Mainly responsible for planning, policies and standards, guiding the development of the industry, but not interfering with the production and business activities of enterprises. Among the national key universities, there are 7 universities directly under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and 5 universities directly under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
Institutional responsibility:
1. Put forward new industrialization development strategies and policies, coordinate and solve major problems in the process of new industrialization, formulate and organize the implementation of industrial, communication and information development plans, promote strategic adjustment, optimization and upgrading of industrial structure, promote the integration of information and industrialization, promote integration of defense and civilian technologies, and build integration of defense and civilian technologies's weapons and equipment research and production system.
2. Formulate and organize the implementation of industrial planning, plans and industrial policies in the industrial and communication industries, put forward policy suggestions for optimizing industrial layout and structure, draft relevant laws and regulations, formulate rules and regulations, formulate industrial technical specifications and standards and organize their implementation, and guide the quality management of the industry.