China News Service, Nanjing, September 7 (Reporter Shen Ran) “During the new crown pneumonia epidemic, 9 million phone calls were checked for Wuhan through artificial intelligence voice software, and 59 million phone checks were conducted nationwide.” 7th At the opening ceremony of the 2020 China (Nanjing) Software Expo and the Global Software Industry Summit Forum, Chairman Liu Qingfeng of the University of Science and Technology of China played a live follow-up recording of a robot phone call, showing that China’s software industry is entering its third decade , The burst of innovation and possibilities.
"Hello, hello, I am a staff member of the Wuhan Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters. Are you Mr. Wu?" "Okay, we are currently screening information related to the epidemic. I need to know your current situation. Are you still in Wuhan now?"
Although Mr. Wu who was talking with the robot has a strong Hubei accent, the efficient voice recognition system still accurately typed the content of the conversation between the two parties on the screen instantly and generated statistical data at the same time.
"Software, as the soul of a new generation of information technology, is comprehensively and systematically promoting the progress of China's industrial Internet, big data, artificial intelligence, blockchain and other new technologies and industrial changes." Director of the Information Technology Development Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Xie Shaofeng said, "China's software industry has been at the forefront of the national economy for many years in a row. Even during the epidemic, it has achieved historic growth. From January to July this year, the country achieved 4.2 trillion yuan in software business revenue ( RMB, the same below), an increase of 8.6% year-on-year, and a total profit of 512.1 billion yuan, an increase of 5.4% year-on-year."
"It is worth noting that China has shifted from a'demographic dividend' to an'engineer dividend'. Engineers (software engineers account for a relatively large proportion) will become a huge driving force for China's future development." Ni Guangnan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, analyzed and pointed out that he believed in investing in China's new infrastructure Driven by this, the software industry is bound to usher in new opportunities.
In this context, Nanjing, one of China’s first famous software cities, has also become the epitome of the growth and development of China’s software industry: According to statistics, the city’s software industry currently ranks fourth in the country, and its business revenue in 2019 has been It has reached 510 billion yuan, with more than 5,300 enterprises and more than 820,000 employees.
Facing the third decade of China’s software industry, Nanjing Mayor Han Liming said that Nanjing plans to build a number of industrial clusters, break through a number of key core technologies, cultivate a number of leading enterprises, gather a number of high-end leaders, and build a Batch professional public service platform. Strive to achieve a revenue of over 1.2 trillion yuan in software business by 2025, more than 10,000 software-related enterprises, and more than one million software-related employees, making it a truly international software city in the true sense. (Finish)