The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will publish a comprehensive standardization guide for the Internet of Things.

At the 8th China Internet of Things Industry and Smart City Development Conference held on December 20, Li Wei, Deputy Director of the High Technology Division of the Technology Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, introduced that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is strengthening the establishment of key technical standards in the field of Internet of Things and promoting the development of industrial applications. Standards, the "IoT Comprehensive Standardization Guide" will be released in the near future.

The initial development of the Internet of Things industry system

Many experts pointed out that the Internet of Things is one of the technologies that subvert the future. McKinsey predicts that by 2020, the use of the Internet of Things will bring about 1.9 trillion US dollars in productivity and 177 billion US dollars in production costs, affecting the global economy by nearly 6%.

Li Wei, Deputy Director of the High Technology Division of the Technology Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, introduced that at present, China’s Internet of Things (IoT) industry system has taken shape and a complete IoT including chips, components, equipment, software, system integration, operations, and application services has been formed. In the industrial chain, the scale of the industry exceeded 930 billion yuan, the average annual compound growth rate reached 25%, and the number of M2M connections exceeded 100 million.

Li Wei said that at present, China has formed a clustered development pattern in the four regions of the Bohai Sea, the Yangtze River Delta, the Pan-Pearl River Delta, and the central and western regions. The construction of the four Internet of Things demonstration bases in Wuxi, Chongqing, Hangzhou, and Fuzhou has achieved initial success. A demonstration base will be added in the future.

“Overall, the overall IoT platform in China is still in its infancy,” said Wu Hejun, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. “The industrial Internet of Things will be the most important direction for the application of the Internet of Things. McKinsey predicts that it will occupy about 70%, but China’s current industrial IoT In its infancy."

According to the "13th Five-Year Plan" target of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology for the Internet of Things industry, by 2020, we will basically form an Internet of Things industrial system with international competitiveness. The total industry scale including perception manufacturing, network communication, and intelligent information services will exceed 1.5. Trillions of yuan, M2M connections exceeded 1.7 billion.

Safety and standardization need to be solved

Li Wei pointed out that there is still a bottleneck in the development of China's Internet of Things industry. He introduced that “China’s core, basic capabilities such as chips, sensors, and operating systems are still weak. Take sensors as an example, the import ratio of middle-to-high-end sensors has reached 80%, and the percentage of sensor chips imported has reached 90%. Multinational companies account for the Chinese market for MEMS sensors. The ratio is as high as 60%; there is a lack of synergies between the market and industry and upstream and downstream of the industry chain."

The security of the Internet of Things remains critical. Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Qi Hexuan said, “Industrial networking is always online. Although not all links to external networks, physical isolation may also infect external networks due to management negligence. In May 2017, the blackmail virus invaded many intranets. This is an example. Once a safety issue arises in the industrial Internet of Things, its impact will be difficult to measure. Therefore, more stringent safety protection techniques are needed."

The standardization issue has also been restricting the development of the Internet of Things industry. He pointed out that the lack of interconnection standards for the Internet of Things, such as sensors, interface standards, communication protocols, and management agreements, requires further standardization. He said that "at present, many organizations do not have enough standard authority."

Li Wei said that in the future, promoting the application of Internet of Things scale, on the one hand to promote the integration of Internet of Things and manufacturing applications; on the other hand, deepening the application of networking in smart cities to promote Internet of things in urban management, energy conservation, energy management, intelligence Widely used in transportation and other fields.

Yin Hao, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said that the Internet of Things is the nerve ending of a smart city. “The Internet of things, big data, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence are the four major technological foundations for supporting smart cities. Through the Internet of Things, we can aggregate large amounts of data and realize urban operations. Precisely grasping the state and strengthening the city's fine management."