(Economic Observation) China still needs to cross three "hurdles" to build a digital economy powerhouse
China News Service, Fuzhou, October 14 (Reporter Long Min) Under the epidemic, the digital economy strongly supports epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, demonstrating the huge potential of the construction of a digital China.
However, in order for the digital economy to achieve rapid development, three problems still need to be faced.
Liu Liehong, the vice minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, pointed out at the 3rd Digital China Construction Summit that the construction of a digital China is an important support for accelerating the formation of a new development pattern with domestic and international cycles as the main body and mutual promotion of domestic and international cycles.
According to official statistics, in 2019, the value added of China's digital economy reached 35.8 trillion yuan, accounting for 36.2% of GDP, an increase of 1.4 percentage points year-on-year.
Liu Liehong believes that it is necessary to continue to improve the quality of digital infrastructure, consolidate the foundation for digital China, seize the historical opportunities of new infrastructure construction, and build high-quality digital infrastructure such as 5G, data centers, optical fiber, industrial Internet, and artificial intelligence to strengthen the foundation of digital China. support.
However, the information from the summit shows that the development of China's digital economy still needs to cross three "hurdles."
The first "hurdle" is to make digitalization safer.
In the digital age, cyber threats will surpass traditional threats and become the greatest security threat.
Zhou Hongjie, chairman and CEO of 360 Group, said that the government, enterprises and everyone should fully realize that network security is no longer a vassal of digitalization, but the foundation of digitalization.
Zhou Hongqi pointed out that to build security capabilities in the digital age, we cannot continue to use the methods of investigating and fixing omissions and remedial after the fact; systems thinking is needed to accelerate the planning and construction of a new generation of security capabilities system.
The second "hurdle" is to solve the dilemma of repeated construction.
Professor Wang Yukai, a member of the National Informatization Expert Advisory Committee, noticed that at present, the phenomenon of independent governance in the construction of digital facilities in China is more prominent, causing a huge waste of resources.
Xu Zhijun, vice president of Huawei, pointed out that in the process of the digital economy making great strides, there are some misunderstandings. The construction of new infrastructure is "catch up", instead of long-term and overall considerations. Pay more attention to hardware than software, and emphasize short-term rather than long-term.
Xu Zhijun believes that the government and industry should work together to actively eliminate various misunderstandings, deepen specific application scenarios, and scientifically deploy new infrastructure construction.
The third "hurdle" is a key technological breakthrough.
At present, the digital economy is the field with the most concentrated R&D investment, the most active innovation, the most extensive application, and the largest radiation driving role in the world.
Rui Xiaowu, chairman of China Electronics Information Industry Group Co., Ltd., said that at present, China's digital industry is facing the dilemma that core technologies are controlled by others, and houses are built on others' walls.
Therefore, it is more necessary to use new technologies to lay a solid foundation for digital security.
Baidu founder, chairman and CEO Robin Li said that in the face of "stuck neck" technological breakthroughs, one needs to be able to stand loneliness and hold on to faith.
In the next 10 years, all fields, industries, and directions of China's economy will develop toward intelligence. Baidu is committed to speeding up research on artificial intelligence technology.
Han Xia, director of the Information and Communication Administration Bureau of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that he will focus on improving key technology research capabilities and key technology industrialization capabilities, accelerate the deployment of 5G industrial applications, edge computing industrial intelligence and other key technologies, and vigorously develop industrial APP and other application technologies.
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