"Digital" creates opportunities, and "openness" creates the future together.

On November 5th, at the 5th Hongqiao International Economic Forum "Digital Economy Opening and Governance" and "Innovative Development of Digital Trade: Opportunities and Challenges", guests from all walks of life discussed how to embrace the digital economy and promote digital trade. Conduct in-depth exchanges to discuss how the digital economy can further empower economic development.

　　"In recent years, the digital economy, as a new and important economic form, is becoming a key force in reorganizing global factor resources, reshaping the world economic structure, and changing the global competition pattern." Assistant Minister of Commerce Li Fei said that over the past decade, China has The rapid development of the digital economy has increased from 11 trillion yuan in 2012 to 45.5 trillion yuan in 2021, and its proportion in China's GDP has increased from 20.9% to 39.8%, showing strong development vitality.

　　Globally, the digital economy is also playing an increasingly important role.

Pamela Kirk-Hamilton, Executive Director of the International Trade Center, said that in recent years, digital connectivity has had an increasing impact on global economic development goals, and has also made important contributions to employment and the promotion of rapid economic development.

Data show that one-third of global GDP in 2020 is traded online.

According to WTO forecasts, global trade will grow by 2% annually during this decade due to the development of digital technology.

　　"When the world enters the era of digital civilization, the digital competition among major powers also tends to be fierce, but this competition is not simply based on statistics, but on the value level, whether the digital economy can bring benefits to the majority of a society." Zheng Yongnian, a professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) and dean of the Qianhai Institute of International Affairs, believes that the healthy development of digital civilization requires five aspects: "consumption, industry, infrastructure, government social governance services, social and political participation, and protection of personal rights and interests" guidance and cooperation, and this is precisely where our country's institutional advantages lie.

　　In addition, in the context of the digital economy, digital trade will also play a more important role.

Gao Peiyong, vice president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and a member of the academic department, said that the essence of global trade is the division of labor and exchange between countries. Digital trade has broken the time and space attributes of trade and provided new momentum for the development of traditional trade in goods and services.

In the future, digital technology innovation will not only further expand the boundaries of digital trade, but also promote the continuous development of digital trade in the direction of high added value, thereby promoting high-quality economic development.

　　Zhang Yong, chairman and CEO of Alibaba Group, also holds the same view. He said that digital trade is playing a role as a stabilizer and engine of global trade, and also provides a huge opportunity for Chinese small and medium-sized enterprises to enter the global market.

"The rapid development of global digital trade platforms has put forward higher requirements for the construction of digital trade infrastructure, providing a driving force for small and medium-sized enterprises to continue to participate and truly gain market opportunities." Zhang Yong said.

　　Recently, the "2022 Global Service Trade Innovation Trend Report" jointly released by the Global Trade in Services Alliance and Deloitte shows that more than 90% of service trade enterprises are carrying out digital transformation.

In this regard, Jiang Zengwei, chairman of the Global Service Trade Alliance, said that the current development of global digital trade is accelerating, and all parties need to coordinate the development and security of digital trade from a global perspective and creative thinking, jointly establish a global digital trade governance system, and stimulate the innovative vitality of digital enterprises. Improve digital infrastructure construction and open up new paths for the digital development of global trade.

　　"Since the first industrial revolution of mankind, every industrial revolution will have a new economic form and an economic power. Now the major powers in the world regard the digital economy as a commanding height of future strategic competition. Among them, my country's The scale of the digital economy ranks second in the world." Ma Guangyuan, a famous economist, said that the process of global economic ecological development has never been smooth, but globalization is still the mainstream. In the era of digital economy, China must make the best digital economy in the world. The development ecology continues to improve, attracting global capital, global technology, and global scientific and technological personnel to come to China to share the dividends of China's digital economy development.

(Reporter Zi Qian, reporter from our newspaper, Shanghai, November 5)

Guangming Daily