Inventory of 2021: China's Internet is developing in a standardized direction (Online China)

　　This year is the first year of the "14th Five-Year Plan". China's Internet industry has taken solid steps towards high-quality development and building a network power.

The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently stated that China's information and communications industry has achieved new results this year and has achieved a good start to the "14th Five-Year Plan".

The new space for the development of the Internet industry has further opened up, digital technology has been deeply integrated with the traditional real economy, and the pace of digital transformation in various industries has been accelerating.

At the same time, legislation and supervision of information protection, anti-monopoly, etc. have been continuously improved to guide Internet companies on the track of healthy and standardized development.

Strict supervision, standardization, and positive energy are becoming the goals pursued by China's Internet development.

　　Strict supervision

　　This year, the network information security protection supervision has been strengthened, and relevant laws and regulations have been continuously improved.

For example, the "Personal Information Protection Law of the People's Republic of China" provides a clear legal basis for protecting the rights and interests of personal information and regulating personal information processing activities; the "Data Security Law of the People's Republic of China" stipulates obligations and corresponding legal responsibilities for data security protection; The Regulations on the Security Protection of Critical Information Infrastructure states that no individual or organization shall engage in activities that illegally invade, interfere with, or destroy critical information infrastructure.

　　Yang Zhiyong, deputy dean of the Institute of Financial and Economic Strategy of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said in an interview with this newspaper that the Internet industry has experienced "barbaric growth" and has reached a time when it must be regulated for normal and orderly development. This year's series of regulations have effectively protected the rights and interests of users. Conducive to the development of industry standards.

　　"Governance is to promote the healthy development of the digital economy." said Wang Yanlong, a professor at the School of Literature and Journalism of Sichuan University. Order development.

The development of the platform economy is in full swing, but monopoly, unfair competition and other phenomena need to be resolved urgently. Strengthening the supervision of the Internet market order is a necessary measure.

　　A series of regulatory measures have been frequently introduced around issues such as platform monopoly and disordered competition.

In February, the Anti-Monopoly Guidelines of the Anti-Monopoly Commission of the State Council on Platform Economics was released; in September, the relevant departments of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology held the “Administrative Guidance Meeting on Blocking Web Site Links”, requiring all platforms to unblock them in accordance with the standards within a time limit.

　　In this regard, Liu Dacheng, deputy dean of the Internet Industry Research Institute of Tsinghua University, said that "anti-monopoly" and "anti-unfair competition" are the necessary foundation for the healthy development of China's economy in the future, which can effectively protect the rights and interests of users and provide more survival for small, medium and micro enterprises. Space to stimulate the vitality of industry innovation and development.

Moving towards "interconnection and interconnection", committed to improving technology, product research and development, improving services, and optimizing experience are the inevitable choices for the high-quality development of the Internet industry.

　　Normalization

　　The "14th Five-Year Plan" outline proposes to promote the construction of a network power, accelerate the construction of a digital economy, a digital society, and a digital government, and use digital transformation to drive changes in production methods, lifestyles, and governance as a whole.

　　Under the guidance of the "14th Five-Year Plan", a series of specific plans related to the Internet industry released this year, such as the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan for Information and Communication Industry Development" and "The Fourteenth Five-Year Plan for Software and Information Technology Service Industry Development" "The "14th Five-Year" Development Plan for the Deep Integration of Informatization and Industrialization", "The "14th Five-Year" E-commerce Development Plan", "The "14th Five-Year" Big Data Industry Development Plan", etc., focusing on the communications industry, software industry, and e-commerce The establishment of quantitative targets in such key areas will provide solid support for the construction of a manufacturing power, a network power, and a digital China.

　　"These specific plans are directly related to the future development of the Internet industry and point out the direction for the development of the industry. Internet companies need to follow these plans to find their own positioning and develop in an orderly manner." Yang Zhiyong said.

　　The 48th "Statistical Report on China's Internet Development Status" released by the China Internet Network Information Center shows that as of June 2021, the number of Chinese Internet users has reached 1.011 billion, an increase of 21.75 million from December 2020, and the Internet penetration rate has reached 71.6%.

According to data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, more than 1.3 million 5G base stations have been built and opened, and 5G terminal users have reached 497 million.

This provides a strong endogenous driving force for the high-quality development of China's digital economy, new space for industry development is further opened, and the scope of Internet empowerment continues to expand.

In Liu Dacheng's view, all walks of life need to achieve breakthroughs and move forward through digital technology.

Digitization and intelligence can achieve precise matching of supply and demand. Using big data, cloud services, artificial intelligence, etc., can effectively improve production efficiency, reduce resource consumption, and give Chinese manufacturing and Chinese services a global competitive advantage.

　　“Internet companies must strengthen their sense of social responsibility, take the road of standardization, and gradually promote industrial upgrading, so that they can achieve stability and long-term progress.” Insiders pointed out that China’s Internet industry should give full play to its basic support, innovation-driven, and integrated leading role, and focus on manufacturing powers and networks. The goal of building a strong country is to promote new infrastructure, technological breakthroughs, rural revitalization, digital transformation, and green and low-carbon development.

　　positive energy

　　Online party classes, “cloud visits” to the Revolutionary Memorial Hall, watching party history micro-videos, participating in party history knowledge contests with mobile apps... This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. A series of party history learning and education activities with innovative content, form and methods are in The TV series "The Age of Awakening" was widely acclaimed on the Internet once it was broadcast. The drama tells the struggle of the early Chinese Communists to explore the truth and lead the Chinese nation to awakening. It has become a vivid teaching material for party history learning and education; during the Tokyo Olympics, China The athletes worked hard and won the whole net applause for their outstanding performances in shooting, diving, weightlifting, and table tennis...

　　"The Internet is an important source of social information and the main way of social mobilization. Positive energy content dissemination can not only reflect the credibility of the media, but also reflect the dissemination effect of network-guided values." Wang Yanlong said.

　　In response to the "traffic first" unhealthy tendency, some extreme irrational chaos in the "fan circle" (fan circle), the illegitimate and illegal problems of digital artists, traffic fraud, network navy, etc., many departments have introduced a series of rectification measures this year. The market order in the entertainment industry must be rectified, requiring the consolidation of platform responsibilities, curbing unhealthy network trends, and guiding the flow of traffic upwards for good and positive energy.

　　If you want to rectify the source, you must explore long-term rectification and standardization mechanisms.

The "Opinions on Strengthening the Construction of Cyber ​​Civilization," published in September, proposes to strengthen the cultivation of cyberspace culture, strengthen cyberspace ethics, strengthen cyberspace behavioral norms, strengthen cyberspace ecological governance, combat cyber chaos, and clear cyberspace.

In November, the "Action Outline for Enhancing Digital Literacy and Skills for All" proposed to enrich the supply of high-quality digital resources and build a life-long digital learning system.

　　Wang Yanlong believes that the governance of the Internet platform and the spread of positive network energy are parallel and complementary, based on the study of party history on the network platform, the spread of film and television culture, the network-wide resonance of sports spirit, the consensus on the construction of network civilization, and the governance of chaos in the "rice circle", etc. It demonstrates the important significance of positive energy spreading on the Internet, and is conducive to creating a clean, vigorous and ecologically sound cyberspace.

Li Xueqin