On July 20, the State Council Information Office held a press conference to introduce the development status of industry and information technology in the first half of 2026. Tao Qing, spokesperson for the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and Director of the Operation Monitoring and Coordination Bureau, stated that software is the soul of the new generation of information technology, an important foundation for the development of the digital economy, and a key support for building a manufacturing power, a cyber power, and a digital China. Moving forward, we will continue to enhance the supply capacity of key software products and services in accordance with the national software development strategy, accelerate the release of the AI + software action plan, promote the intelligent transformation of software development, upgrade the intelligence of software products and services, and cultivate new business models for intelligent software. We will continuously improve the capabilities of open-source infrastructure in areas such as project incubation, supply chain security governance, exploration of emerging scenarios, and overseas market entry, and accelerate the growth of national-level AI open-source communities into innovation sources for emerging technologies and important scenarios for the implementation of software and hardware products.