He who observes the situation is wise, and he who controls the situation wins.
"Implementing the national big data strategy", "artificial intelligence development status and trends", "blockchain technology development status and trends", "quantum technology research and application prospects", "promoting the healthy development of my country's digital economy"... Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Internet-related content has repeatedly become the subject of collective study by the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.
General Secretary Xi Jinping attaches great importance to the Internet, develops the Internet, and governs the Internet. He calls for “making the Internet, the biggest variable, the biggest increment in career development.”
a judgment
"Informatization is a major trend in economic and social development in today's world. It is a key link in the optimization, upgrading and modernization of industries in our country and our province. None of the four modernizations is inseparable from informatization."
This passage is excerpted from the article "Digital Fujian is Coming to Us" published in February 2002. The author is Xi Jinping.
In 2000, when many people did not know much about the information highway and the Internet, Xi Jinping, then governor of Fujian Province, proposed the construction of "Digital Fujian" and called it "one of the most important scientific and technological commanding heights in the world today."
He also personally serves as the leader of the “Digital Fujian” construction leading group.
Fujian is the first country in the country to establish an information management system under the leadership of the provincial governor.
The spark of the construction of "Digital Fujian" and even "Digital China" was ignited.
On April 25, 2021, at the Digital Achievements Exhibition of the Fourth Digital China Construction Summit, the audience visited the Fujian Zhengtong APP displayed on the Fujian Provincial Government Data Aggregation and Sharing Platform.
As early as the 1980s, Xi Jinping, then Secretary of the Zhengding County Party Committee, made a keen judgment on the importance of information work: "Not paying attention to information work is like 'a blind man riding a blind horse, entering a deep pool in the middle of the night.' 'Spider web' of information."
During his tenure in Zhejiang, Xi Jinping insisted on using informatization to drive industrialization, and industrialization to promote informatization, and promoted the construction of "Digital Zhejiang."
He formulated and implemented the "Eight-Eighth Strategy", accelerated the construction of innovative provinces and technologically powerful provinces, and created the "10 billion information construction" project.
General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out: "In today's world, whoever masters the Internet will seize the initiative of the times; whoever despises the Internet will be abandoned by the times. To a certain extent, it can be said that those who have the Internet will win the world."
This is a historical opportunity that must be seized, and it is also a transformative challenge that must be faced.
a goal
In 2014, China's Internet development entered its 20th year.
In February of this year, the Central Leading Group for Cybersecurity and Informatization, headed by General Secretary Xi Jinping, was announced.
Later, the "Leading Group" was upgraded to a "Committee", still under the leadership of the General Secretary.
At the first meeting of the Central Network Security and Informatization Leading Group, the General Secretary clearly stated: "Strive to build our country into a network power" and "the strategic deployment of building a network power must be advanced in parallel with the 'two centenary' goals." ".
From an "internet power" to an "internet power", this change indicates that China's Internet development has entered a new era.
On April 19, 2016, General Secretary Xi Jinping hosted a symposium on network security and informatization in Beijing and delivered an important speech.
"Compared with cities, rural Internet infrastructure construction is our shortcoming." General Secretary Xi Jinping has focused the construction of Internet infrastructure on rural areas.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Internet infrastructure has rapidly extended to remote rural areas, and existing administrative villages have historically achieved “broadband access to every village”.
The world situation is turbulent. General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly emphasized that "the real power of a great power must be in its own hands."
He used the vivid metaphor of "vital gate": "The core technology of the Internet is our greatest 'vital gate', and being controlled by others is our greatest hidden danger."
The General Secretary attaches great importance to the relationship between security and development. At the beginning of the establishment of the Central Network Security and Informatization Leading Group, he had a keen insight into the importance of network security.
In November 2016, the Cybersecurity Law of the People's Republic of China was passed with a high vote, becoming my country's first law in the field of cybersecurity.
"I have said that to develop our business well, we must gather the talents from all over the world and use them." The general secretary is well aware that many talents in the Internet field are "weirdos and wizards", and he is extremely caring: "Treat special talents We must have special policies, do not require everyone to be blamed, do not rank based on seniority, and do not use a ruler to measure everything.”
The General Secretary requires party and government agencies and leading cadres at all levels to learn to follow the mass line through the Internet, frequently browse the Internet, dive, chat, and speak out.
He also put forward ardent expectations for the majority of Internet companies: they should adhere to the unity of economic benefits and social benefits, and while developing themselves, they should drink water with their source in mind, repay society, and benefit the people.
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Diligent in his steps and attentive in his words.
General Secretary Xi Jinping has always regarded improving people's well-being as the starting point and goal of informatization development, "let the people have a greater sense of gain, happiness, and security in informatization development."
amazing achievement
In 2016, the "National Informatization Development Strategy Outline" was released, drawing a timetable and roadmap for building a "cyber power".
In 2021, the "14th Five-Year Plan" National Informatization Plan was released, making arrangements for the development of informatization during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period in our country.
In 2023, the "Overall Layout Plan for the Construction of Digital China" was issued, clearly proposing to use the status of the construction of Digital China as a reference for the assessment and evaluation of relevant party and government leading cadres.
"Network Power", with the implementation of one plan after another, has been transformed from a great strategic concept into vivid practice step by step.
On September 4, 2019, students of Northwestern Polytechnical University "swiped their faces" to enter and exit the library.
In April 2016, when talking about the 700 million Internet users in our country, General Secretary Xi Jinping said proudly: "This is an amazing number and an amazing achievement." Today, this number has become 1.079 billion.
Once, when General Secretary Xi Jinping visited Europe, a political dignitary asked out of curiosity: "Do you usually pay with your mobile phone?" Europeans who still mainly use credit cards were surprised by the rapid development of mobile payments in China and lamented, "This is incredible." .
Last summer, at the Purple Mountain Laboratory, which emerged amid the wave of informatization, the General Secretary learned that there was a scientific research team studying 6G that not only achieved significant improvements in transmission rates and system efficiency, but also achieved breakthroughs in key technologies by promoting key technological breakthroughs. Autonomous and controllable.
He said very happily: "You must seize the opportunity, make new achievements, and do this wholeheartedly. The Party Central Committee will pay attention to and support you."
One minute, mobile payment completes 287,700 payment transactions; one minute, more than 200,000 express delivery services shuttle across China; one minute, 61 cases are "handheld" through the Internet... This is the vibrant and steamy China today. realistic scenario.
"Our country has built the world's largest and most technologically advanced network infrastructure" "my country has become the world's largest online retail market for 11 consecutive years" "The national telemedicine service platform coverage reaches 100% at the municipal level"... This is the world's largest network infrastructure A huge digital society with rich and diverse digital application scenarios.
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This series of "remarkable things" is a powerful testimony that the "Internet Power" is taking advantage of the situation, forging ahead, and making strides towards becoming a "Internet Power".
In the new era, China continues to draw wonderful chapters of informatization development in the turbulent times.
Director System丨Luo Hongbing Wei Quhu
Producer丨Wang Jingdong
Editor-in-Chief丨Li Xuan
Planning丨Cai Chunlin
Editor丨Cai Chunlin
Proofreading | Liu Zhenlu, Yang Song, Chunyan, Liang Yaqin, Mao Changzhi
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