"Accelerating Digital Development and Building Digital China" is a separate chapter in the "14th Five-Year Plan" and the draft of the 2035 long-term goal outline (hereinafter referred to as the draft plan). The core industries of the digital economy as a percentage of GDP are included in 20 economic and social development In the indicators...all kinds of information show China's determination to vigorously develop the digital economy. Today, the development roadmap for the next five years is clear, and the construction of Digital China will accelerate.
Digital China construction roadmap released
The draft planning outline starts from the aspects of creating new advantages of the digital economy, accelerating the pace of digital society construction, improving the level of digital government construction, and creating a good digital ecology, and outlines the roadmap for the construction of digital China in the next five years.
Shao Yu, chief economist of Orient Securities, said in an interview with a reporter from Shanghai Securities News: "The draft plan outlines the construction of a digital China as an independent chapter, which is similar to a separate chapter on innovation, which means that China will take the transformation and upgrading of the digital economy as the future. A key window of opportunity in 10 years, the digital economy will become a core component of the entire Chinese economic transformation."
The draft plan outlines the development goals for the next five years: by 2025, the added value of the core industries of the digital economy will increase to 10% of GDP. At the same time, it has delineated the seven major industries that will focus on the development of the digital economy in the future, namely cloud computing, big data, Internet of Things, industrial Internet +, blockchain, artificial intelligence, virtual reality and augmented reality.
Shao Yu predicts that in the future, the four major technologies of artificial intelligence, big data, blockchain and cloud computing will empower all traditional industries.
In recent years, my country's digital economy has achieved leapfrog development. According to data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the scale of my country's digital economy has increased from 11 trillion yuan at the beginning of the 13th Five-Year Plan to 35.8 trillion yuan in 2019, accounting for 36.2% of GDP.
Cheng Shi, chief economist of ICBC International, told reporters that the development of the digital economy during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period will be an important concern in China's economic planning and will also become one of the main sources of core competitiveness in the future industrial system.
In the first year of the "14th Five-Year Plan", the clarion call for building a digital China has been sounded. This year's government work report proposes to accelerate digital development and create new advantages in the digital economy. At the same time, it also put forward a number of key tasks for the development of the digital economy, such as the development of the industrial Internet, and increasing the construction of 5G networks and gigabit optical networks.
Relevant policies are expected to be introduced one after another
A series of policies related to the digital economy are expected to be introduced one after another. Relevant persons in charge of many ministries and commissions disclosed policy trends or progress during the National Two Sessions.
Xiao Yaqing, Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, pointed out that this year and in the next five years, 5G vertical application scenarios will be further expanded to build a complete 5G network. During the development of the digital economy, consumption should be further expanded and the development of the digital economy and the integration of various industries should be accelerated.
Ning Jizhe, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, revealed that this year will introduce the "14th Five-Year" new infrastructure construction plan, vigorously develop the digital economy, expand 5G applications, and accelerate the construction of industrial Internet and data centers.
The reporter learned that the country is still preparing a series of policies to promote the development of the digital economy. For example, relevant departments are studying and promulgating policy documents to promote the "Internet +" to strengthen policy guidance for the key development direction of the integration of the digital economy and the real economy.
New industries and formats such as artificial intelligence, big data, cloud computing, and blockchain have also become the direction of policy push. It is expected that more supporting policies will be introduced in the future.
"Most of the new infrastructure is digital infrastructure, involving 5G, data centers, basic software, etc., in the future, related investment will increase investment, through PPP and other methods to carry out forward-looking layout of new infrastructure." Shao Yu analyzed.
In addition to top-level planning and industrial policies, supporting laws and regulations to ensure the healthy development of the digital economy in the future are also very important. It is reported that the country is currently formulating and issuing opinions on accelerating the cultivation of the data element market, studying and formulating national standards such as network data processing security regulations, and promoting the introduction of data security laws and personal information protection laws.
In addition to the central level, local governments will also make major moves this year. Prior to this, the local NPC and CPPCCs have transmitted signals to vigorously develop the digital economy. Nearly 20 provinces have made careful arrangements for work in the digital economy-related fields. The areas involved in the development of digital economy in various regions include industrial Internet, 5G, big data center construction, smart cities, smart government, and digital industrialization.
Representative committee members called for strengthening the top-level design
In order to consolidate the foundation of digital development and expand new development space, the delegates and committee members put forward a series of constructive suggestions on digital top-level design, digital empowerment industry development, and financial data security.
The Central Committee of the National Revolutionary Committee of the People's Republic of China proposed to strengthen the top-level design, adhere to the government's leadership, give full play to the decisive role of the market in resource allocation, and establish and improve the high-quality development plan of new infrastructure for national and provincial administrative units. Relying on market entities such as China Mobile, China Telecom, Huawei, and ZTE, build 5G base stations, big data application centers, develop related industrial software, and gradually build a complete industrial Internet.
Zhu Zhisong, representative of the National People’s Congress, executive deputy director of the Management Committee of the Lingang New Area of Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone, and director of the management committee of the Yangshan Special Comprehensive Free Trade Zone, suggested at the NPC Shanghai delegation group meeting that the top-level design should be strengthened and the digital economy should be introduced at the national level The development outline or action plan, through legal means to strengthen the control of the monopoly and security issues of the digital economy.
Regarding how to improve digital manufacturing capabilities, the Central Committee of the Chinese Revolutionary Committee of the People's Republic of China proposes to promote the integration of new infrastructure such as 5G, artificial intelligence, and industrial Internet with the manufacturing industry, so as to connect the people, things, and information exchange network of the national manufacturing industry. On the one hand, focus on the digital transformation of traditional manufacturing; on the other hand, accelerate the digital cultivation of emerging manufacturing, actively seize the commanding heights of the new generation of artificial intelligence development, and take core pillar industries as the development direction of digital manufacturing.
"It is recommended to advance the digital reform of the manufacturing side, build a batch of industrial Internet platforms for the service industry, and accelerate the construction of digital supply chain systems and the digital upgrade of logistics infrastructure." said Xu Guanju, representative of the National People's Congress and chairman of Transchem Group.
With the accelerating arrival of the digital renminbi era, financial data security is also on the agenda. Cui Yu, deputy to the National People's Congress and counselor of the People's Bank of China, suggested that the safe use of financial data and the sharing of resources should be promoted. She said that to make good use of financial data, it is necessary to strengthen the data supervision function, improve the production efficiency of data elements, and reduce risks; strengthen the supervision of the application of financial data scenarios to prevent cross-risk data security protection; rely on financial infrastructure to explore the sharing and circulation of data resources; Accelerate research on legislation related to data property rights.
