New driving force of informatization: adding confidence to China
On May 6th, the second Digital China Construction Summit kicked off in Fuzhou, Fujian. In May, full of vitality, the blessed state is crowded with friends, and the beautiful banyan city is home to many talented people. On the banks of the Minjiang River, eyes converge and wisdom shines. People from all walks of life here feel the pulse of digital China and witness the rise of confidence in China.
In April 2018, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized in his congratulatory letter to the first Digital China Construction Summit that accelerating the construction of Digital China means adapting to the new historical position of China's development, fully implementing the new development concept, cultivating new driving forces with informatization, promoting new development with new driving forces, and creating new brilliance with new development. Over the past year, from urban to rural areas, various parties such as the government, enterprises, and universities have seized the opportunity of informatization, continuously improving China's level of informatization, digitization, and intelligence, injecting new vitality into the land of China. Looking towards the future, China should seize opportunities, gather consensus, stimulate the enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity of all sectors of society to build a digital China, and promote informatization to better benefit society and the people.
Digital technology innovation provides new driving force for industrial development
With this three headed and six armed artifact, one person can achieve synchronous recording and live streaming of regular videos, panoramas, and VR. ”At the 2nd Digital China Construction Achievement Exhibition, the "Iron Man" multi-channel live broadcast gimbal of Guangming Network attracted a large number of exhibitors' attention as soon as it was unveiled. 5G autonomous driving, intelligent catering supervision, AI machine vision, cloud VR... These rare "black technologies" are all showing their abilities, making the entire venue lively and extraordinary.
This is a golden age of innovation. Currently, information technology innovation is advancing rapidly, with digitization, networking, and intelligence deepening. New technologies such as artificial intelligence and virtual reality continue to emerge, accelerating the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries while leading emerging industries to achieve leapfrog development. Data shows that as of the end of 2018, the scale of China's digital economy has reached 29.9 trillion yuan, accounting for about one-third of GDP.
In the view of Wang Qinmin, Director of the National E-Government Expert Committee, to promote the further development and growth of China's digital economy, it is necessary to accelerate the research and development of core components and key technologies, cultivate a secure and controllable big data product system, strengthen the tackling of key core technologies, and encourage the comprehensive application of modern information technologies such as big data, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence.
"The 'industrial Internet' is becoming an important carrier of digital industrialization and industrial digitalization. Industrial Internet, digital government and smart society are inseparable, and the core is informatization. Internet enterprises should pay more attention to basic research and breakthroughs in key core technologies, otherwise, like building tall buildings on the beach, it is likely to become more dangerous as they grow taller." Ma Huateng, chairman and CEO of Tencent, said.
Robin Lee, the founder, chairman and CEO of Baidu, stressed the importance of technological innovation at the summit. "The Internet is the first dish, and artificial intelligence is the main dish." He believed that, with the continuous penetration and development of artificial intelligence, AI technology innovation has become the standard configuration of Internet companies, and more and more industries will feel the tremendous changes brought by AI related technology innovation in the future. Every industry and every entrepreneur should consider using the most effective methods to enhance their technological innovation capabilities and turn artificial intelligence into their 'own dish'
“进入5G时代，三大运营商都在进行现有网络改造，使网络变得更加高速。”中国联通董事长王晓初表示，万物互联才能使数据产生爆发性增长，产生数据洪流，从而优化资源配置、配合实体经济、催生新型业态。“更多的连接将产生更多的数据和价值，更强的算力推动更快终端的普及，更快的速率加速生产要素的流通，这些都将引领数字中国向更高质量发展。”
信息技术应用提供社会发展新动能
出门不用带钱包，一部手机就可以走天下；就医不用扎堆排队，远程医疗就能让你享受专家服务；开会不必到会议室，视频会议随时随地想开就开……出行更高效了，生活更便捷了，老百姓更幸福了，这些改变都源自数字化发展。
据福建省委副书记、福州市委书记王宁介绍，首届峰会举办一年来，数字应用成果在福州遍地开花。从乘车出行到看病就医，从智慧养老到便民服务，插上了“数字”的翅膀，这一切都变得触手可及。超过92%的事项最多跑一趟，超过三成的事项一次都不用跑。而15分钟便民服务圈的构建，让市民足不出户线上办，在家门口就近办，这些都成为数字福州建设成果的生动缩影。
“面向未来，努力开辟数字中国建设新蓝海，我们将始终坚持创新引领，让数字经济成为最活跃的新动能，最强劲的新引擎；我们将加强协同创新，突破关键技术，形成产业建设新动力；我们将大力推动新一代信息基础建设，继续建好平台、用好政策，促进产业人才经济无缝对接；我们将聚焦未来发展新趋势新需求，在生产管理、城市管理、社会治理等领域，提供更多数字化服务。”王宁表示。
“推进城市现代化，需要技术先进的网信企业提供产业赋能。”中国电子信息产业集团有限公司党组书记、董事长芮晓武表示，现代数字城市建设需求多样、技术复杂，任何企业都难以独立完成，需要政府、企业、高校、科研院所等各方力量共同参与，形成发展共同体，打造“政、产、学、研、用”创新体系，构建自主开放的产业生态。
“以智慧互联为目标的智联网系统是未来信息网络的发展方向，将引发人类社会向智慧社会的重大变革。在智慧医疗中，从诊断到分析、治疗、服务，可以随时随地提供个性化的精准服务；在智慧交通中，将随时点到点、随地门到门；在工业制造、教育、航空、应急等经济社会的各个领域，智能化发展水平也将得到极大提升。”中国工程院院士、北京理工大学校长张军说。
国家发改委副秘书长任志武指出，数字经济、信息化建设的最终目的是构建惠民、利民的信息服务体。因此，信息化建设要坚持信息惠民、便民、利民，推动共享发展，不断提升人民的获得感、幸福感和安全感。
数字中国建设提供全球发展新动能
数字经济推动高质量发展，加快信息化发展、建设数字国家已经成为全球各国共识，数字领域也已成为各国比拼实力的新战场。
“技术创新改变中国，而接下来，中国的技术创新将逐步地开始改变世界。”李彦宏表示，中国在人口、市场、场景等方面都有非常大的规模，这是世界其他国家难以比拟的。在“先行先试”的政策环境下，我国同发达国家的差距也在不断缩小，尤其是在自动驾驶、车路协同、智能交通等方面，我国起步稍晚，但是步伐更快、潜力更大。
“中国的整体数字化进程遇上了人工智能的历史性机遇，我们需要抓住这一技术变革机遇，充分挖掘蕴含在数据当中的巨大价值，为全球打造具有中国特色的‘智能盛宴’。”李彦宏说。
而在数字教育上，中国已经在改变世界。网龙网络董事长刘德建结合多年的数字教育“走出去”经验表示，通过推动数字教育，可以让优质的教育资源在“一带一路”相关国家落地应用，让各国的孩子都能共享数字教育的发展成果。“在互联网的帮助下，不同国家的小朋友，都可以通过数字教育，通过新技术，通过分享，接受同等优质的科学教育。”刘德建说。
王宁则介绍说，福建省将在“一带一路”建设过程中发挥更大作用，积极推进“数字海丝”，支持福建企业走出去，把先进的理念和数字技术带到“海上丝绸之路”相关国家，助力当地的经济、教育、科技、文化发展。
“未来，我国将深化开放合作，推动共建网络空间命运共同体。”国家互联网信息办公室副主任杨小伟表示，我国将共同把握数字化、网络化、智能化发展机遇，探索新技术、新业态、新模式，探寻新的增长动能和发展路径。
Information source: Chinese government website
