China has launched its first batch of 136 landmark major application scenarios to spur the large-scale application of new technologies and products. This was announced by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the Ministry of Science and Technology,  and other departments.

An application scenario is a setting used to validate the industrial application of new technologies, new products and new business models. It plays a key role in driving large-scale, commercial application of new technologies.

The newly released scenario projects cover five types of application scenarios deployed by the State Council — new fields and new tracks, industrial transformation and upgrading, sector-specific applications, social government services, and livelihood. These projects involve more than 1,700 new technologies, 1,200 new products, and 2,200 new standards and specifications.

The authorities will support faster matching of technology supply and demand through scenario applications, promoting the large-scale industrialization and application of major sci-tech achievements.

Li Chao, deputy director of the policy research office and spokesperson for the NDRC, said the projects will fulfill three major tasks — validation, opening, and demonstration.

Regarding validation, qualified scenario projects will be supported and guided to publicly release the lists of technologies, products and business forms to be validated to private enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Large enterprises will be encouraged to join upstream and downstream SMEs to advance project implementation, providing opportunities for all types of business entities.

"For example, scenarios in the smart mining sector will activate the scenario resources of more than 2,800 mines, providing validation for cloud computing, the industrial Internet of things, intelligent sensing and autonomous driving, and accelerating their transformation into efficient, safe, and new mining production methods," Li said.

Notably, the digital home full-industry chain cultivation and open scenario led by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development has been listed as a comprehensive application scenario in social governance services.

Six cities — Shenzhen, Qingdao, Ningbo, Hefei, Dongguan and Jinhua — have been selected as the first round of pilot implementation.

The digital home scenario will improve the digital home standards systems by tackling key core technologies including inter-connectivity between digital home products and platforms.