Cabinet stresses 'Internet Plus' strategy

BEIJING -- China will put more momentum behind its "Internet Plus" drive, which aims to integrate the Internet and industry while encouraging entrepreneurship and innovation, the cabinet vowed on Wednesday.

The campaign is very important in creating a new engine for economic growth, said a statement released after an executive meeting of the State Council, presided over by Premier Li Keqiang, who proposed the Internet Plus initiative in March.

An Internet Plus guideline was approved at the meeting. It maps development targets and supportive measures for sectors which the cabinet hopes can establish new industrial modes, including agriculture, energy, finance, public services, logistics, e-commerce, traffic, biology and artificial intelligence.