Chinanews.com, Beijing, July 25th: What is the "key force" in Xi Jinping's eyes?

  Reporter Wang Enbo

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  The life of contemporary Chinese is becoming more convenient and efficient.

The changes are profound and earth-shaking.

What has spawned this series of dramatic changes is the "key force" in the eyes of Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission - the digital economy.

  This emerging economic form has long entered his field of vision.

For a long time, Xi Jinping has attached great importance to the development of digital technology and digital economy.

  During his work in Fujian in 2000, Xi Jinping proposed to build a "digital Fujian", and in 2003 he proposed to build a "digital Zhejiang" while working in Zhejiang.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, he has repeatedly emphasized the need to develop the digital economy.

  "The rapid development of the digital economy, the wide range of radiation, and the unprecedented depth of influence are becoming a key force in reorganizing global factor resources, reshaping the global economic structure, and changing the global competition pattern." From such a weighty judgment, It is not difficult to read why China's top leaders are thinking about this.

  Where is the word "key" reflected?

  "Developing the digital economy is a strategic choice to grasp the new opportunities of the new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation." Xi Jinping counted them one by one: the healthy development of the digital economy is conducive to promoting the construction of a new development pattern; it is conducive to promoting the construction of a modern economic system; it is conducive to Promote the construction of new national competitive advantages.

  In a word, the digital economy is related to the overall situation of national development.

  In today's China, a large number of unicorn companies have emerged from the "blooming" 5G base stations, the Beidou system with global networking, and the cutting-edge fields such as artificial intelligence and quantum information. The digital economy has penetrated into all aspects of the economy and society. and occupy an important position.

The development of the digital economy has also been raised as a national strategy.

  From 2017 to 2021, the scale of China's digital economy will increase from 27.2 trillion yuan to 45.5 trillion yuan, with a compound annual growth rate of 13.6%, and its proportion in GDP will increase from 32.9% to 39.8%.

According to the data of the 2021 Global Digital Economy Conference, the scale of China's digital economy has ranked second in the world for many consecutive years.

  With the beating of numbers, the foundation of development is solid, the difficulties are breaking through, and the space is expanding.

Especially since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, digital technology and digital economy have played an important role in supporting the fight against the new crown pneumonia epidemic and restoring production and life.

  However, there are also some unhealthy and irregular signs and trends in the rapid development of China's digital economy.

Based on the long-term observation of this emerging economic form, Xi Jinping pointed to the key points, "These problems not only affect the healthy development of the digital economy, but also violate laws and regulations and pose a threat to the national economic and financial security, which must be resolutely corrected and managed."

  Based on the present, and looking to the far future, how can China's digital economy develop steadily and well while it is developing rapidly?

  Strengthen key core technology research, speed up the construction of new infrastructure, promote the integrated development of the digital economy and the real economy, promote the development of digital industries in key areas, regulate the development of the digital economy, improve the digital economy governance system, and actively participate in international digital economy cooperation... This is Xi Jinping Thinking.

  The path extended from coordinating the two major domestic and international situations and the two major issues of development security not only echoes the new changes in China's development stage, but also conforms to the new reality of the century-old changing situation.

  Some observers pointed out that promoting the high-quality development of the digital economy, and making the cake bigger and better for common prosperity, provides a new path and realization mechanism.

All parties are also fully realizing that digital technology and digital economy are the opportunities for the world's technological revolution and industrial transformation, and are the key areas of a new round of international competition.

  It is precisely in this special period that China's digital economy has been continuously strengthened, optimized and expanded, and this engine of development has been ignited, and the word "key" has become more prominent.

  As Xi Jinping said: seize the opportunity and win the initiative.

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