The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology takes dual measures: issuing a three-year support plan for small and medium-sized enterprises in AI, and launching initiatives to cultivate application service providers.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has recently taken two key measures to promote the development of the artificial intelligence industry. First, it issued the “Artificial Intelligence SME Entrepreneurship Support Plan (2026–2028)”, aiming to cultivate AI startups with strong innovation capabilities and high growth potential over three years. The plan sets specific quantitative targets: more than 10,000 new technology- and innovation-driven SMEs will be cultivated, over 2,000 specialized “little giants” enterprises will emerge, and a number of gazelle and unicorn enterprises will appear. In terms of implementation, the plan focuses on strengthening the supply of entrepreneurial elements, including promoting resource pooling integration and edge facility construction through China’s computing power platform, supporting leading enterprises to form data cooperation alliances with SMEs to create high-quality datasets, and guiding chain-leading enterprises to open up application scenarios through various activities. Second, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology also launched a special campaign to cultivate artificial intelligence application service providers, aiming to increase the number of service provider resources nationwide to over 2,000 by the end of 2026. The goal is to create a multi-level echelon with a reasonable structure, orderly division of labor, and collaborative innovation, and significantly improve performance in complex scenarios…
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued a notice to launch a special initiative to cultivate artificial intelligence application service providers. The goal is to increase the number of service providers in the national resource pool to over 2,000 by the end of 2026, forming a multi-level echelon with a reasonable structure, orderly division of labor, and collaborative innovation, while significantly improving the ability to deliver services in complex scenarios.
# The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the “Support Plan for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Artificial Intelligence Entrepreneurship (2026–2028)”
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently issued the “Support Plan for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Artificial Intelligence Entrepreneurship (2026–2028)”, proposing to cultivate a large number of innovative and promising artificial intelligence entrepreneurship enterprises in key areas such as industry applications, data services, and intelligent computing power over three years. The plan requires the creation of more than 10,000 new technology- and innovation-driven small and medium-sized enterprises, with over 2,000 “little giants” enterprises specializing in specific areas, and the emergence of a number of gazelle enterprises and unicorn enterprises.
## Key Contents of the Plan
### I. Strengthening the supply of entrepreneurial elements
- **Computing power resources**: Promote the pooling and integration of resources through the China Computing Power Platform, build edge computing facilities as needed, and optimize the special area for connecting computing power resources with services for small and medium-sized enterprises.
- **Data resources**: Support leading enterprises in the industry to form data cooperation alliances with small and medium-sized enterprises, create high-quality industry datasets, and open them to entrepreneurship enterprises in an orderly manner.
- **Application scenarios**: Through activities such as “Hundred Events, Ten Thousand Enterprises”, guide chain-leading enterprises…