On April 28, the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) released the 45th "Statistical Report on the Development of China's Internet" (hereinafter referred to as the "Report"). The "Report" focuses on six aspects of Internet infrastructure, the scale and structure of Internet users, the development of Internet applications, the development of Internet government affairs, the development of industry and technology, and Internet security, and strives to comprehensively reflect 2019 and 2020 through multi-angle and comprehensive data display. The status of China's Internet development at the beginning of the year.
The scale of Internet users exceeded 900 million, laying a solid user base for the development of the digital economy
"Report" shows that as of March 2020, China's Internet users are 904 million, and the Internet penetration rate is 64.5%. The huge Internet users constitute China's booming consumer market and lay a solid user base for the development of the digital economy. CNNIC director Zeng Yu pointed out that at present, the digital economy has become a new kinetic energy for economic growth, and new formats and new models are emerging one after another. In this epidemic, the digital economy has played an important role in safeguarding consumption and employment, and promoting the resumption of production and production, and has shown strong growth potential. Zeng Yu said that this report mainly presents three characteristics:
First, the infrastructure construction continued to improve, and the "new infrastructure" helped upgrade the industrial structure. In 2019, China has built the world's largest optical fiber and mobile communication network, the proportion of administrative villages through optical fiber and 4G exceeds 98%, and fixed Internet broadband users have access to more than 450 million households. At the same time, the construction of new infrastructure related to high-tech industries, scientific research and innovation, and smart cities has been continuously accelerated, further accelerating the industrial application of new technologies, and spawning new industrial forms, expanding new supply, and promoting the formation of new economic models. Strongly promote the improvement of the quality of regional economic development and the optimization and upgrading of industrial structure.
Second, the digital economy is booming and has become a new growth point for economic development. Online shopping continues to help the consumer market flourish. As of March 2020, China's online shopping users reached 710 million, and the transaction scale in 2019 reached 10.63 trillion yuan, an increase of 16.5% year-on-year. Digital trade continues to open up new space for the development of foreign trade. In 2019, the total value of retail imports and exports through the customs cross-border e-commerce management platform reached 186.21 billion yuan, an increase of 38.3%. Digital enterprises accelerate the development of the industry. Digital enterprises continue to improve the level of supply chain digitization through business model innovation and accelerating the application of digital technologies, providing important support for industrial transformation and upgrading.
The third is the use of Internet to enhance the public's sense of gain, and online poverty alleviation to help overcome poverty. The combination of Internet applications and people's lives is becoming closer. WeChat, short video, live broadcast and other applications have lowered the threshold for Internet use and continuously enriched the cultural and entertainment life of the people. The online government application is based on the people and strives to solve the blockages, pain points and daily work of the people. Difficulties; Internet services such as online shopping and online public welfare have played an increasingly important role in increasing farmers' incomes and spurring netizens to participate in poverty alleviation actions.
During the epidemic, some Internet applications showed rapid growth
Zhang Xiao, deputy director of CNNIC, said that at the beginning of 2020, due to the impact of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, the number of users of most network applications showed a large increase. Among them, the number of users of online education, online government affairs, online payment, online video, online shopping, instant messaging, online music, search engines and other applications has grown rapidly from the end of 2018, with an increase of more than 10%.
Online education is showing explosive growth. As of March 2020, the number of online education users in China reached 423 million, an increase of 110.2% from the end of 2018, accounting for 46.8% of the total netizens. At the beginning of 2020, the opening of schools across the country was postponed, 265 million students in schools generally switched to online courses, user needs were fully released, and online education applications showed explosive growth.
Online retailing has become an important driving force for consumption growth. As of March 2020, the number of online shopping users in China reached 710 million, an increase of 16.4% compared with the end of 2018, accounting for 78.6% of the total netizens. From January to February 2020, the online retail sales of physical goods nationwide increased by 3.0% year-on-year, realizing a contrarian growth, accounting for 21.5% of the total retail sales of social consumer goods, an increase of 5 percentage points from the same period last year.
The national integrated government service platform has played a strong role in epidemic prevention and control. As of March 2020, China's online government service users reached 694 million, an increase of 76.3% from the end of 2018, and accounted for 76.8% of the total netizens. During the epidemic situation, the national and regional integrated government service platforms provide epidemic information services, implement online management, and help promote accurate epidemic prevention. The application effect is becoming greater and greater, and it has become a new channel for innovative government management and optimization of government services.
Fighting the epidemic and accelerating the development of the Internet industry bring new opportunities and challenges
This report records the development of the Internet under the special background of the New Coronary Pneumonia epidemic. Wang Yukai, a member of the National Informatization Expert Advisory Committee and a professor of the Central Party School (National School of Administration), believes that China ’s Internet industry has a huge consumer market, enterprises and technical foundation. The post-epidemic era will usher in a new round of historical opportunities for rapid development, and the Internet industry will show a new and vigorous development trend. First, the new infrastructure will usher in great development and become an important underlying support for the economy and society; second, online services, online consumption and other Internet formats will further prosperity and development, and become a new driving force for economic growth; third, the accelerated upgrade of the consumer Internet to the industrial Internet The process of industrial digital transformation will continue to accelerate; the fourth is that the Internet of Everything will form a large connection to further promote the sharing of Internet dividends; the fifth is that data elements will form a large flow and the value and potential of the digital industry will be further realized; the sixth is the platform economy It will be more abundant, and the role of enabling the transformation of the physical industry will continue to be highlighted.
China's technological innovation capability continues to strengthen, industrial Internet accelerates
Sun Yongge, former deputy secretary general of the China Internet Association, said that this report reflects the rapid development of core technologies such as blockchain, IPV6, 5G, artificial intelligence, and big data. The industrial Internet formed by its deep integration will become the driving force for the development of the digital economy. New kinetic energy and the new pillar of building a smart society. First of all, blockchain technology is highly valued by the Chinese government and enterprises. With the joint promotion of the government and enterprises, China's blockchain invention patents have ranked first in the world for two consecutive years, and blockchain technology has played a role in the digital transformation and upgrading of many traditional industries. Secondly, the full launch of 5G commercialization will effectively promote innovation and upgrading of the technology industry. As of December 2019, China has built more than 130,000 5G base stations, and the 5G industry chain has promoted the combination of artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things to develop into intelligent networking. Finally, the rapid development of artificial intelligence technology in China will become an important strategic grasp for winning the initiative of global technological competition. In 2019, China has more than 4,000 artificial intelligence companies, ranking second in the world, and has obvious advantages in applications such as intelligent manufacturing and Internet of Vehicles. Realizing intelligent manufacturing based on artificial intelligence will be a long-term process. We need to put equal emphasis on management innovation and technological innovation to meet the challenges of development and promote the development of the digital economy.
2020 is the year of building a well-off society in an all-round way and ending the "13th Five-Year Plan". It is a new starting point for the comprehensive improvement of the network information industry. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that the development of the cyber-information cause must implement the people-centered development thinking, take the improvement of people ’s well-being as the starting point and foothold of informatization development, so that the people have more sense of gain, happiness, Security. As a loyal recorder of the construction of a powerful country on the Internet, CNNIC will continue to follow the development of China's Internet, continue to expand the scope of research, deepen the research field, and work with the whole society to promote network security and informatization to a new level.