The Inner Mongolian government reached a strategic cooperation agreement with the China Telecom, a Chinese telecommunication operators, in the city of Hohhot, capital of Inner Mongolia, on June 24, on an action plan for the “Internet Plus”.

The agreement calls for the two parties to develop international communications gateways –channels to exchange data between domestic telecommunication operators and foreign operators-with Russia and Mongolia and to develop “Internet Plus” across the region.

Premier Li Keqiang proposed “Internet Plus” strategy in 2014, which aims to integrate the internet with industries while encouraging entrepreneurship and innovation.

China Telecom has a distinct advantage in developing “Internet Plus”-related industries since it already has a cloud computing information park in the region, set up in 2012, as China’s largest, and the largest Internet data interaction center in the Asia-Pacific, Cheng Zhongyue, deputy general director of China Telecom, who signed the agreement.

China Telecom’s technical resources have been a big help in the combination of various technologies, such as cloud computing, big data and the Internet of Things with the energy, manufacturing and tourism industries in the region.

Wang Bo, vice-chairman of Inner Mongolia, who was the other signer, said the region will certainly comply with the “Internet Plus” strategy.

The Inner Mongolia branch of China Unicom also signed cooperation agreements with 22 local government offices and enterprises in the region for the “Internet Plus”, the same day.

Wang Bo, vice-chairman of Inner Mongolia (R), shaking hands with Chen Zhongyue, deputy general manager of China Telecom at the signing ceremony, on June 24, in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia. [Photo by Wang Xing/China Daily]