China News Service, Beijing, November 7 (Reporter Liu Yuying) The white paper "Jointly Build a Community of Shared Future in Cyberspace" released by the State Council Information Office of China on the 7th stated that the digital economy has become one of the main engines driving China's economic growth.
According to the white paper, China vigorously promotes the construction of information infrastructure and the popularization and application of the Internet, relying on the drive of information technology innovation, constantly giving birth to new industries, new business forms and new models, accelerating the development of the digital economy, promoting the deep integration of the digital economy and the real economy, and using new kinetic energy to promote new development. .
According to estimates by research institutions, as of 2021, the scale of China's digital economy will reach 45.5 trillion yuan (RMB, the same below), accounting for 39.8% of the GDP. The digital economy has become one of the main engines driving economic growth.
The scale of the digital economy has ranked second in the world for many consecutive years.
The white paper shows that the scale of China's information infrastructure construction is expanding day by day.
As of June 2022, the number of Internet users in China has reached 1.051 billion, and the Internet penetration rate has increased to 74.4%.
As of June 2022, China has built and opened 1.854 million 5G base stations and 455 million 5G mobile phone users, building the world's largest 5G network and becoming one of the global leaders in 5G standards and technologies.
The Beidou-3 global satellite navigation system was completed and opened.
In 2021, the overall industry scale of China's satellite navigation and location services will reach 469 billion yuan.
By the end of 2021, the total social ownership of terminal products with Beidou positioning function exceeds 1 billion units/set, and the output value of downstream operation services such as medical health, remote monitoring, and online services is nearly 200 billion yuan, and the Beidou industrial system is basically formed.
The innovative application of digital technology continued to deepen.
China has vigorously cultivated new technologies and applications such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and next-generation communication networks, and promoted the accelerated leap from digitization and networking to intelligence in various economic and social fields, and has entered the ranks of innovative countries.
In 2021, China's Internet and related service enterprises above designated size will achieve business income of 1.55 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 21.2%.
The development of the Industrial Internet has entered the fast lane.
The digital transformation of the manufacturing industry continues to deepen. As of February 2022, the numerical control rate of key processes in industrial enterprises above designated size reached 55.3%, and the penetration rate of digital R&D tools reached 74.7%.
The digital transformation of agriculture is progressing steadily.
China has built the world's second largest species resource database and information system, developed the "Golden Seed Breeding Platform", and promoted digital management services for agricultural equipment.
E-commerce continues to boom.
In 2021, China's online retail sales of physical goods will be 10.8 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12%, accounting for 24.5% of the total retail sales of consumer goods.
In 2021, China's cross-border e-commerce import and export scale will reach 1.92 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 18.6%.
In 2021, the scale of China's digitally deliverable service trade will reach 2.33 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 14.4%.
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