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New Infrastructure is a major trend with significant importance.36Kr pays close attention to the development of startups and the overall industry in the New Infrastructure field.36Kr has observed that a number of growth-oriented startups have emerged during the New Infrastructure construction process. They are deeply engaged in various areas such as5G, artificial intelligence, industrial internet, big data, and more, serving as both participants and witnesses of New Infrastructure. Based on this,36Kr conducted research and investigation in the New Infrastructure field, focusing on these startups, and launched the“36Kr WISE2020 New Infrastructure Startups List, Searching for the Top 60 Most Promising New Infrastructure Startups”.

Since the list selection began onJune 1, hundreds of companies have registered to participate.36Kr will comprehensively evaluate companies based on commercial value, innovation value, and industrial value to identify the 60 most promising startups in the New Infrastructure sector. The selection process, which started in early June, is divided into three phases. The first phase, 「Top 20 Most Promising New Infrastructure Startups」, was announced onJune 24. The second phase will be announced at the end of September, and the final full list of 「Top 60 Most Promising New Infrastructure Startups」 will be revealed at the end of December.

The specific list for the first phase of 「Top 20 Most Promising New Infrastructure Startups」 is as follows:

- Background Information-

As the pandemic gradually subsides, corporate production is slowly recovering. New Infrastructure has become the strongest driving force for combating the pandemic, economic downturn, and promoting technological innovation, as well as the foundation for digital economic development. This year, New Infrastructure was included in the government work report for the first time. It has appeared multiple times in both the central government’s top-level design for economic recovery and local governments’ plans for major investment projects.

New Infrastructure, with information technology and digital technology as its backbone, will promote intelligent production methods and platform-based industrial organization. According to the National Development and Reform Commission’s definition, New Infrastructure is divided into three parts: information infrastructure (including communication network infrastructure, new technology infrastructure, and computing power infrastructure), integrated infrastructure, and innovation infrastructure, covering5G, IoT, industrial internet, satellite internet, AI, cloud computing, blockchain, data centers, intelligent computing centers, smart transportation infrastructure, and smart energy infrastructure, among others.

New Infrastructure will drive trillions in investment and the development of new technologies. According to a white paper released by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology in March, direct investment in New Infrastructure is expected to reach approximately 10 trillion yuan by 2025, with cumulative investment exceeding 17 trillion yuan.

The main focus of New Infrastructure is to build on information networks represented by5Gand IoT, integrating emerging technologies such as AI, big data, and cloud computing. On one hand, it will drive the development of upstream core components, especially chips like baseband chips, optical communication chips, AI chips, and IoT-specific chips. On the other hand, it will inevitably promote application development in downstream sectors such as healthcare, education, transportation, and industry.

In the long term, New Infrastructure will accelerate the digital transformation and intelligent upgrade of China’s industrial chain, enabling the free flow of information and capital and the efficient allocation of production factors, particularly reshaping traditional manufacturing and creating an efficient industrial ecosystem.