Requirements for Quickly Developing an Integrated National Computing Network

Developing an integrated national computing network is a huge and complex undertaking spanning multiple domains and regions. It requires sound handling of the relationships between planning in both qualitative and quantitative terms, supply and demand development, east-west links, and development and security, in order to boost Chinese modernization.

We will guide planning in both qualitative and quantitative terms of national computing resources with an appropriate degree of foresight and proactive and systematic development

In terms of quality, we need to encourage the optimization of existing resources and the integration of diverse types of resources. To adapt to the current demand for integrated applications of multi-element computing power centers, we must move beyond the traditional service model of a single computing power supply by encouraging localities to turn traditional data centers into integrated computing centers and promoting collaboration between computing resource services with different computing precision. We must also genuinely improve the utilization of China's computing resources so as to reduce costs and increase efficiency. 

In terms of quantity, we need to curb blind development and ill-conceived projects. We will encourage distinct types of new computing power to develop in national hub nodes, build national hub nodes into national computing power bases, and pursue the large-scale, intensive, and green development of computing power.

We will manage the relationship between a strong demand for and an effective supply of computing power so as to build new competitive strengths for future development

Due to the rapid rise of large models and other fields and applications of AI in China, demand for intelligent computing resources has increased notably. In the course of the coordinated development of computing capacity in the eastern and western regions as well as the East-West Computing Resources Transmission Project (EWCRT Project), it is necessary to leverage the advantages of each of the national hub nodes, explore and optimize technical solutions and business models for network scheduling of computing resources of different types and in different locations, and increase the supply of cheap, quality, and convenient computing power, so as to achieve a balance between supply and demand of computing power.

We will create a new coordinated layout between eastern and western regions with stronger links between national and sub-national hub node areas

Relying on emerging network technologies to improve transmission efficiency, we will establish a mechanism for linking east and west, promote the construction of an inter-regional and multi-level high-speed directly connected network of computing power, and reduce the cost of east-west data transmission. We will overcome technical obstacles to massive data transmissions, come up with a transaction settlement mechanism for the computing power market for the eastern, central and western regions, and bolster integration and innovation of computing power with data and algorithms, in order to develop a uniquely Chinese computing network. Moreover, as the EWCRT Project proceeds, non-national hub node areas will be keen to participate. We will develop urban computing networks, use new technological innovations, institutional mechanisms and business models to exploit computing resources within and beyond cities that can be used for scheduling. These measures will help develop computing power infrastructure within cities. We will also create an integrated national computing network featuring links at multiple levels, amalgamation and innovation, and independent control.

We will achieve a positive interplay between high-quality development and high-standard security as well as be mindful of worst-case scenarios and adopt a systematic approach

To develop the integrated national computing network, we must pay close attention to security, improve the infrastructure, network, and data security of national hub nodes while simultaneously promoting their links with the security systems of non-national hub nodes. This will enable us to eliminate the concerns of computing power service users and build a solid line of defense for the development of an integrated national computing network.

Editor: Jiang Wenyan