The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council have issued the "Overall Layout Plan for the Construction of Digital China"

Recently, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the "Overall Layout Plan for the Construction of Digital China" (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan"), and issued a notice requiring all regions and departments to conscientiously implement it based on actual conditions.

The Plan points out that building a digital China is an important engine to promote Chinese path to modernization in the digital era and a strong support to build a new competitive advantage of the country. Accelerating the construction of a digital China is of great significance and far-reaching impact on the comprehensive construction of a socialist modernized country and the promotion of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

The Plan emphasizes the need to adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially General Secretary Xi Jinping's important thought on building a strong cyber country, deeply implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, adhere to the general tone of seeking progress while maintaining stability, fully, accurately, and comprehensively implement the new development concept, accelerate the construction of a new development pattern, focus on promoting high-quality development, coordinate development and security, strengthen systematic and bottom line thinking, enhance overall layout, and follow the strategic path of consolidating the foundation, empowering the overall situation, enhancing capabilities, and optimizing the environment to comprehensively enhance the integrity, systematicity, and synergy of digital China's construction, promote the deep integration of digital economy and real economy, drive the transformation of production, life, and governance through digitization, and inject strong energy into the comprehensive promotion of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese style modernization. Power.

The Plan proposes that by 2025, a comprehensive and coordinated pattern of horizontal and vertical connectivity will be basically formed, and significant progress will be made in the construction of Digital China. Efficient connectivity of digital infrastructure, accelerated improvement in the scale and quality of data resources, effective release of data element value, significant enhancement in the quality and efficiency of digital economic development, significant improvement in the level of digital intelligence in government affairs, significant progress in the construction of digital culture, precise and inclusive digital society, positive progress in the construction of digital ecological civilization, significant breakthroughs in digital technology innovation, global leadership in application innovation, comprehensive improvement in digital security capabilities, more perfect digital governance system, and opening up new prospects for international cooperation in the digital field. By 2035, the level of digital development will enter the forefront of the world, and significant achievements will be made in the construction of Digital China. The systematic layout of the construction of Digital China is more scientific and complete, and the digital development in various fields such as economy, politics, culture, society, and ecological civilization construction is more coordinated and sufficient, which effectively supports the comprehensive construction of a socialist modernized country.

The Plan specifies that the construction of Digital China will be laid out according to the overall framework of "2522", which means consolidating the "two foundations" of digital infrastructure and data resource system, promoting the deep integration of digital technology with economic, political, cultural, social, and ecological civilization construction, strengthening the "two capabilities" of digital technology innovation system and digital security barrier, and optimizing the "two environments" of digital development at home and abroad.

The Plan points out that we need to consolidate the foundation of building a digital China.One is to connect the major arteries of digital infrastructure.Accelerate the coordinated construction of 5G networks and gigabit optical networks, deepen the deployment and application of IPv6, promote the comprehensive development of mobile Internet of Things, and vigorously promote the large-scale application of Beidou. Optimize the layout of computing infrastructure, promote efficient complementarity and collaborative linkage of computing power between the east and west, and guide the rational hierarchical layout of general data centers, supercomputing centers, intelligent computing centers, edge data centers, etc. Enhance the overall level of application infrastructure and strengthen the digital and intelligent transformation of traditional infrastructure.The second is to facilitate the circulation of data resources.Establish a national data management system and mechanism, and improve data coordination and management institutions at all levels. Promote the aggregation and utilization of public data, and establish national data resource libraries in important fields such as public health, science and technology, and education. Unleash the potential value of commercial data, accelerate the establishment of data property rights system, conduct research on data asset valuation, and establish a mechanism for data elements to participate in distribution based on their value contribution.

The Plan points out the need to comprehensively empower economic and social development.One is to strengthen, optimize and expand the digital economy.Cultivate and strengthen the core industries of the digital economy, research and formulate measures to promote high-quality development of the digital industry, and create a digital industry cluster with international competitiveness. Promote the deep integration of digital technology and the real economy, and accelerate the innovative application of digital technology in key areas such as agriculture, industry, finance, education, healthcare, transportation, and energy. Support the development and growth of digital enterprises, improve the integration and innovation mechanism of large, medium, and small enterprises, give full play to the guiding role of "green light" investment cases, and promote the standardized and healthy development of platform enterprises.The second is to develop efficient and collaborative digital government.Accelerate the innovation of institutional rules and improve the rules and regulations that are compatible with the construction of digital government. Strengthen the construction of digital capabilities, promote the interconnection and interoperability of information system networks, on-demand sharing of data, and efficient collaboration of business. Improve the level of digital services, accelerate the promotion of "one thing at a time", promote online and offline integration, and strengthen and standardize the management of government mobile Internet applications.The third is to build a confident and prosperous digital culture.Vigorously develop online culture, strengthen the supply of high-quality online cultural products, and guide various platforms and netizens to create and produce positive, healthy, and positive online cultural products. Promote the development of cultural digitization, deeply implement the national cultural digitization strategy, establish a national cultural big data system, and form a database of Chinese culture. Enhance digital cultural service capabilities, create several comprehensive digital cultural display platforms, and accelerate the development of new cultural enterprises, cultural formats, and cultural consumption models.The fourth is to build a universal and convenient digital society.Promote inclusive digital public services, vigorously implement the national education digital strategic action, improve the national smart education platform, develop digital health, and standardize the development of Internet diagnosis and treatment and Internet hospitals. Promote the precision of digital social governance, deeply implement the Digital Rural Development Action, and empower rural industrial development, rural construction, and rural governance with digitalization. Popularize the intelligence of digital life, create a smart and convenient living circle, new digital consumption formats, and future oriented intelligent immersive service experiences.The fifth is to build a green and intelligent digital ecological civilization.Promote the intelligent governance of ecological environment, accelerate the construction of a smart and efficient ecological environment information system, use digital technology to promote the integrated protection and systematic governance of mountains, waters, forests, fields, lakes, grasses, and sands, improve the three-dimensional "one map" of natural resources and the basic information platform of national land space, and build a smart water conservancy system with digital twin watersheds as the core. Accelerate the digital and green collaborative transformation. Advocate for a green and smart lifestyle.

The Plan points out the need to strengthen the key capabilities of Digital China. One is to build an independent and self reliant digital technology innovation system.Establish a new national system for tackling key core technologies under the conditions of a sound socialist market economy, and strengthen the deep integration of industry, academia, and research led by enterprises. Strengthen the dominant position of enterprises in scientific and technological innovation, and give full play to the leading and supporting role of technology-based backbone enterprises. Strengthen intellectual property protection and improve the mechanism for distributing the benefits of intellectual property transformation.The second is to build a reliable and controllable digital security barrier.Effectively maintain network security and improve the legal, regulatory, and policy system for network security. Enhance data security capabilities, establish a basic system for data classification and classification protection, and improve the network data monitoring, early warning, and emergency response work system.

The Plan points out the need to optimize the digital development environment. One is to build a fair and standardized digital governance ecosystem.Improve the legal and regulatory system, strengthen legislative coordination, study and formulate legislative plans in the digital field, and timely adjust legal systems that are not suitable for digital development according to procedures. Establish a technical standard system, develop a digital standard work guide, and accelerate the formulation and revision of application standards for digital transformation and cross industry integration development in various industries. Enhance the level of governance, improve the comprehensive network governance system, enhance the ability of comprehensive governance in all aspects and dimensions, and build a scientific, efficient, and orderly network governance pattern. Purifying cyberspace, carrying out in-depth network ecological governance work, promoting the series of special actions of "clearing" and "cleaning up the internet", and innovatively promoting the construction of network civilization.The second is to build an open and win-win international cooperation pattern in the digital field.We will coordinate and plan international cooperation in the digital field, establish a multi-level collaborative, multi platform supported, and multi subject participation international exchange and cooperation system in the digital field, jointly build the "Digital Silk Road" with high quality, and actively develop "Silk Road e-commerce". Expand international cooperation space in the digital field, actively participate in digital cooperation platforms under multilateral frameworks such as the United Nations, World Trade Organization, G20, APEC, BRICS, and SCO, build high-quality new platforms for open cooperation in the digital field, and actively participate in the construction of international rules related to cross-border data flow.

The Plan emphasizes the need to strengthen overall planning and coordinated promotion, and to implement various tasks effectively. One is to strengthen organizational leadership.Adhere to and strengthen the comprehensive leadership of the Party over the construction of Digital China. Under the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, the Central Committee for Cybersecurity and Informatization strengthens the overall coordination, promotion, and supervision of the implementation of Digital China construction. Give full play to the role of the local party committee's network security and information technology committee, improve the deliberation and coordination mechanism, place digital development in an important position in local work, and effectively implement responsibilities. According to their respective responsibilities, relevant departments should improve policy measures, strengthen resource integration and force coordination, and form a working force.The second is to improve the institutional mechanism.Establish a sound coordination mechanism for the construction of Digital China, timely study and solve major problems in digital development, promote cross departmental collaboration and top-down linkage, and ensure the supervision and implementation of major tasks and projects. Carry out monitoring and evaluation of the development of Digital China. Use the construction of Digital China as a reference for the assessment and evaluation of relevant party and government leaders.The third is to ensure the investment of funds.Innovate funding support methods and strengthen overall guidance for various types of funds. Give full play to the role of national industry finance cooperation platforms and guide financial resources to support digital development. Encourage and guide capital to participate in the construction of Digital China in a standardized manner, and build an investment and financing system that effectively involves social capital.The fourth is to strengthen talent support.Enhance the digital thinking, cognition, and skills of leading cadres and civil servants. Coordinate the layout of a number of disciplines and specialties in the digital field, and cultivate innovative, applied, and versatile talents. Build a digital literacy and skill development and cultivation system that covers the entire population and integrates urban and rural areas.The fifth is to create a good atmosphere.Promote the joint participation of higher education institutions, research institutions, and enterprises in the construction of Digital China, and establish a number of Digital China research bases. Coordinate and carry out comprehensive pilot work for the construction of Digital China, comprehensively integrate and promote reform experiments. Organize major events such as the Digital China Construction Summit, hold high-level domestic and international competitions in the digital field, promote the deepening of digital concepts, and create a good atmosphere for the whole society to pay attention to and actively participate in the construction of Digital China.

Information source: National Development and Reform Commission website