China News Service, May 18 (Zheng Yingying) Following the live broadcast of Shanghai's new digital infrastructure products last year, Wu Qing, member of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and Deputy Mayor, "sells" new products at the opening ceremony of the 2021 Shanghai Information Consumption Festival on the 17th. -Digital city.

　　"Last year we also met at the Shanghai Information Consumption Festival, and at the same time (Shanghai) the city and various districts also introduced some unique products to you. Last year I helped sell digital equipment, and they asked me what I would sell this year. I said this year is mainly to'sell' digital cities." Wu Qing said at the scene.

　　On the same day, the opening ceremony of the 2021 Shanghai Information Consumption Festival and the 2021 Shanghai Online New Economy Summit, co-sponsored by the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology, Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce, Yangpu District People’s Government, and Pudong New Area People’s Government, and China News Agency, were held in Shanghai.

　　Wu Qing introduced that since last year, Shanghai has actively responded to the challenges posed by the epidemic, seeking opportunities in crisis, responding to needs, and making the most of the situation, accelerating the development of new economic forms, and fostering new industry momentum. In particular, the "55 Shopping Festival" was launched last year, which gave birth to online The new economy has launched the "Shanghai Information Consumption Festival" brand, "We hope that in terms of information consumption, not only'high and big', but also some'small and beautiful' information products, through online and offline further integration. "

Chen Lujun, President of China News Service, and Wu Jincheng, Director of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology, presented awards to the 2020 Shanghai Online New Economy "Person of the Year".

Photo by Tang Yanjun

　　Wu Qing said that last year was the first Shanghai Information Consumption Festival, reaching 8.1 million citizens and more than 30 million netizens, driving consumption of nearly 30 billion yuan (RMB, the same below), and driving the city's software and information service industry revenue for the first time. 1 trillion yuan, "In the case of last year's epidemic, Shanghai's information industry bucked the trend and grew by 13%, forming a good development trend."

　　Changjiang Mingtao, deputy director of the Information Technology Development Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China, also said that in recent years, China’s information consumption has maintained a rapid growth trend and has penetrated widely into all levels of the people’s clothing, food, housing, and transportation, and continues to expand. A new space for digital life.

According to statistics, China's information consumption scale will reach 5.8 trillion yuan in 2020, accounting for more than 10% of final consumption.

The rapid growth of new information consumption such as online medical care, online education, and telecommuting has played an important role in hedging the impact of the epidemic and promoting stable economic operation.

　　At the opening ceremony, five Hema X member stores, Sunmi Home, Xiaomi Information Consumption Experience Center, China Telecom Experience Center and Suning Smart Life Experience Center were awarded the first batch of national information consumption experience centers.

　　It is worth mentioning that Shanghai released the "Shanghai Municipal Action Plan for Promoting the Development of Online New Economy (2020-2022)" in April 2020. Its goal is to build Shanghai into an internationally influential and domestic leader by the end of 2022. The highland of online new economic development.

　　The new online economy is deeply integrated with modern manufacturing, business finance, cultural and entertainment consumption, education and health, and circulation and travel with the help of intelligent interactive technologies such as artificial intelligence, 5G, the Internet, big data, and blockchain. It has online, intelligent, and interactive features. New formats and new models.

Shanghai mainly focuses on 12 key areas, including unmanned factories, industrial Internet of Things, remote office, online finance, online entertainment, online exhibitions, fresh food e-commerce retail, "contactless" distribution, new mobile travel, online education, online R&D design, online medical care, etc.

　　Over the past year or so, Shanghai has witnessed vigorous development of the new online economy, and a number of outstanding online new economy companies have emerged.

　　At the day's event, the results of the 2020 Shanghai Online New Economy Annual Figures Selection, co-sponsored by the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology and China News Service, co-sponsored by China News Service Shanghai Branch, Shanghai Information Service Industry Association and other institutions, were announced.

　　At the scene, China News Agency President Chen Junjun and Shanghai Economic and Information Technology Commission Director Wu Jincheng presented awards to 10 entrepreneurs, including Hou Yi, the founder and CEO of Hema Xiansheng, who won the title of "Person of the Year" in the 2020 Shanghai Online New Economy.

In addition, 9 entrepreneurs including Liu Wei, the founder of Mihayou, won the 2020 Shanghai Online New Economy "Person of the Year" nomination award.

　　At the opening ceremony, Wang Qiuye, Executive Deputy Secretary-General of the China Information Consumption Promotion Alliance, and Li Jiaqi, a partner of the United States ONE, joined the representatives of the Shanghai online new economy enterprises Bilibili, Pinduoduo, Meituan Dianping, Dingdong Maicai, etc., to jointly take the stage Published the "Shanghai Declaration" on information consumption to protect the rights and interests of information consumers, eliminate the digital divide, combat infringement and counterfeiting, strengthen employment protection, and escort the healthy development of the platform with industry self-discipline.

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