Cloud Computing Aim

A new government plan aims to increase the scale of the cloud computing industry by more than 2.5 times from 2015 levels by 2019.

The scale will be expanded to 430 billion yuan ($62.29 billion) by 2019, up from 150 billion yuan ($21 billion) in 2015, according to the action plan for 2017-19 issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

Other targets include making breakthroughs in core technologies, increasing cloud computing in manufacturing and government affairs, and strengthening the global influence of Chinese cloud computing companies.

The ministry expects that two to three Chinese cloud computing companies will lead the global market within three years.

Cloud computing should be a strong support for China’s manufacturing and Internet industries and help make other social and economic sectors informationized, the ministry said.

The ministry will enhance cloud computing network security and improve security regulation and relevant laws, as many users from key industries are still hesitating to take the plunge due to concerns about safety, reliability and movability.

In the next three years, the Central Government will encourage local governments to work with leading cloud computing companies to build public service platforms.

The plan promises better financial services and personnel training, as well as efforts for the branding of current enterprises and products.