Underlying Technologies and Core Components of the Internet of Things: Sensors and Chips: smart sensors (industrial, consumer, and communication sensors) and integrated devices; core IoT chips (AIoT chips, computing power chips); microsystems, modules, novel electronic materials, and components; Communication and Networking Technologies: wide-area and local-area wireless connectivity technologies such as 5G‑A/6G, satellite IoT, quantum communication, NB‑IoT, LoRa, as well as general-purpose IoT capability platforms and network infrastructure development.

Smart Manufacturing and Industrial Internet: Industrial IoT and Smart Manufacturing: industrial internet platforms, industrial IoT solutions, smart factories, intelligent production systems, smart logistics, industrial robots (collaborative robots, industrial robots), intelligent inspection equipment, industrial software, and digital management solutions.

Smart Transportation and Connected Vehicles: Intelligent connected vehicles and vehicle‑to‑everything (V2X) networks: autonomous driving technologies, smart connected cars, new‑energy vehicles and charging stations, intelligent in‑vehicle technologies, V2X solutions, vehicle‑road‑cloud integration technologies, intelligent roadside terminals, and automotive‑grade smart cockpit chips.

Smart Living and Consumer IoT: Consumer‑grade smart terminals: smart homes (whole‑house intelligence), smart wearables, portable AI interaction devices, smart health and elderly care terminals, consumer robots (for household cleaning, companionship, education), embodied intelligence products, smart electric two‑wheelers, consumer drones and low‑altitude smart terminals, and 3D printing equipment.

Smart Cities and Industrial IoT: Smart city platform solutions, smart governance, smart healthcare, smart agriculture, smart environmental protection, smart energy, smart finance, smart cultural tourism, and smart education, along with large‑scale IoT applications in sectors such as energy, water management, and construction.

Cutting‑Edge Technologies and Emerging Applications: Frontier technologies: large‑scale AI models, AI‑powered computing chips, liquid‑cooling systems, embodied intelligent robots (humanoid and quadruped robots), the low‑altitude economy (drones, unmanned delivery systems), satellite IoT, passive IoT, brain‑computer interfaces, etc.; Emergency and dual‑use technologies: innovative IoT applications in emergency response, disaster prevention and mitigation, low‑altitude smart networking, and aerospace IoT, among others