth application solutions and typical scenarios, positive progress has been made in building an open and collaborative open source community, and more than 5 high-quality open source projects have been incubated. By 2030, the integrated development of artificial intelligence, software and information technology services will achieve a new leap forward. Key software will be fully upgraded. New business formats such as intelligent programming, intelligent software and intelligent services will become new growth poles for the industry, and several open source communities and industrial clusters with international influence will be built to push China's software and information technology service industry to seize the high ground of the global value chain.
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The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the “Artificial Intelligence+Software” Special Action Implementation Plan
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently issued the “Implementation Plan for the “Artificial Intelligence+Software” Special Action. The “Plan” proposes that by 2028, the level of intelligence in the software and information technology service industry will increase markedly, cultivate a number of high-level intelligent programming tools and intelligent development platforms, promote applications covering more than 20,000 software enterprises, achieve remarkable results in intelligent software upgrades, organize and implement 100 intelligent technology reform projects for software enterprises, accelerate the emergence of new forms of software represented by smart software, and create 100 intelligent software benchmark applications in key industries. Information technology services will leap towards intelligence and value, forming a number of deep industry application solutions and typical scenarios. Positive progress has been made in building an open and collaborative open source community, and more than 5 high-quality open source projects have been incubated. By 2030, the integrated development of artificial intelligence, software and information technology services will achieve a new leap forward. Key software will be fully upgraded. New business formats such as intelligent programming, intelligent software and intelligent services will become new growth poles for the industry, and several open source communities and industrial clusters with international influence will be built to push China's software and information technology service industry to seize the high ground of the global value chain.
Notice on Issuing the “Implementation Plan for the “Artificial Intelligence+Software” Special Action
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Letter [2026] No. 209
The competent departments of industry and information technology in each province, autonomous region, municipality directly under the Central Government and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps:
The “Artificial Intelligence+Software” Special Action Implementation Plan is now being issued to you. Please take into account the actual situation and implement it.
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
September 2, 2026
“Artificial Intelligence+Software” Special Action Implementation Plan
Artificial intelligence has profoundly transformed the development methods, product forms and service models of the software and information technology service industry, and has become the core engine driving industrial upgrading. This plan is formulated to thoroughly implement the “Opinions of the State Council on Further Implementing the “Artificial Intelligence +” Action, accelerate the integrated application of artificial intelligence technology in the software and information technology service industries, reshape the core competitiveness of software, and promote the high-quality development of the software and information technology service industry.
I. General Requirements
Guided by Xi Jinping's ideology of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress and the 20th Plenary Session of the Party, completely, accurately and comprehensively implement the new development concept, adhere to the principles of “application leadership, innovation-driven, safe and controllable, ecological collaboration”, accelerate the reshaping of software and information technology services with artificial intelligence, drive industrial efficiency transformation with intelligent programming, and jointly promote the intelligent upgrading of software products and smart software cultivation, and focus on improving the quality of information technology services, consolidating the foundation for intelligent development, creating a good development environment, and promoting the formation of efficient production, product intelligence, and service inclusion and ecology The new perfect development situation provides solid technical support and innovation momentum for the construction of a modern industrial system.
By 2028, the level of intelligence in the software and information technology service industry will increase significantly, cultivating a number of high-level intelligent programming tools and intelligent development platforms, and promoting applications covering 20,000 software enterprises. Significant results have been achieved in the intelligent upgrading of key software enterprises. A total of 100 intelligent technology reform projects for software enterprises have been organized and implemented, and new forms of software represented by smart software have accelerated the emergence of 100 smart software benchmark applications in key industries. Information technology services will leap towards intelligence and value, forming a number of deep industry application solutions and typical scenarios. Open and collaborative open source Positive progress has been made in community building, and more than 5 high-quality open source projects have been incubated. By 2030, the integrated development of artificial intelligence, software and information technology services will achieve a new leap forward. Key software will be fully upgraded. New business formats such as intelligent programming, intelligent software and intelligent services will become new growth poles for the industry, and several open source communities and industrial clusters with international influence will be built to push China's software and information technology service industry to seize the high ground of the global value chain.
2. Promote the transformation of software production and accelerate the move towards “intelligent drive”
(1) Optimize the intelligent programming tool chain. Develop intelligent programming tools driven by intelligent devices, deeply optimize software development scenarios, and enhance project-level and full-process independent development capabilities. Promote deep adaptation and integration of intelligent programming tools with code hosting platforms, cloud services, open source communities, etc., and improve the software development and deployment ecosystem. Support enterprises that are in a position to do so to promote and apply it on a large scale, and continuously improve the maturity of models and tools. Develop user-friendly intelligent programming tools for the public to lower the threshold of use.
(2) Accelerate the promotion of intelligent technology reform in software enterprises. Support local organizations that are in a position to do so to carry out intelligent technical reform of software enterprises, guide enterprises to increase investment in intelligent programming applications, and transform software development processes. Encourage local authorities to make good use of existing capital and policy channels, and prioritize support for software companies with outstanding results based on the effectiveness of intelligent programming applications such as code quality and R&D benefits. Select regions and enterprises with a good foundation to test first, summarize and refine experiences and practices that can be replicated and promoted, and promote the extension and expansion of intelligent technology transformation to software development in key industries such as manufacturing, government, finance, medical care, education, and transportation.
(3) Promote intelligent programming to enable software security. Support enterprises to use large models and intelligent programming tools to carry out vulnerability mining, automatic defect identification and risk rating assessments in existing software, and enhance the ability to detect and repair high-risk security hazards. Promote software companies to embed intelligent safety testing into the entire software development process to detect potential safety hazards in real time and deal with them in a timely manner. Strengthen intelligent security testing methods such as penetration testing, attack and defense simulation, and enhance software security verification capabilities.
3. Accelerate the intelligent upgrading of software products and vigorously promote “smart partners”
(4) Raise the level of intelligence of basic software. It targets basic software such as operating systems and databases, and supports enterprises that are in a position to do so to implement intelligent upgrades around agent scheduling, performance tuning, operation and maintenance management, and security protection. Support basic software companies and hardware manufacturers such as chips and servers to carry out joint research on low-level adaptation and software-hardware collaborative optimization, build more than 15 adaptation centers, and comprehensively enhance industrial verification capabilities.
(5) Promote the intelligent transformation of industrial software. Promote the deep integration of general industrial software such as computer-aided design software (CAD), computer-aided engineering software (CAE), and electronic design automation software (EDA) with artificial intelligence, implement intelligent upgrades for scenarios such as drawing, design, and simulation, and explore next-generation industrial software development paths. Support industrial enterprises that are in a position to do so to join software companies, package knowledge such as industrial experience and process parameters into reusable model libraries and industrial components, and develop intelligent industrial software for the industry. Promote the ability of industrial Internet platforms to integrate large models, and improve the level of data analysis, production scheduling, and multi-agent collaborative decision-making.
(6) Accelerate the application of new intelligent software products. It targets all fields of production and life, enriches intelligent software functions, and continuously expands the coverage of intelligent software upgrades. Support joint innovation between software companies and terminal manufacturers such as smartphones, smart homes, and intelligent connected vehicles, accelerate the integration and deployment of lightweight models and terminal software, and explore the development of personalized intelligent system software. Cultivate system software such as quantum computing and brain-like computing, and explore future software directions represented by intelligent natives, etc.
4. Cultivate new smart software business formats and accelerate “continuous evolution”
(7) Consolidate the technical foundation of intelligent software. Strengthen research on engineering technologies such as agent operation frameworks, and enhance reliable execution of complex tasks and the ability of multiple agents to work collaboratively. Support the construction of intelligent software development platforms and improve the R&D, testing, deployment, operation and maintenance tool chains. Improve the level of integration and adaptation with existing software systems, and promote large-scale application of intelligent software.
(8) Cultivate smart software products. Develop general-purpose smart software for diverse scenarios such as information processing, office collaboration, and lifestyle services. Promote smart devices to empower Internet applications and services, and accelerate the development of terminal smart software with lightweight reasoning and privacy protection capabilities. Aim at high-value industry scenarios, integrate knowledge maps and data resources to create professional intelligent software in vertical fields. Focus on core industrial links, develop safe, reliable, and verifiable industrial intelligence, strengthen interaction and adaptation with industrial control system software and enterprise core business systems, and deeply integrate into the entire production and operation process.
(9) Build an intelligent software application market. Promote the construction of intelligent software application stores and skill package (Skills) resource libraries, standardize platform review and operation management, and promote the widespread application of smart devices and skill packages. Guide various innovators to develop high-quality professional skill packages, knowledge bases, etc., encourage software companies to develop functional components for smart bodies, and accumulate industry knowledge. Cultivate open source zones for smart devices and build an open ecosystem with diverse collaboration and skill sharing.
5. Expand intelligent software services and actively change the “service model”
(10) Innovate intelligent software service models. Support software companies to build an end-to-end intelligent application service chain based on big models and intelligent technology. Encourage the consumer market to provide ubiquitous, convenient and easy-to-use intelligent software services, and form a virtuous cycle of “large-scale application - technology iteration - service inclusiveness”. Facing high-value scenarios in vertical fields, we develop specialized intelligent software services, support the procurement of large models and intelligent services, and enhance the intellectual quality and efficiency of industrial use models.
(11) Cultivate and expand intelligent software service providers. Guide software companies to transform into artificial intelligence application service providers, and enhance continuous service and value delivery capabilities. Implement an artificial intelligence small and medium-sized enterprise entrepreneurship support plan, focusing on supporting the development of lightweight and specialized new software service providers, and cultivating a number of startups and specialized “little giant” enterprises. Encourage places in a position to do so to cultivate “artificial intelligence+software” innovation and entrepreneurship clusters, and coordinate the provision of supporting development resources such as space and computing power.
(12) Accelerate the implementation of intelligent software services. Encourage software companies to partner with users in key industries to implement first-use, replicable and marketable solutions for common typical scenarios. Organize an “in-depth tour” of artificial intelligence-enabled software to promote demand matching in high-value scenarios such as manufacturing and finance by industry. Relying on public service platforms in various industries, we provide lightweight and low-cost solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises.
6. Consolidate the foundation for intelligent software development
(13) Promote open source software collaborative innovation. Relying on the national open source foundation and artificial intelligence open source community, we guide enterprises to open up achievements such as intelligent programming, intelligent software products, and smart devices, support the launch of key open source projects in the community, establish open source zones in the field of intelligent operating systems, etc., and strengthen the application and compliance guidelines of independent open source licensing agreements. Establish a mechanism for selecting and nurturing high-quality open source projects, encourage exploration of diversified business models, and promote the in-depth application of high-quality projects in manufacturing, finance and other fields. Improve open source contribution incentives, support universities, research institutes and enterprises to incorporate open source contributions into scientific research evaluation and talent recognition systems, and explore open source contributions as an important reference indicator for discovering high-quality SMEs in the software field.
(14) Strengthen computing power service support for software companies. Improve the intelligent computing cloud service system, develop integrated services for computing power, models, and software tools, and promote intensive use of resources. It targets the characteristics of computing needs of software companies, and supports the development of flexible, flexible computing power services that can be expanded as needed. Make good use of inclusive support policies such as computing power vouchers, reduce the cost of using computing power for software companies, and strengthen the matching of computing power supply and demand and cloud computing guidance for small and medium-sized enterprises.
(15) Build a high-quality data set for the software industry. Focusing on key scenarios such as code generation, intelligent testing, and intelligent operation and maintenance, we support the construction of high-quality data sets in the software industry and promote mutual benefits between data and models. Improve tool chains such as data labeling, cleaning and synthesis, and guide enterprises to improve software engineering data governance capabilities. Strengthen data sharing and utilization by relying on open source communities and code hosting platforms.
7. Optimizing the software industry development environment
(16) Promote the development of key standards in the field of software. The development of key standards is promoted in an integrated manner around the fields of intelligent programming, intelligent software products, intelligent devices and intelligent services. Formulate intelligent programming capability maturity rating evaluation standards, and develop smart interface standards for software and hardware collaboration. Research and formulate intelligent service standards such as “model as a service” and “smart as a service” to accelerate application in key industries such as manufacturing.
(17) Strengthen the cultivation and supply of software talents. Facing the needs of new occupations and new jobs in the software field, we will strengthen the cultivation of complex talents. Support colleges and universities to update related disciplines and majors in line with industrial development, and deepen the cross-integration of disciplines. Encourage school-enterprises to cooperate to set up industry-education integration courses, jointly build talent training bases, and implement training programs for outstanding engineers and cluster training programs for highly skilled talents in vocational education. Build a platform for international exchange and strengthen the attraction of top talents from overseas.
(18) Promote the employment-friendly development of the software industry. Adhere to the employment-friendly orientation, guide software companies, while improving the level of intelligence, optimize human-robot collaborative production organization methods, simultaneously implement job transformation and skills training, and actively develop new types of jobs. Expand new employment space through the development of new business formats such as smart software and intelligent services. Strengthen training on new skills related to software intelligence, and promote the transformation of software practitioners to high-value-added jobs. Strengthen the assessment of the impact of artificial intelligence on employment in the software sector and improve risk response mechanisms.
(19) Improve security and security capabilities in the software field. Strengthen security review of code generated by artificial intelligence, prevent new types of attacks such as injecting malicious instructions into intelligent programming tools, and strengthen access control to development tools, code bases, etc. Research security technologies such as smart identification, trusted interconnection, data security, and behavioral control, and promote the establishment of smart security management standards covering development, deployment, and application. Facing the trend of artificial intelligence integration, improve quality management and evaluation standards for software products and services. Strengthen intellectual property compliance governance for code generated by artificial intelligence.
8. Strengthen organizational guarantees
Strengthen organizational implementation, strengthen cross-departmental and central local coordination, and rely on mechanisms such as “unlocking the list” to advance the implementation of key tasks. Increase policy support, coordinate policies such as various funding channels and first-edition software product certification, and support eligible “artificial intelligence+software” projects. Use special financial resources to accelerate key technology research and development, infrastructure construction, and scenario application. Jointly build a prosperous ecosystem, support industry events such as artificial intelligence innovation application contests, expand multi-level international cooperation, and create an open and win-win industrial atmosphere.
This article was selected from the WeChat account of “Gongxin WeChat”. Zhitong Finance Editor: Feng Qiuyi.