Qingdao city poised to expand industrial internet sector
China DailyThe coastal city of Qingdao in East China's Shandong province has been ramping up efforts to expand the scale of its industrial internet sector, by accelerating the in-depth integration of the digital economy and the real economy. The industrial internet is the application and development of new-generation information in the industrial sector that provides a viable path for the digital transformation of industries, according to industry insiders. As early as 2015, Qingdao took the lead in the layout of the industrial internet, introduced an industrial internet development plan and held the World Industrial Internet Conference. In the Shandong Peninsula Industrial Internet Demonstration Zone Construction Plan, it proposed that based on the good industrial foundations of Qingdao, the city would build a world industrial internet capital.