What Do 2023 DevOps & AIOps Assessments Reveal About China’s Digital Transformation?

China is currently experiencing a wave of technological change characterized by informationization, digitization, networking, and intelligence. The rapid integration of next‑generation information technologies with other industries has made digital transformation a strategic imperative for Chinese enterprises, driving the emergence of new technologies, businesses, and ecosystems.

1. DevOps & AIOps Assessment Summary

To improve IT efficiency, enterprises are adopting DevOps. The CAICT‑led "R&D Operations Integration (DevOps) Capability Maturity Model" series provides high‑value guidance. In the assessment process, leading companies across sectors have improved IT capabilities, integrated resources and talent, and better supported business systems, offering valuable industry references.

As of now, 104 leading enterprises from six major state‑owned banks, joint‑stock banks, city‑commercial banks, rural commercial banks, exchanges, securities, funds, insurance, trusts, telecom, automobile manufacturing and internet sectors have participated in 336 DevOps maturity assessments, while 23 leading enterprises have taken part in 45 AIOps maturity assessments.

Breakdown by typical industry:

Six major state‑owned banks – all have projects passing the DevOps maturity assessment (see image).

Joint‑stock banks – participation and project counts shown below.

City‑commercial banks and other financial institutions

Exchanges

Securities, funds and trusts

Insurance

Telecom

Other industries

* Statistics are current to 15 December 2023 and are sourced from the official DevOps assessment website.

2. 2023 Annual Overview of DevOps & AIOps Assessments

In 2023, the DevOps and AIOps assessment frameworks continued rapid growth and gained broad recognition across industries. A total of 66 enterprises and 135 projects participated in the assessments.

Key industry highlights include:

State‑owned banks – multiple projects passed the Continuous Testing Level 3 and other standards, achieving leading domestic capabilities.

Joint‑stock banks – similar achievements across several projects.

City‑commercial banks and other financial institutions – notable participation and results.

Exchanges, securities, funds, trusts, insurance, telecom, manufacturing, automotive, energy, internet and other sectors – extensive involvement with detailed results shown in the accompanying charts.

Representative news items (titles only):

“State‑owned bank’s first batch! Agricultural Bank of China passes Continuous Testing Level 3, achieving leading domestic capability.”

“China Postal Savings Bank passes DevSecOps standard assessment, reaching advanced domestic level.”

“Industrial and Commercial Bank of China passes DevOps System and Tool Platform Excellent level assessment.”

“China Securities passes DevOps Continuous Delivery Level 3, achieving leading domestic capability.”

“Beijing Mobile passes SRE standard assessment, achieving leading domestic capability.”

3. Introduction to DevOps & AIOps Assessment Standards

The "R&D Operations Integration (DevOps) Capability Maturity Model" series is led by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) together with the Cloud Computing Open Source Industry Alliance, the Efficient Operations Community, BATJ and major financial, telecom and internet enterprises. It is the first comprehensive domestic and international DevOps series standard, officially released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and widely adopted.

Since July 2020, the DevOps standard has been concluded by the ITU‑T, becoming the world’s first international DevOps standard. The overall DevOps architecture includes processes (Agile Development Management, Continuous Delivery, Technical Operations), application design, security and risk management (DevSecOps), systems and tools, business value management, collaborative development‑operations, continuous testing, performance measurement, platform engineering, and System Reliability & Continuity Engineering (SRE).

The "Intelligent Operations (AIOps) Capability Maturity Model" series, also led by CAICT, is the first international AIOps standard, finalized in December 2023 by ITU‑T SG13. The model comprises a General Capability part (mandatory items: intelligent computing engine, data management, configuration management) and a System & Tool Technical Requirements part (8 modules: anomaly detection, fault prediction, alarm convergence, root‑cause analysis, fault self‑healing, fault prevention, capacity prediction, knowledge‑base construction).

For detailed diagrams, see the images below:

For DevOps assessment inquiries, contact:

CAICT – Liu Kaili (Phone: 156 5078 6171, Email: [email protected])

CAICT – Bai Hanxiong (Phone: 159 1076 9206, Email: [email protected])

For AIOps assessment inquiries, contact:

CAICT – Bai Lu (Phone: 178 6309 7758, Email: [email protected])

CAICT – Shang Mengchen (Phone: 132 6108 1232, Email: [email protected])

Additional consulting:

Wei Huanxin @ Efficient Operations Community (Phone: 185 0025 5645, Email: [email protected])