Chinanews.com, Beijing, May 17 (Liu Wenwen) In recent years, a new wave of information technology represented by the Internet of Things, big data, cloud computing and artificial intelligence has hit, which has promoted the acceleration of the global entry into the digital economy era. The development of petrochemical companies is facing a new business environment and competitive challenges.
The 2021 China Petroleum and Petrochemical Enterprise Information Exchange Conference and Oil and Gas Industry Digital Transformation Summit Forum was held in Beijing recently. Experts and scholars from the petroleum and petrochemical field shared their views on the digital transformation and intelligent development of petroleum and petrochemical enterprises.
Wang Yilin, deputy director of the Economic Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and former chairman of China National Petroleum Corporation, said that the current rapid development of digital technology has become the leading force leading a new round of technological revolution.
Domestic petroleum and petrochemical companies should actively embrace the energy transformation and the wave of digitalization.
Faced with the general trend of energy structure transition to green and low-carbon, petroleum and petrochemical companies will further increase their efforts in digital transformation.
"The essence of digital transformation is a management innovation and technological change, and its long-term and complex requirements must integrate the wisdom and resources of the whole industry and the whole society to promote it." Xu Yanhao, deputy secretary of the party group of the China Association for Science and Technology, believes that petroleum and petrochemicals serve as a safeguard for the country. Energy security is an important pillar industry. In the new round of technological revolution and energy transformation, digital transformation must be integrated into the company’s business development strategy and technological innovation system, and strive to achieve a comprehensive and industry-wide business model, business model, and technology research and development model. Breakthrough innovation in the chain, with cleaner, more intensive, and higher-quality development results to respond to the green, low-carbon, and smart development trend of the global energy industry.
From the perspective of global competition, the effectiveness of digital transformation will directly determine the market competitive position and influence of my country's petroleum and petrochemical industry chain.
Yu Mingxiang, vice chairman and secretary-general of the China Petroleum Institute, said that digital transformation is a profound change involving business, management, and technology, and transformation will inevitably bring pains.
With the continuous advancement of digital transformation work in recent years, petroleum and petrochemical companies have become more aware of its systemicity, complexity and arduousness. They need to break traditional concepts and establish correct digital cognitions. They need to adopt scientific transformation methodology and accelerate specific transformation plans. To achieve effective results, it is necessary to establish a sound management system and institutional mechanism to ensure the smooth and orderly transformation of the work.
Talking about how to better cope with the new difficulties and challenges brought about by digital transformation, Yu Mingxiang believes that enterprises need to adopt a more open, inclusive, sharing and win-win attitude, actively communicate with advanced enterprises inside and outside the industry, and communicate with the vast information Technology company exchanges, exchanges with universities, scientific research institutes, etc., learn from others, learn from others, and improve together.
The Petroleum and Petrochemical Enterprise Information Technology Exchange Conference organized by the China Petroleum Institute has been held for more than ten consecutive sessions. It aims to promote the innovative application of information technology in the petroleum and petrochemical industry. It has attracted widespread attention from the majority of petroleum and petrochemical companies and the energy industry. It has played an active role in the development of informatization and digital transformation.
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