The digital economy has become a new engine for high-quality development, and more policy support will be further exerted.

According to industry experts, while the digital economy has become the new engine for the high-quality development of China's economy, it is necessary to further strengthen the research on core technologies, accelerate the breakthrough and iterative application of research and development in high-end chips, key basic software and other fields, and accelerate the integration of digital economy and traditional industries. Better integration, especially to promote the digitalization, networking and intelligent transformation of traditional manufacturing industries.

The engine of the digital economy is powerful.

"In recent years, China has made remarkable achievements in the field of digital economy. The communication infrastructure represented by 5G is leading the world, and applications such as e-commerce and mobile payment are also in the forefront of the world. Digital applications in all walks of life are everywhere, the efficiency of government digital governance continues to improve, and international cooperation in the digital field continues to deepen. " Zhao, secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union, said.

Shang Bing, chairman of internet society of china, also said that with the rapid development of the new generation of information technology and the deep integration of the new generation of information technology and the real economy, new technologies, new formats and new platforms are constantly emerging. In 2020, "non-contact economy" such as online shopping, online education and telemedicine will accelerate in an all-round way, providing a new path for economic development.

From a global perspective, the digital economy has effectively affected the epidemic. According to the statistics of the White Paper on Global Digital Economy published by China ICT Institute, in 2020, the added value of digital economy in 47 countries will reach 32.6 trillion US dollars, with a nominal increase of 3.0% year-on-year, accounting for 43.7% of GDP.

"In the context of the fragile recovery of the global economy, the digital economy has become a key measure to achieve economic recovery and promote sustainable development, and has become a new kinetic energy and engine to effectively promote high-quality economic development." Zhuang, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee, director of the Central Network Information Office and director of the National Network Information Office, said.

Strengthen research on core technologies

Improving the ability of technological innovation and strengthening the research on key technologies are the basis for promoting the development and growth of digital economy. Xiao Yaqing, Party Secretary and Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that it is necessary to tackle key technical problems, forge long boards and fill short boards as a whole, build a self-controllable, safe and reliable information technology system, accelerate the breakthrough and iterative application of high-end chips and key basic software, build a high-level industrial technology platform, and prosper the open source ecology.

"The development of the digital economy during the Thirteenth Five-Year Plan period was mainly driven by the rise of the consumer side. However, during the Tenth Five-Year Plan period, the development of the digital economy will mainly focus on the production side, which requires very strong global connectivity and collaboration capabilities, as well as a large number of open innovation capabilities. " Jiang Xiaojuan, dean of the School of Public Administration of Tsinghua University, said.

Lei Jun, founder, chairman and CEO of Xiaomi Group, believes that the development of digital technology is based on the R&D strength and technological innovation ability of the underlying technology. We should gradually increase R&D investment, attach importance to basic R&D, and strive to achieve breakthroughs in key key technical fields. At the same time, digital economy is a brand-new development thinking and mode, and there are a lot of new topics and new ways to explore and study. This process must not be smooth sailing. It is necessary to form an atmosphere in the whole society that encourages innovation, technological research and development, new industries and new forms, and tolerates setbacks.

Qu Kaifeng, founder of Beijing Yundao Zhizao Technology Co., Ltd., said that China's manufacturing industry is undergoing large-scale transformation and upgrading, and more and more enterprises pay more attention to independent research and development than ever before to speed up the mastery of key core technologies. At the same time, small and medium-sized enterprises in the manufacturing industry chain need "small, scattered and specialized" industrial software, and have a strong demand for low-cost, localized and customized development. Domestic emerging industrial software enterprises need to strengthen research and development based on local and industry advantages to provide accurate technology and product supply for small and medium-sized enterprises.

Further empower traditional industries

Insiders pointed out that better integration of digital economy and traditional industries, especially the promotion of digitalization, networking and intelligent transformation of traditional manufacturing industries, has become the top priority of economic transformation and upgrading.

Shang Bing suggested actively promoting the transfer of traditional industry system resources and core business to the cloud platform, and speeding up business process reshaping, organizational structure optimization and business model reform. Continue to enrich cloud computing products for traditional industries, promote the digital and intelligent transformation of enterprises, and effectively give new momentum to the development of traditional industries. Give full play to the leading role and technology spillover effect of leading enterprises, encourage traditional enterprises to carry out cross-border cooperation with Internet platform enterprises and industrial platform enterprises, improve the ecological system of industrial digital development, form a new entity of digital economy, and fully tap new domestic demand.

Wang Wenjing, Chairman and CEO of UFIDA Network Technology Co., Ltd. said that becoming a digital enterprise has become a new paradigm of enterprise development and the key to supporting enterprise organizational change and business innovation.

Andrew, president and executive vice president of Schneider Electric China, believes that digitalization is also a weapon for enterprises to achieve the goal of "double carbon". He suggested that enterprises should combine efficiency improvement with circular economy when formulating strategies to deal with climate change, and digitalization is the key factor to promote the combination of the two. Experience shows that the efficiency can be improved by 30% when digitalization is applied to intelligent buildings, intelligent manufacturing and other fields. The recycling of raw materials can also bring up to 70% efficiency improvement.

It is worth mentioning that more policy support will be further exerted. Xiao Yaqing pointed out that the next step is to vigorously promote the digital transformation of manufacturing industry, and carry out the "5G+ Industrial Internet" innovative development project and intelligent manufacturing project in depth, so that digital technology can better empower large, medium and small enterprises and support industrial upgrading in all directions.