Fujian releases special funds for digital economy development with focus on supporting 5G and artificial intelligence projects

Recently, the Fujian Provincial Digital Office and the Fujian Provincial Department of Finance issued the "Notice on Organizing the Application for Fujian Province's Special Funds for Digital Economy Development in 2020" (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice"), which clearly proposed 16 categories of projects that will be given priority support from six special projects, including 5G industry, artificial intelligence, satellite applications, platform economy, Internet of Things, and Digital Silk Road.

It is reported that the 16 categories of projects include: 5G demonstration application, 5G technology innovation center, 5G innovative products, artificial intelligence demonstration application, artificial intelligence technology innovation center, artificial intelligence innovative products, logistics professional service platform, market transaction network service platform, Internet of Things demonstration application project, Internet of Things technology innovation center, etc.

In terms of 5G industry projects, the "Notice" proposes to focus on areas such as industrial Internet and unmanned driving, support technical service providers to build demonstration application projects based on 5G networks that have typical demonstration and leading roles; support enterprises to invest in the construction of 5G new semiconductor materials, medium and high frequency power amplifiers, filters, array antennas, optical chips and other core components, as well as smart connected vehicles, drones, AR/VR, ultra-high-definition video, industrial Internet and terminal application products, and break through 5G key technologies, common technologies, core technologies, etc. in the field of 5G technology innovation centers; support enterprises to enhance 5G product innovation capabilities and explore domestic and foreign markets.

In terms of artificial intelligence projects, the "Notice" clearly states that it supports artificial intelligence technology service providers and industry application units to carry out in-depth "1+1" cooperation, focusing on demonstration applications in smart manufacturing, smart medical care, smart education, smart transportation, smart business, smart cities, etc.; focusing on high-end chips such as cloud-based intelligent processing, edge computing, autonomous navigation intelligent controllers and other key artificial intelligence components, artificial intelligence general software and open source platforms, image, voice, motion recognition, natural language processing and other application software, to support companies to invest in the construction of relevant key common core technology innovation centers; support companies to apply artificial intelligence high-end chips and other artificial intelligence core components, research and development and production of related new smart terminals, smart homes, smart robots and other integrated products.

In terms of the Internet of Things project, the "Notice" points out that it supports technical service providers to use Internet of Things technology to carry out practical and innovative Internet of Things integration innovation demonstration applications in industrial manufacturing, smart logistics, digital home and other fields; supports enterprises to invest in the construction of Internet of Things chips, high-performance new sensors and other fields of technology innovation centers; supports enterprises to research and develop and produce various types of intelligent sensors such as micro-electromechanical, image, temperature, infrared, optoelectronics, Internet of Things modules, intelligent sensing and identification equipment, new smart hardware and other innovative Internet of Things products.