What is the information industry? The inevitability and trend of the development of information industry?

Using information means and information technology, collecting, organizing, processing, storing and transmitting information intelligence, providing information services, and providing corresponding information means, information technology and other services industry. All useful data and information on human social activities can be called information, broadly speaking, information not only includes information on the production and operation activities of enterprises, but also the national economy and even the world's economic activities; not only economic information, but also scientific and technological information, socio-cultural information, life information and so on. Information in the narrow sense mainly refers to micro and macroeconomic information related to the production and operation activities of enterprises. It mainly includes three industrial sectors: (1) information processing and service industry. This industry is characterized by the use of modern electronic computer systems to collect, process, organize and store information, and to provide a wide variety of information services for all walks of life, such as computer centers, information centers and consulting companies. (2) Information processing equipment industry. The industry is characterized by research and production of electronic computers (including hardware manufacturing of related machines); computer software development and other activities, computer manufacturing companies, software development companies can be counted as this industry. (3) Information transfer intermediary industry. This industry is characterized by the use of modern information transfer intermediaries to transmit information to its destination in a timely, accurate and complete manner. Therefore, the printing industry, publishing industry, news broadcasting industry, communication and postal industry, and advertising industry can be categorized into it. The information industry can be further divided into primary information industry and secondary information industry. The former includes: traditional means of transmitting information and intelligence commodities and services, such as books, newspapers and magazines, communication tools, etc.; and the sale of classified and processed information commodities and services in the market, such as financial, real estate, educational, legislative, accounting and other consulting services. The latter reflects services provided to internal consumers such as governments, businesses and individuals. Information industry is an emerging industry, which is built on the basis of modern scientific theory and technology, adopts advanced electronic technology and communication technology, and is a service industry with high-tech nature. The development of information industry is of great significance to the development of the whole national economy. Through its activities, the information industry makes the transmission of economic information more timely, accurate and comprehensive, which is conducive to the improvement of labor productivity in various industries; the information industry accelerates the transmission speed of modern science and technology and shortens the distance from the creation of science and technology to its application in the field of production; at present, the information industry is still an immature industry, and many fields need to be researched and explored, but it represents the future of economic society and its high speed development makes the human society enter into the information society. High-speed development makes human society enter the information society.

The development trend of information industry:

①Information industry in the economic development of countries around the world will gradually overtake other industries to occupy a dominant position, the information industry will become a global pillar industry, and thus the investment in the information industry in various countries continues to increase.

② software industry will exceed the hardware industry in the information industry to occupy a leading position.

③ The information industry is constantly extending outward while developing in depth, and the scope of the information field is expanding.

④ The development of the information industry is very unbalanced, with computers and communications in North America, Japan, and Euro*** body countries dominating the world market.