As of December last year, nearly 1 billion Chinese Internet users have used the "Epidemic Prevention Health Code" more than 40 billion times
Digital dividend benefits all types of sub-groups
● The demographic dividend of netizens presents the characteristics of "sector drift": on the one hand, the digital divide is further narrowed by the migration of "from city to countryside"; on the other hand, the migration of "from east to west" has caused rapid growth of Internet users in the central and western regions.
● During the epidemic, the national integrated government service platform launched the "Epidemic Prevention Health Code", which has applied for nearly 900 million people and used more than 40 billion people, supporting most areas of the country to achieve "one yard access". Big data plays an important role in epidemic prevention. The role of control and resumption of production is highlighted
● Through aggregating supply chain services and assisting merchants to accurately push information, online payment assists the digital transformation of my country’s SMEs and promotes the development of the digital economy; mobile payment and inclusive finance are deeply integrated to narrow the gap between the east and the west and between urban and rural areas in my country through popularized applications and promote digital Dividends benefit the public and improve the availability of financial services
□ Our reporter Hou Jianbin
On February 3, China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) released the 47th "Statistical Report on China's Internet Development Status" (hereinafter referred to as the "Report") in Beijing.
The "Report" shows that as of December 2020, the number of Internet users in my country has reached 989 million, an increase of 85.4 million from March 2020, and the Internet penetration rate has reached 70.4%; the number of Internet government service users in my country has reached 844 million, an increase from March 2020 1.5 billion.
During the epidemic, the national integrated government service platform launched the "Epidemic Prevention Health Code", which has applied for nearly 900 million people and used it more than 40 billion times.
CNNIC Director Zeng Yu believes that during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, my country's digital economy is thriving, Internet applications are blooming, and the Internet strongly supports the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, and builds a new development for my country that takes the domestic cycle as the main body and the domestic and international dual cycles promote each other The pattern provides strong support.
It is worth noting that various government agencies actively promote the online administration of government services, and the types of services and the number of people have been significantly improved; the "one network," "remote location," and "cross-regional services" are gradually becoming a trend for governments at all levels and regions. "Handheld office" and "fingertip office" have gradually become standard for government services, and the business environment has been continuously optimized.
Wang Yimin, director of the E-Government Research Center of the Central Party School (National School of Administration) and deputy director of the National E-Government Expert Committee, pointed out that in 2020, my country will give full play to the effectiveness of the construction of a national integrated service system, vigorously promote the construction of digital government, and do a solid job of "six stability". "Work, fully implement the "six guarantees" task to provide service support.
The urgent need to fight the new crown pneumonia epidemic has further accelerated the pace of digital government construction.
Establish a poverty alleviation information service system
Substantial progress has been made in online poverty alleviation
“The world’s largest digital society is initially built, and the digital dividend benefits various sub-groups.” said Zhang Xiao, deputy director of CNNIC. As of December 2020, my country’s Internet users have reached 989 million, accounting for one-fifth of the global Internet users. Internet penetration rate Reached 70.4%, higher than the global average.
This means that the world's largest group of netizens has gradually formed.
The demographic dividend of netizens presents the characteristics of "plate drift": on the one hand, the digital divide is further narrowed by the migration of "from city to countryside"; on the other hand, the migration of "from east to west" has caused rapid growth of Internet users in the central and western regions.
The "Report" shows that as of December 2020, the number of urban Internet users in my country was 680 million, accounting for 68.7% of the total Internet users; the number of rural Internet users was 309 million, accounting for 31.3% of the total Internet users.
The difference in Internet penetration rate between urban and rural areas in my country is 23.9%, and it has shrunk to within 30% for the first time since 2017.
Zhang Xiao revealed that the main body of netizens' growth has become increasingly obvious from youth groups to underage and elderly groups.
The "Report" disclosed that as of December 2020, my country has nearly 260 million "silver Internet users" (over 50 years old) and 160 million Internet users under 20 years old.
Among the new netizens, netizens under the age of 20 accounted for 17.1 percentage points higher than that of this group in the overall netizens; netizens over 60 accounted for 11 percentage points higher than that of the group in the overall netizens.
Zhang Xiao said frankly that as an important means of poverty alleviation, Internet poverty alleviation will effectively help targeted poverty alleviation and targeted poverty alleviation during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, allowing more people in need to obtain external information through the Internet, allowing agricultural products to go out of the countryside through the Internet, and let young people in remote areas Obtain better educational resources.
The "Report" shows that as of the end of 2020, e-commerce has entered the countryside to achieve full coverage of 832 poor counties.
The national rural online retail sales increased from 180 billion yuan in 2014 to 1.79 trillion yuan in 2020.
At the same time, the digital level of public services in the fields of rural medical care and education has been continuously improved.
The Internet is accelerating, and the Internet access rate of primary and secondary schools (including teaching points) nationwide has increased from 79.2% at the end of 2016 to 99.7% in November 2020.
Zhang Xiao said that the online poverty alleviation information service system has been basically established, and the monitoring and early warning and relief services for the returning to poverty and the newly emerging poor with information support have been continuously improved.
Telemedicine achieved full coverage of national hospitals in poor counties and county-level hospitals, and the coverage of basic financial services in administrative villages nationwide reached 99.2%.
Moreover, with the in-depth advancement of online poverty alleviation, netizens' awareness of and participation in online poverty alleviation has increased significantly.
As of December 2020, 53.9% of netizens have seen “promotions of characteristic agricultural products in poor areas” on the Internet, an increase of 5.9 percentage points from March 2020.
Zhang Xiao pointed out that government departments at all levels speed up the process of informatization and digital transformation in poverty-stricken areas, and give full play to the role of the Internet in precision poverty alleviation.
The online poverty alleviation action has made substantial progress in the in-depth development, and accelerated the transformation of non-netizens in remote and poor areas.
It is particularly noteworthy that in terms of network coverage, the “last mile” of communications in poor areas has been opened up. As of November 2020, 98% of poor villages have access to optical fibers.
Press the accelerator key for digital transformation
Global leader in online government services
In 2020, in the face of the sudden new crown pneumonia epidemic, the Internet has shown great power.
During the epidemic, the national integrated government service platform launched the "Epidemic Prevention Health Code", which has applied for nearly 900 million people and used more than 40 billion people, supporting most areas of the country to achieve "one-yard access". Big data is used in epidemic prevention and control And the role of resumption of work and production is prominent.
Zeng Yu pointed out that in the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, my country's relatively complete Internet infrastructure and abundant Internet applications have played a key role in winning the battle against the epidemic.
On the one hand, new models such as remote office and online education effectively meet the practical needs of netizens for work and study, and provide powerful assistance for the "restart" of the entire society and economic recovery.
As of December 2020, the number of users of remote office applications reached 346 million, an increase of 147 million compared to June 2020.
On the other hand, online news forms effective linkages with social platforms, search engines and other Internet applications to unite and encourage people across the country to fight the people's war against the epidemic, help the people obtain timely anti-epidemic trends, and do personal protection to avoid further spread of the epidemic.
Zeng Yu said frankly that the new crown pneumonia epidemic is accelerating the all-round digital transformation of society from individuals, enterprises to governments.
Individually, the isolation of the epidemic has made individuals more inclined to use the Internet connection, and users’ willingness and habits to go online have accelerated.
Individual netizens use streaming media platforms and social platforms to obtain information, use online shopping and online food delivery to solve their daily needs, use online government applications and health codes to travel, and continue to share the digital dividends brought about by the Internet.
For companies, the emergence of the epidemic has pressed the "accelerator" for digital transformation of companies, and online operations such as online office and online transactions have provided support for companies to maintain normal operations during special periods.
In terms of government, the government's digital emergency response capabilities and online government service capabilities have been continuously "tempered" under the epidemic, and the online service index has jumped from 34th to 9th in the world, making it a global leader.
Data from the "Report" shows that as of December 2020, the number of Internet government service users in my country has reached 443 million, an increase of 21.6% from March 2020. The total number of real-name users of the national integrated government service platform has reached 809 million.
"The urgent need to fight the new crown pneumonia epidemic has further accelerated the construction of digital government." Wang Yimin said that in 2020, the Party Central Committee and the State Council will vigorously promote the construction of digital government, in order to do a solid job of "six stability" and fully implement the "six guarantees". "The mission provides service support.
Fortunately, governments at all levels have gradually become the trend of "one network," "off-site," and "cross-regional". "Handheld office" and "fingertip office" have gradually become standard for government services, and the business environment has been continuously optimized.
For example, Guangdong has achieved remarkable results in advancing the construction of “digital government”. In 2019, following the “Guangdong Provincial Affairs” mini program, the “Guangdong Business Communication” enterprise-related mobile government service platform was launched to build a “digital government” with overall promotion, government-enterprise cooperation, and separation of management and operation. "To further optimize the business environment.
With regard to the construction of an integrated government service platform, the overall service capability of the platform "One Network" has continued to improve.
According to Wang Yimin, relevant data show that my country's e-government development index is 0.7948, and its ranking has been increased from 65th in 2018 to 45th in 2020, setting a record high, especially as a core indicator of national e-government development. The service index rose to 0.9059, and the index ranking rose significantly to 9th in the world.
The webcast industry is thriving
Comprehensive prosperity of the digital economy
The webcast industry represented by e-commerce live broadcasts will achieve vigorous development in 2020. As of December 2020, the number of webcast users in my country has reached 617 million, an increase of 57.03 million from March 2020, accounting for 62.4% of the total netizens.
Zeng Yu pointed out that 66.2% of live broadcast e-commerce users have purchased live broadcast products. With the acceleration of users' online consumption habits during the epidemic, live broadcast e-commerce has become an emerging shopping method that is widely loved by users.
A reporter from the Rule of Law Daily noted that many of the data disclosed in the Report are very eye-catching.
As of December 2020, the number of online payment users in my country has reached 854 million, an increase of 86.36 million compared with March 2020, accounting for 86.4% of the total Internet users; the number of online shopping users in my country has reached 782 million, an increase of 72.15 million compared with March 2020, accounting for 79.1% of netizens as a whole;
As of December 2020, the number of online video users in my country has reached 927 million, an increase of 76.33 million over March 2020, accounting for 93.7% of the total Internet users.
Among them, the number of short video users is 873 million, an increase of 100 million from March 2020, accounting for 88.3% of the total netizens;
As of December 2020, the total market value of my country's Internet listed companies at home and abroad has reached RMB 16.8 trillion, an increase of 51.2% from the end of 2019, setting a new record high.
The total number of unicorn companies in my country is 207, an increase of 20 from the end of 2019.
Judging from the distribution of companies in the cities, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong, Zhejiang and other places have concentrated about 80% of Internet listed companies and Internet unicorn companies.
Experts believe that currently, my country’s capital market system is gradually improving, market tolerance and coverage are increasing, and more local governments are actively cultivating local innovative startups and unicorn companies, which is expected to eventually form a "4+N" development pattern .
Experts pointed out that through the aggregation of supply chain services, online payment assists merchants to accurately push information, assists the digital transformation of my country's small and medium-sized enterprises, and promotes the development of the digital economy; mobile payment and inclusive finance are deeply integrated, and the gap between the east and the west and the urban and rural areas in my country is narrowed through popularized applications. Encourage the digital dividend to benefit the public and increase the availability of financial services.
Zeng Yu pointed out that during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, my country's Internet applications have entered a period of great prosperity and development, which has greatly met the needs of the people in production and life, and continued to release the benefits of the digital economy.
Liu Jiuru, Dean of the Watson Research Institute, noted that “the acceleration of new infrastructure construction will lay a solid foundation for the rapid development of the Internet industry and the wider application of new-generation information technologies”.
It is worthy to be proud that my country has built 718,000 5G base stations and promoted the joint construction and sharing of 330,000 5G base stations; there are more than 180 million connected terminals, and the world's largest 5G network has been built.
Liu Jiuru believes that the new infrastructure has been fully launched and has successfully boosted the development of the Internet industry and the prosperity of the digital economy.
Liu Jiuru revealed that in the field of big data, the scale of my country's big data industry will exceed one trillion yuan in 2020, a year-on-year increase of 26.3%.
In the field of artificial intelligence, the new generation of artificial intelligence technology is accelerating the deep integration and application of various industries, promoting the accelerated leap from digitization and networking to intelligence in various economic and social fields.
"With the continuous development of Internet-related industries and applications, higher requirements have been put forward for the safe and stable operation of Internet infrastructure, the innovative breakthrough of Internet architecture and basic resource technology." Xie Gaogang, deputy director of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Network Center and professor of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Said that technological innovation breakthroughs promote the continuous improvement of the safety and reliability of basic resources.
Xie Gaogang believes that my country has carried out in-depth research and development of network architecture, Internet basic resource analysis, and network security protection related technology. The basic theory of architecture, the key technology of basic resource perception analysis, and security protection systems have formed a proprietary and independent technology system, which has effectively maintained my country's Internet infrastructure is operating safely and stably.
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