China's information technology sector has maintained stable growth in the past three years with its output of mobile phones, computers and color TV sets world leading. With new developments such as the Internet of Things, cloud computing and big data, the sector faces new growth opportunities.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will underscore innovations in the sector to enhance its core competitiveness and promote the consumption of information products and services, as well as deep integration between industrialization and informationization.
文中的 core competitiveness 就是“核心竞争力”的意思。核心竞争力是指能够长期获得竞争优势的能力,是企业所特有的、能经得起时间考验的、具有延展性,并且是竞争对手难以模仿的技术或能力。core作为名词,意思是核心、中心,既可以是果核,例如:an apple core 苹果核;也可以指抽象意义上的“核心(信念、价值观等)”,例如:the core of a problem 问题的要害。常用 短语 to the core 意为“彻底、十足”。
此外,文中出现的物联网(Internet of Things),指物物相连的互联网,是新一代信息技术的重要组成部分。