China News Service, Ningbo, September 11 (Reporter Xiang Jing) On September 11, the opening ceremony of the 2020 World Digital Economy Conference and the 10th Smart City and Smart Economy Expo was held in Ningbo, Zhejiang.
At the opening ceremony, 50 projects involving key areas of the digital economy were signed, with a total investment of about 33.6 billion yuan (RMB, the same below).
Opening ceremony scene.
Photo by Xiang Jing
At present, a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation are surging. A new generation of information technology is accelerating its penetration into all aspects of the economy and society. Digital drive has become a new engine of development, and intelligent development is also a new reality in each city.
According to Li Ying, the first-level inspector of the Information Technology Development Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China's digital economy has reached 35.8 trillion yuan in value added in 2019, accounting for 36.2% of GDP, and has become an important support for high-quality economic development. Under the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic this year, China's digital economy has also shown strong shock resistance and development resilience.
"The new smart city is a key comprehensive carrier for cultivating new technologies, new models, and new business formats for the digital economy. Its healthy and rapid development has innovated scenarios and conditions for the development of the digital economy, and also provided element support and a huge market." Deputy China National Information Center Director Zhang Xueying mentioned at the meeting that the new smart city is a comprehensive carrier for coordinating the construction of digital government, promoting urban-rural integration, and accelerating the development of digital economy. How to further promote the construction of new smart cities is a common proposition that everyone faces.
Signing the scene.
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Zhejiang is a major province in the digital economy and is deeply advancing the "No. 1 Project" of the digital economy.
The deputy governor of Zhejiang Province, Mr. Xingfu, introduced that as of the end of June this year, 5G base stations had been built and delivered in the province, which was the fastest construction speed in China; the added value of the core industries of Zhejiang’s digital economy was 2.9 trillion yuan in the first half of this year, a year-on-year increase. An increase of 9.4%, the contribution rate of the province’s GDP reached 25.6%.
Ningbo is the starting place for the development of Zhejiang's digital economy and the permanent site of the World Digital Economy Conference.
At the opening ceremony, 50 projects with a total investment of about 33.6 billion yuan were signed. The projects involved integrated circuits, 5G demonstration applications, industrial Internet platforms, intelligent transformation and other key areas of the digital economy.
Among them, the Ningbo Municipal People's Government will jointly promote the development of Ningbo's "new infrastructure" with China Mobile.
Supported by Ningbo's location in the Yangtze River Delta, the project will accelerate the construction of the city's new infrastructure and accelerate the development of emerging industries in key areas such as digital government affairs, medical health, and smart logistics.
“We have cultivated and introduced more than 1,300 digital economy companies and 69 industrial technology research institutes. According to the 2019 World Smart Manufacturing Center City Potential Ranking, Ningbo’s smart manufacturing companies rank 7th in the world.” Deputy Secretary of Ningbo Municipal Committee and Municipality Long Qiu Dongyao said that with the theme of "Digital Drive, Intelligent Development", this conference will hold a series of events such as forums, exhibitions, innovation competitions, and industry docking, focusing on displaying new technologies, new products, and new achievements in the global digital economy. Industrialization, industrial digitization, and urban intelligence accelerate the development and inject momentum. (Finish)