Three outcomes were released at a themed session of the 9th Digital China Summit: a comprehensive report on China's national integrated computing power network, a report on the coordinated development of computing and networks, and progress in digital and computing power development in Jiangxi.

The event was held in Fuzhou, the capital of southeast China's Fujian Province.

Held on April 28 under the theme of the integration of data and computing, the session focused on advancing a nationwide computing power network and strengthening coordination between data and computing resources.

Officials, industry representatives, researchers and users shared practices and exchanged views on infrastructure development and coordination.

Liu Liehong, head of the National Data Administration, said China's computing infrastructure is shifting from resource expansion to system-level efficiency gains, with services evolving from resource-based supply to task-oriented delivery.

The goal, he said, is to build an ecosystem where computing power is broadly accessible and available on demand.

He outlined priorities such as the "East Data, West Computing" project, nationwide monitoring and dispatch of computing resources, coordination between computing and power systems, and the development of edge computing.

Official data underscore the pace of expansion. By the end of March 2026, China's total intelligent computing capacity had reached 1.88 million PFLOPS (FP16), with more than 80% concentrated in eight national hub nodes.

A national monitoring and dispatch platform has connected 1.37 million PFLOPS, accounting for about 72% of the total.

Participants from local governments and companies also joined panel discussions on infrastructure development, network computing coordination, and emerging trends in AI-enabled industries.

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