Recently, the General Office of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the General Office of the Ministry of Education, the General Office of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the General Office of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, and the General Office of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television jointly issued the “Three-Year Action Plan for the Innovation and Development of the Metaverse Industry (2023-2025)”. The introduction of this policy marks that the development of China’s metaverse industry has officially risen to the national level, providing a clear direction and strong support for the rapid development of related industries.
Metaverse: The Future Growth Pole of the Digital Economy
The metaverse is defined as an immersive interconnected space that integrates the digital and physical worlds. It is a future industry for the integrated innovation and application of new generation information technology. It is not only an advanced form of the integration of the digital economy and the real economy, but also a key force that is expected to lead the development of the next generation of the Internet. Through the mutual promotion of virtual and real, the metaverse can accelerate the high-end, intelligent, and green upgrading of the manufacturing industry, and provide strong support for the construction of a modern industrial system.
Integrated innovation of key technologies: promoting the development of the metaverse
The Action Plan emphasizes the importance of integrated innovation of key technologies. New generation information technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, cloud computing, and virtual reality will achieve deep integration and breakthroughs in the metaverse. The integration of these technologies will provide strong technical support for the development of the metaverse, promote breakthroughs in metaverse technology, industry, application and governance, and make it an important growth pole of the digital economy.
Scenario traction: Open up application scenarios and product supply
The policy proposes to “stick to scenario traction” and drive the implementation of metaverse technology and products by opening up metaverse application scenarios. This will form a high-level development situation where demand drives supply and supply creates demand. For example, Dongchao Technology has developed a number of contactless products based on its self-developed “interactive aerial imaging” technology, which has subverted traditional display and human-computer interaction methods and turned science fiction scenes into reality. These products have been implemented in many fields such as smart medical care, smart car-mounted, exhibition display, smart home, etc., and have gone abroad and exported to France, Malaysia and other countries.
In addition, the policy also emphasizes enriching the supply of metaverse products and expanding the entrance to the metaverse. Accelerate the large-scale promotion of immersive display terminals such as XR head displays and naked-eye 3D, enrich metaverse applications based on terminals such as mobile phones, computers, and televisions, and support the development of cutting-edge products such as brain-computer interfaces. These measures will promote the widespread application of metaverse products in areas such as daily consumption and public services, and form a number of new businesses, new models, and new formats.
Cultivate “famous enterprises” and “famous products”: build an industrial ecology
The Action Plan proposes to cultivate “famous enterprises” in the metaverse, establish a metaverse enterprise echelon cultivation pool, and cultivate and select specialized and new “little giants”, single champions, and leading enterprises. By giving full play to the role of industry organizations such as the Metaverse Innovation Exploration Array and Alliance, explore the establishment of a metaverse industrial ecological consortium to create a safe and reliable industrial ecology.
At the same time, the policy also emphasizes the development of metaverse “famous products”, the continuous improvement of the metaverse industry map, the compilation of a catalog of excellent metaverse products, and the help of enterprises to expand market cooperation channels. Facing the subdivided fields, create a number of benchmark products, collect and publish typical application cases and scenarios. Hold metaverse special competitions and industry summits to promote excellent technical products and solutions.
Conclusion
The release of the “Three-Year Action Plan for Innovation and Development of the Metaverse Industry (2023-2025)” has injected strong impetus into the development of China’s metaverse industry. Through the integrated innovation of key technologies, scenario traction and industrial ecosystem construction, the Metaverse is expected to play an important role in the digital economy and promote the rapid development of related industries. In the next few years, we are expected to see the application and implementation of Metaverse technology in more fields, bringing new experiences and changes to people’s lives and work.
