China will leverage digital technologies to further upgrade industrial production, people's lifestyles and governance as part of its broader push to seize new opportunities and respond to new challenges in the next wave of digitalization, officials and experts said.

Huang Kunming, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said more efforts are needed to promote the industrialization of digital technologies and the digital transformation of industries so as to build a thriving digital economy with data as the key element.

China planning more digital advances comes via ChinaTechNews.com.