China News Service, Wuhan, October 15 (Reporter Zhou Yin) "2021 China Geographic Information Industry Conference" was held in Wuhan from the 14th to the 15th.

The conference disclosed that in 2020, the output value of China's geographic information industry was 689 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.4%.

Since the 13th Five-Year Plan, the scale of China's geographic information industry has continued to expand, with a compound growth rate of 13.9% in total output value.

  Xu Guanhua, former minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, attended the conference and gave a keynote speech pointing out the direction and path of enterprise transformation and upgrading and high-quality industrial development.

He said, first, we must vigorously promote the entrepreneurial spirit, and strive to promote the transformation of enterprises from quantitative to high-quality.

Second, we must adapt to the changes of the times, adjust corporate development strategies in a timely manner, and create a benign industrial ecological chain.

Third, we must make full use of the capital market, increase investment in scientific and technological innovation, and win the capital of innovation and development.

The fourth is to create a market-oriented, legalized, and international business environment, change the management model, and guide enterprises to take the development path of "specialization, specialization and innovation"; improve the fair competition environment, and actively encourage enterprises to expand overseas markets; strengthen enterprises to participate in national and international standards The formulation of work; adjust the data confidentiality mechanism as soon as possible, promote data opening, and release the ToB application market space; attach great importance to independent control and eliminate hidden information security risks.

The fifth is to strengthen the construction of the talent team, put environmental construction in the first place, and put the discovery and training of young people in a prominent position.

  Wang Guanghua, a member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Natural Resources, said that the Ministry of Natural Resources will consolidate public welfare surveying and mapping, promote the social application of geographic information, actively promote the reform of "delegation management and service", strengthen scientific and technological innovation and talent team building, and continuously improve the work of surveying and mapping geographic information. Ability and level; and promote the high-quality development of the geographic information industry by improving the development layout, clarifying the development focus, and optimizing the development environment.

  The "2021 China Geographic Information Industry Conference" is hosted by China Geographic Information Industry Association, under the guidance of the People's Government of Hubei Province, and co-organized by the Hubei Provincial Department of Natural Resources and Wuhan University.

During the conference, the 2021 top 100 geographic information industry companies, the most dynamic small and medium-sized enterprises, and the TOP50 list of high-growth enterprises were released, commending the 2021 geographic information technology progress award, the 2021 geographic information industry outstanding project, and held high-end forums and innovation shows.

  On October 15, the conference held 20 thematic forums on natural resources, real-world 3D, new basic surveying and mapping, spatial planning, urban governance, digital twins, GIS, spatio-temporal big data, geographic information standardization, geographic information security, and geographic information public services. Experts and entrepreneurs in geographic information and related fields will give more than 140 reports on different topics.

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