China News Service, Wuzhen, September 27 (Reporter Liu Yuying and Liu Liang) Humanity is at an important juncture from industrial civilization to digital civilization.

At the 2021 World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit, which opened on the 26th, digital civilization became a hot topic among the guests.

  The theme of this year's World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit is "Towards a New Era of Digital Civilization-Join Hands to Build a Community of Shared Future in Cyberspace".

  Following agricultural civilization and industrial civilization, mankind is moving towards digital civilization.

In the era of industrial civilization, the popularization of land, sea and air transportation has promoted the global flow of capital and human elements, promoted mechanical power to become the main productivity, and gave birth to the industrial economy and modern society.

On September 25, Wuzhen, Zhejiang, visitors experience the cockpit of a 5G smart mining shovel.

As part of the 2021 World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit, the "Internet Light" Expo opened on the 25th in Wuzhen, Tongxiang, Zhejiang.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Xu Shaofeng

  Digital civilization is a new generation of intelligent information and communication technology based on big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, and blockchain, with high technology as the main feature of civilization.

  Today, mankind is at an important juncture from industrial civilization to digital civilization.

Yang Jie, chairman of China Mobile, said at the opening ceremony that this process will not only bring about the vigorous development of the digital economy, but will also promote human civilization to a higher level.

  Ke Ruiwen, chairman of China Telecom, believes that in the era of digital civilization, data has become the most important factor of production.

The connectivity, computing power, algorithms, platform services and other capabilities provided by new information infrastructures such as 5G, gigabit fiber, and cloud are just like the water, electricity, road, oil, and gas resources in the era of industrial civilization. They are inseparable from economic and social development. Open the foundation.

  In the era of digital civilization, everything is programmable, everything must be interconnected, and big data drives business.

  Digital civilization not only brings new technologies, new concepts, and new models, but also has a profound impact on social production, human life, economic formation, and national governance.

On September 25, in Wuzhen, Zhejiang, an immersed liquid-cooled computer host attracted children.

As part of the 2021 World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit, the "Internet Light" Expo opened on the 25th in Wuzhen, Tongxiang, Zhejiang.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Xu Shaofeng

  In recent years, China has vigorously developed the digital economy.

The popularization of information infrastructure benefits hundreds of millions of people.

China has built the world's largest 5G network, and fixed broadband has entered the gigabit era.

  According to statistics from the China Internet Network Information Center, as of June this year, the number of Chinese Internet users has exceeded 1 billion, forming the world's largest digital society.

  In China, 888 million people watch short videos and 638 million people watch live broadcasts; 812 million people shop online and 469 million people order food delivery; 325 million people use online education and 239 million people use online medical services.

  China's industrial digitalization trend is becoming more and more obvious.

Taking industry as an example, as of June 2021, the numerical control rate of key processes and the penetration rate of digital R&D design tools have reached 53.7% and 73.7% respectively.

  At Baosteel Zhanjiang Iron and Steel Control Center, through China Unicom's 5G+ industrial Internet, staff sit in the office and watch the monitoring large screen, the operation of the blast furnace, Zhanjiang Port conveyor belt and other equipment at a glance; in the production workshop, they wear AR smart helmets The engineers of the company synchronize the maintenance details of the faulty equipment to the backstage, and let the backstage experts guide the on-site maintenance operations.

  Now 5G+ Industrial Internet has been implemented in mining, steel, textile, automobile manufacturing, aerospace manufacturing and other industries.

  Looking to the future, to enter the digital civilization, we must first enrich the information infrastructure and accelerate the development of digital industrialization.

Supported by 5G, build advanced computing infrastructure, and actively promote the realization of network omnipresent, computing power ubiquitous, and intelligence omnipresent.

  Under the new changes, it is urgent to solve a batch of "stuck neck" problems.

"Our country still has many problems in real core technology and hard core technology. Not only chips, but many basic software, including some scientific and technological problems, need to be resolved." Zhou Hongyi, founder and chairman of 360, believes that Internet companies have funds, Talented people can make greater investment.

  The most important sign of the digital economy era is the digital transformation of traditional industries.

The epidemic that began last year has impacted people's normal work and life, but it has also accelerated the quality of digitalization.

  "If the Internet industry can help traditional industries, especially advanced manufacturing, succeed in the digital transformation, it will be of great significance to China." Zhou Hongyi said.

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