IT key to economic future: State Council

More efforts are needed to boost domestic information-sector consumption and make the industry a new driver of economic growth, according to guidance from the State Council issued on Wednesday.

Promoting the consumption of information - a field that involves e-commerce, the Internet and cloud computing technology - can effectively drive demand, create new sources of economic growth and help consumption upgrading, said the document posted on the central government's website.

China aims to boost public-sector and household spending on the IT industry by more than 20 percent annually through 2015, the document noted.