Wang Yang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), presides over a bi-weekly seminar held by the CPPCC National Committee in Beijing, capital of China, April 30, 2020. (Xinhua/Li Tao)

BEIJING -- Members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) convened a bi-weekly seminar on Thursday to discuss how to accelerate construction of the industrial Internet.

The seminar, held by the CPPCC National Committee was presided over by Wang Yang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the CPPCC National Committee.

Stressing that accelerating construction of the industrial Internet is of great significance to the promotion of high-quality economic development, Wang called for efforts to promote the integrated development of industrialization and informatization to provide strong support for the building of manufacturing power and a modernized economy.

CPPCC members noted that achievements have been made in China's industrial Internet construction, but the country's industrial Internet is still at an early stage of development.

They proposed speeding up the development of industrial Internet in fields including aerospace, high-speed rail transportation, new energy vehicles and artificial intelligence.

They also called for efforts to encourage enterprises of all types of ownership to participate in the construction of 5G, big data centers and other new infrastructures, as well as improve intellectual property protection and deepen international cooperation.