Navigating Digital Transformation in State Enterprises with the Xinchuang Architecture

Overview

The CIO Era Research Institute released the 2022 whitepaper “Xinchuang for Central State‑Owned Enterprises: Digital Transformation Based on the Xinchuang System,” which presents a structured, architecture‑centric approach to help these enterprises align their Xinchuang initiatives with broader digital transformation goals.

Architecture Framework

The Xinchuang Architecture Framework (IIAF) provides methodological guidance across four pillars: architecture development method, technical reference model, operation reference model, and capability assessment model.

Development Method (IIAF‑ADM)

The development method follows the generic enterprise‑architecture process, drawing on TOGAF, DoDAF, and FEA. It supports both top‑down and bottom‑up analyses, enabling alignment of strategic intent, business architecture, infrastructure, and information‑system architecture.

Top‑down analysis starts with vision and strategic goals, evaluates impacts on business models and processes, and then cascades to infrastructure and system layers. Bottom‑up analysis begins with selected Xinchuang products, assessing their effects on existing infrastructure, system, business, and strategic layers.

Technical Reference Model

The model splits into terminal and cloud components. Terminal technology covers chip architectures (ARM, MIPS, Alpha, X86, RISC‑V), hardware, operating systems (Unix, Linux variants), and domestic OSes such as UOS, Kylin, and HarmonyOS. Cloud technology addresses infrastructure, IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS layers, mapping them to the four enterprise‑architecture levels (foundation, generic system, industry, and organization‑specific).

Implementation and Operation

Given the immaturity of many Xinchuang hardware and software products, a robust operation model based on ITIL is recommended. Service delivery includes level management, financial, capability, sustainability, and availability management; service support covers service desk, incident, problem, configuration, change, and release management.

Ecosystem and Emerging Technologies

The Xinchuang ecosystem comprises five layers: hardware, software, emerging Xinchuang (cloud, big data, AI), industry applications, and information security. DPU technology is highlighted as a key enabler for bare‑metal cloud servers, offering network/storage offload, hardware acceleration, and security features, with domestic vendors providing high controllability.