Take the course of "Internet Literacy"

　　At the Beijing Tiantan Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University, staff are helping the elderly to use self-service kiosks to check the source of their numbers.

　　Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Zhonghao

　　With the continuous acceleration of the digital transformation of the global economy, the digital literacy and skills of the whole people have increasingly become key indicators of international competitiveness and soft power. Digital technology is profoundly changing the way people think, live, produce, and learn.

The Central Cyber ​​Security and Informatization Commission recently issued the "Action Outline for Improving Digital Literacy and Skills for All", proposing to enrich the supply of high-quality digital resources, improve high-quality digital living standards, improve high-efficiency digital work capabilities, build a life-long digital learning system, and stimulate digital Innovative vitality and other tasks.

　　Inject momentum into China's high-quality development

　　Experts point out that digital literacy and skills are a collection of digital acquisition, production, use, evaluation, interaction, sharing, innovation, security, ethics and other qualities and abilities that digital society citizens should have in their learning and working life.

Improving the digital literacy and skills of the whole people is a strategic task to meet the requirements of the digital age, improve the quality of the people, and promote the all-round development of people. It is the only way to realize the transition from a network power to a network power. It is of great significance to promote the sharing of digital development results for the whole people. .

　　The "Action Outline for Enhancing Digital Literacy and Skills for All" (hereinafter referred to as the "Outline") proposes to focus on the development of digital infrastructure, optimize the supply of digital resources, improve the protection of the digital environment, and strive to build coverage for all people, urban and rural integration, fairness, consistency, sustainability, A resilient digital literacy and skill development and cultivation system, focusing on expanding the four scenarios of digital life, digital learning, digital work, and digital innovation for all people, inspiring the enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity of the whole people to build a network power and digital China, and improve the digital adaptability of the whole people , Competence, creativity.

　　Hu Xiaoyong, deputy dean of the School of Educational Information Technology of South China Normal University, said that the introduction of the "Outline" is to comply with the requirements of the digital transformation of the whole society, and through a series of measures to improve the digital literacy and skills of the public, and cultivate a group of qualified digital citizens. China's high-quality development has injected strong momentum.

From a macro perspective, digital literacy and skills are the core literacy and skills that promote the digital transformation of Chinese society. It is related to the strategic decision to build a network power and digital China, and is the key to building a smart society.

From a micro level, digital literacy and skills are very helpful for people to improve work efficiency and improve the quality of life.

　　In the digital age, "no one can be less"

　　The "Outline" proposes that by 2025, a life-long digital learning system for all will be initially established, the digital skills of special groups such as the elderly and the disabled will be steadily improved, and the digital divide will be quickly bridged.

The ability of laborers to use digital skills has been significantly improved, and the team of high-end digital talents has been significantly expanded.

Industry insiders pointed out that the term "all people" in the "Outline" has been mentioned more than 40 times, and special arrangements have been made for the promotion of digital literacy and skills of special groups such as the elderly and the disabled, which shows that the state does not allow anyone to be in the digital age. The humanistic care of "left behind".

　　Improving the digital literacy and skills of the whole people is a key measure to bridge the digital divide and allow the people to share the digital dividend.

As of June 2021, the Internet penetration rate in China's urban areas is 78.3%, and that in rural areas is 59.2%. Rural areas are 19.1 percentage points lower than urban areas. The digital divide is still prominent.

To improve the digital literacy and skills of the whole people as a whole, relevant parties must provide people with digital technologies and services that can be used, affordable, and used well.

　　Guo Hanwen, a researcher at Northwest University of Political Science and Law, the Rule of Law and Science and Technology Development Research Office, believes that in recent years, the issue of "digital divide" has repeatedly attracted social attention. The essence of "digital convenience" is to use digital technology to serve mankind.

The overall realization of the goal of social digital literacy and skill improvement has also put forward higher requirements for digital policy support and digital product services.

It is necessary to provide more precise digital services, and make "nothing less" an important proposition in the digital society.

　　Improve high-efficiency digital work capabilities

　　The "Outline" made specific requirements for improving the digital work capabilities of industrial workers, farmers, emerging professional groups, women, leading cadres, and civil servants.

Experts pointed out that strengthening digital literacy education and vocational training will help establish digital thinking and cultivate digital technology innovation and entrepreneurship capabilities.

　　In order to improve the digital skills of industrial workers, the "Outline" made a plan for the "Digital Skills Industry-Education Integration Project" and proposed to build a platform for integration of industry and education, focusing on key application areas of digital technology such as integrated circuits, artificial intelligence, industrial Internet, and e-commerce. In-depth implementation of industry-university cooperation and collaborative education projects, concentrate industry-education-integrated cities, industries, and enterprises with high-quality resources, and lay out the construction of digital, high-level, professional, and open industry-education-integrated innovation platforms and joint talent training bases.

　　The "Outline" also makes deployment requirements for "improving digital security protection capabilities," and proposes to improve the nation's network security protection capabilities, and enhance the nation's ability to discriminate against illegal activities such as network rumors, telecommunications fraud, and information theft, and security protection skills.

At the same time, strengthen the protection of personal information and privacy, formulate and improve personal information and privacy protection standards, improve personal information and privacy protection and supervision mechanisms, and intensify the crackdown on violations of personal information and privacy and other illegal and criminal acts.

　　Experts pointed out that it is necessary to improve policy support and financial guarantee mechanisms, take multiple measures to increase investment in weak links of digital literacy and skills, and improve long-term mechanisms that support digital literacy and skills upgrading.

Deepen the reform of "delegation, control, and service", fully mobilize all parties, and encourage social forces to participate in the digital literacy and skill improvement actions of the whole people.