On July 13, 2026, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Central Cyber Administration, the National Development and Reform Commission, and the National Data Bureau jointly released a document regarded as the "construction blueprint for new internet infrastructure"—according to reports from media outlets like Foresight News, the "Guiding Opinions on Promoting High-Quality Development of Internet Infrastructure Resources" continues the overarching framework of the 2025 "Overall Layout Plan for Digital China," while pushing the originally "back-end" infrastructure resources into the spotlight. On one hand, the document emphasizes the need to strengthen original technology innovation, promote the implementation of relevant national key research and development plans, and major national science and technology projects, aiming to achieve breakthroughs in key areas such as network dynamic optimization, intelligent resource scheduling, and data security interaction; on the other hand, it rarely includes "the integration and innovation of new technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, and distributed identifiers with internet infrastructure resources" as a clear task in the technical roadmap. The research brief notes that this is the first time blockchain and distributed identifiers have been classified under the category of internet infrastructure resources, viewed as a positive policy signal towards Web3 infrastructure and decentralized identity directions, indicating that China's narrative on internet underlying infrastructure is transitioning from a simple "traditional network + data center" to a combination of "new computing power + intelligent resource scheduling + on-chain identity system." However, before the MIIT and other departments release the official text and detail the implementation roadmap, all interpretations regarding this directional change remain at the level of media summary analysis.
Four Departments Together: Policy Direction Clearly Revealed
When the names of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Central Cyber Administration, the National Development and Reform Commission, and the National Data Bureau all appear on the header of the same guiding opinion, the signal extends beyond "an ordinary document." According to media reports, the "Guiding Opinions on Promoting High-Quality Development of Internet Infrastructure Resources" jointly issued by the four departments means it is no longer just a set of industry management regulations under a single voice, but rather a "deliberative decision" involving network infrastructure, computing power layout, data factors, and security governance. The research brief judges that this cross-departmental collaborative format is itself a stance: internet infrastructure resources are no longer the business line of a single ministry, but a national-level project that requires unified coordination in planning, regulation, and technical pathways.
If we rewind to 2025, the "Overall Layout Plan for Digital China" primarily served to establish a framework at the top-level design, providing a comprehensive blueprint for digital infrastructure, data resources, and related technologies; whereas this guiding opinion is seen by research institutions as a concrete landing on the direction of internet infrastructure resources, extending the "framework" down to the technical layers of networks, computing power, and data interaction. Particularly, including artificial intelligence, blockchain, and distributed identifiers in the scope of integrated innovation, and proposing in the same document to strengthen original technology innovation through national key research and development plans and major science and technology projects, has created a narrative connection from principles to pathways. Previously, the market had long harbored uncertainty regarding the regulatory positioning of blockchain and related technologies; now, seeing these technologies explicitly written into the internet infrastructure system in media-transmitted clauses, at least releases a relatively positive and stable policy signal in terms of direction; what truly needs continued observation is whether this multi-departmental ensemble of policy rhythm will translate into verifiable execution trajectories in subsequent research and development plans, specialized supports, and pilot projects.
Blockchain and Distributed Identifiers Stand at the Center for the First Time
It is against this policy backdrop that the phrase in the guiding opinions "to carry out technology breakthroughs integrating new technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, and distributed identifiers with internet infrastructure resources" has been highlighted separately in the research brief. Unlike in the past, where "blockchain technology" was only emphasized in macro contexts as a principled statement, this time, blockchain has been listed alongside "distributed identifiers" in the internet infrastructure guidance document; the brief assesses that this combination is unprecedented in the framework of national internet infrastructure resources. Blockchain is no longer merely regarded as a vague emerging technology, but has been incorporated into discussions of traditional resources like domain names, addresses, and routing, entering the realm of "central components" of the internet.
Under this new positioning, blockchain and distributed identifiers are included in the infrastructure resource system, viewed by the brief as a symbolic loosening of restrictions on decentralized domains, digital identities, and other Web3 infrastructure directions: if in the future a resolvable naming system and verifiable digital identity are to be implemented on the chain, at least the statement of "integrated innovation" in this document can be cited as a policy basis. However, this significance currently remains at the framework level; the guiding opinion has not publicly disclosed any specialized clauses or implementation details regarding distributed identifiers or decentralized identities, and the research brief also clearly defines the related judgment as "a positive signal rather than a tangible benefit," as the true determinant of how far these directions can go will be whether standards development, pilot programs, and research task lists that resonate with it subsequently arise.
From Intelligent Scheduling to Data Security: The Technical Breakthrough List Emerges
If "integrated innovation" remains at an abstract level, then the technical task list reported by the media provides a rather concrete "engineering coordinate system" for this guiding opinion: network dynamic optimization, intelligent resource scheduling, and data security interaction have been named as key areas where breakthroughs must be achieved. Alongside are statements like "strengthening original technology innovation" and "promoting the implementation of national key research and development plans and major science and technology projects”—meaning that the next phase will not be about single-point applications, but rather about rewriting the operational logic of internet infrastructure resources on a systemic level, targeting fundamental algorithms, protocols, and architecture.
Within these three main lines, artificial intelligence, blockchain, and distributed identifiers have been summarized by the media as a toolbox for key technological breakthroughs. Network dynamic optimization can easily be linked to using artificial intelligence for global traffic prediction and routing decisions, while blockchain and distributed identifiers could anchor these automated decisions on traceable and auditable rules; intelligent resource scheduling means that computing power, bandwidth, and storage will be distributed among different subjects at a finer granularity, with artificial intelligence responsible for "calculating more accurately," blockchain for "recording more clearly," and distributed identifiers ensuring that each resource invocation has a clear and verifiable subject and permissions; as for data security interaction, it becomes the battleground where the three converge—using artificial intelligence to identify risks, blockchain to record and constrain data flow, and distributed identifiers to establish trusted identities and access controls. Consequently, the research brief proposes a framework for "trusted intelligent networks," interpreting this round of technological breakthroughs as a collaborative laboratory of AI + blockchain + distributed identifiers: networks are not just self-optimizing more intelligently but making intelligent decisions under verifiable trust; whether this can truly be realized will become an important observation point for judging the depth of this round of policy benefits.
Web3 and AI Infrastructure: Who Will First Capture the Benefits
When artificial intelligence, blockchain, and distributed identifiers are included in the same guiding document on internet infrastructure resources, roles along the industrial chain are forced to realign. According to media references, this guiding opinion clearly proposes to promote the collaborative development of internet infrastructure resources and related emerging technologies, and within the framework of the research brief, the most directly "named" category is Web3 teams focusing on decentralized domains, digital identities, and infrastructure for distributed identifiers—they have finally found a position under the "internet infrastructure" plaque. Concurrently, players in the AI infrastructure sector will interpret statements like "network dynamic optimization" and "intelligent resource scheduling" as a struggle for algorithm-driven control of networks; meanwhile, traditional internet infrastructure operators must leave interfaces for these new technologies within their existing data centers, networks, and parsing systems, transforming "trusted intelligent networks" into operational and billable product systems, or they risk only passively becoming "foundations" for others.
However, this round of "queue adjustments" currently remains more at the level of directional expectations rather than an executable list. The research brief reminds that current publicly available information mainly comes from media reports, with the full text of the guiding opinion, specific clauses, timelines, funding arrangements, execution entities, and supervisory mechanisms still undisclosed, and the quality of related data assessed as "medium." Although the document proposes to strengthen original technology innovation and promote national key research and development plans and major science and technology projects, there are no specific project names or official responses from enterprises; the brief also clearly prohibits linking this guiding opinion to any specific cryptocurrency asset prices or corporate stock prices directly. Therefore, whether in Web3 infrastructure, decentralized identity, or AI infrastructure and traditional operators, this joint issuance by the four departments can only be viewed as a medium- to long-term directional anchor, and the true sorting of benefits will depend on who can align their capabilities with the intersection of "internet infrastructure + new technologies" first during the subsequent national key research and development plans, industry standards, and pilot projects.
From Regulatory Anxiety to Signal Establishment: What to Watch Next
From past regulatory anxieties focusing more on "whether to" and "what risks to mitigate," to this time clearly writing down integrated breakthrough directions such as "artificial intelligence, blockchain, and distributed identifiers" at the level of internet infrastructure, the change expressed by this guiding opinion shifts from "whether to support" to "how to integrate and make good use of." However, at the current juncture, usable information mainly comes from media reports from Foresight News, Deep Tide TechFlow, and Jinse Finance, with the research brief's assessment of data quality being only "medium." The document itself remains in the realm of principled guidance, and specifics regarding how national key R&D plans and major science and technology projects will materialize, which directions will first enter the standard system and pilot lists, remain analysis and expectations rather than established facts on paper. What is more worthy of close attention going forward are the three main lines: first, whether the MIIT and other departments will publicly release the original text of the guiding opinion and the accompanying R&D plans on their official websites; second, how to design industry standards and pilot arrangements around network dynamic optimization, intelligent resource scheduling, and data security interaction; and third, whether specialized funds or review mechanisms will emerge for the integration of internet infrastructure resources and new technologies; at this stage, where official details have not been fully disclosed, a more prudent approach to this guiding opinion is to treat it as a signal establishment while continuously following authoritative channels for subsequent releases, using new publicly available information to calibrate or correct one’s policy expectations.
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