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Content Assessment: The Informatization of 5G? Considering China’s Approach to Military 5G Networks (CCDCOE)

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A short percentage-based assessment of the qualitative benefit of the recent report from the CCDOE on China's approach to the informatizaton of 5G networks and its use in the military.

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Background Note: Shared for the non-commercial educational benefit of cybersecurity, information governance, and eDiscovery professionals, this recently published research report from the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) explores China’s approach to military 5G networks and related military applications.

The report is highly beneficial for industry professionals for several reasons:

  • Awareness of emerging threats: Understanding China’s advancements in military digitization, networkization, and intelligentization, including the integration of AI and 5G technologies, helps cybersecurity professionals anticipate potential threats and challenges. This awareness can inform the development of proactive defense strategies to counter these emerging risks.
  • Informed decision-making: As China continues to make strides in informatization-driven military modernization, professionals in information governance can use this knowledge to make informed decisions about data protection policies and frameworks. By staying updated on global developments, they can ensure their organizations remain compliant with evolving standards and best practices.
  • Enhanced preparedness: eDiscovery professionals can leverage this information to prepare for potential cross-border legal matters involving digital evidence. Familiarity with China’s military digitization and related technologies enables them to navigate complex international data privacy laws and regulations, ensuring accurate and efficient data collection and preservation.
  • International cooperation: By understanding the developments in China’s military digitization and technology adoption, cybersecurity, information governance, and eDiscovery professionals can foster greater international cooperation. Sharing knowledge and collaborating on strategies can help create a more robust global defense against cyber threats and foster better information governance practices worldwide.
  • Competitive advantage: Keeping abreast of China’s progress in military technology and informatization ensures that professionals in these fields maintain a competitive edge. By staying informed about emerging technologies and strategies, they can continuously adapt and improve their own practices, making their organizations more resilient and effective in the face of evolving cybersecurity threats and information governance challenges.

Staying informed about China’s advancements in military digitization, networkization, intelligentization, and the integration of cutting-edge technologies such as AI and 5G is crucial to ensuring a more secure and compliant digital environment for organizations worldwide.

Publication from CCDCOE*

China’s Approach to Military 5G Networks and Related Military Applications

By Henry Wu, Visiting Scholar, NATO CCDCOE

Report Extract

The society-wide concept of ‘informatization’ gained traction in Chinese policy circles as early as the first decade of the 2000s. Beginning under President Hu Jintao, who was in power from 2002 to 2012, Chinese officials have recognized the importance of informatization as an overarching strategy for ensuring economic development and national security. In the current era, President Xi has called for informatizing almost every aspect of society, from the military to the government and the broader economy. On the current view, ‘informatization’ refers to the application of digital technology to all aspects of Chinese society, from the digitization of government services to technology-driven approaches to military mobilization. The term ‘informatization’ is often used in the context of societal digital transformation, and Chinese strategists and military officials have championed informatization as a key goal of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).

According to Major General Wang Kebin, who headed the PLA’s Informatization Department, informatization has three phases: ‘digitalization’, ‘networkization’, and ‘intelligentization’. Early efforts in reforming the PLA focused on digital and network modernization. After witnessing United States military activities during the 1991 Gulf War, PLA strategists began to consider how the integration of information technology could lead to military superiority, referencing the use of command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR).

Reports from China’s official state news agency Xinhua acknowledge that China, compared to the United States, was a latecomer to military digitization. During this time, military concepts like ‘integrated network and electronic warfare’ (INEW) emerged in China’s national security policy community. To address this perceived lack of modernization, the PLA undertook significant advancements in modernizing its C4ISR systems and developing offensive cyber capabilities throughout the first decade of the 2000s. These efforts constituted dramatic advances in ‘digitization’ and ‘networkization’. Now, the PLA has focused its attention on ‘intelligentization’, viewing advances in AI and 5G as a way of leapfrogging over its opponents in terms of military capabilities. As part of MCF, 5G is viewed as supporting military force mobilization and informatization-driven military modernization.

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Publication Source: NATO CCDCOE, 2023. China’s Approach to Military 5G Networks and Related Military Applications. [online] Tallinn: NATO CCDCOE Publications. Available at: <https://ccdcoe.org/library/publications/chinas-approach-to-military-5g-networks-and-related-military-applications/> [Accessed 4 April 2023].


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