National supercomputing internet platform aims to expand computing power

China set up its first national supercomputing internet platform on Thursday, blazing a new trail in the establishment of a powerful national supercomputing internet consortium.

As an essential factor in academia, research and industry, supercomputing power is augmented by a network of local and global connectivity resources that enable the quick, safe and efficient transfer of large amounts of data.

China leads the world in supercomputing, supported by the ’country’s institutional advantages, further boosting its global competitiveness, Wang Peng, an associate research fellow at the Beijing Academy of Social Sciences, told the Global Times on Thursday.

The supercomputing internet will provide stable and efficient services for AI-related enterprises to promote the research and application of AI technology, Wang said, and it will raise innovation efficiency while lowering operating costs.

The digital economy has consistently been mentioned in the annual Government Work Report. As part of the efforts to increase the country’s computing capacity and speed up the construction of new infrastructure, Chinese authorities have rolled out a plan for the overall layout of the country’s digital development.

The plan noted that important progress will be made in the construction of a digital China by 2025, with effective interconnectivity in digital infrastructure, a significantly improved digital economy and major breakthroughs in digital technology innovation, the Xinhua News Agency reported.

China is building eight national computing hubs under an ambitious plan approved in 2022, along with 10 national data center clusters.

The Ministry of Science and Technology started the deployment for constructing a supercomputing internet in April 2023 in an effort to promote the integrated operation of supercomputing and form a technological advanced overall layout by 2025.