China's top economic planner National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and other departments on Tuesday jointly released the first batch of landmark major application scenario projects to provide validation spaces for accelerating the scale and commercialization of new technologies, products, and business models.
An application scenario refers to a specific setting for systematically testing the industrial application of new technologies, products and new business forms. It plays a key role in driving the large-scale and commercial adoption of such innovations.
The first batch of 136 projects are categorized in five areas: new fields and new tracks, industrial transformation and upgrading, sector-specific applications, social governance services, and people's livelihood.
Nearly half fall within the scope of strategic emerging industries and future industries as outlined in the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030).
The projects involve the promotion of more than 1,700 new technologies and 1,200 new products, and will advance the formulation of over 2,200 new standards and norms, helping establish a new model in which landmark scenarios drive reform, standards and institutional innovation.
The NDRC said it will push for early results from the first batch, promote the safe and orderly opening of scenario resources, and further advance the building of landmark major application scenarios.
For qualified projects, the NDRC will coordinate various funds to support them and encourage relevant departments to give priority under their respective investment policy tools.
Local governments are expected to roll out supportive measures, including provincial budgetary investment and pre-project cost support for projects on the landmark scenario list.
Where conditions allow, scenario projects may publicly release lists of new technologies, products and business models to be validated to private and small and medium-sized enterprises, so that technology suppliers and demand sides can match faster and major scientific and technological achievements can move toward scaled and industrialized application.
China unveils first batch of landmark major application scenario projects
