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■ China Economic Times reporter Guo Jinhui

At present, digital technology is profoundly changing production and life, not only providing new impetus for economic growth, but also creating new opportunities for international cooperation. On March 25, a symposium on digital empowerment industry transformation at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the China Development Forum was held in Beijing. Heads of relevant departments and leaders of leading companies at home and abroad jointly discussed how to use digital technology to promote industrial transformation and create new drivers of economic growth. Zhang Junxuan, Chairman of the China Development Research Foundation and Deputy Director of the Proposal Committee of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, presided over the seminar.

The digital economy provides surging impetus for economic growth

With the in-depth evolution of a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, the digital economy represented by networking, digitalization, and intelligence is constantly creating new production supplies, stimulating new consumer demands, expanding new development space, and contributing to economic growth Inject new vitality.

Liu Liehong, director of the National Data Bureau, said that with the strong promotion of the Chinese government and the joint efforts of the whole society, China's digital economy has developed vigorously, showing five new characteristics.:Digital infrastructure support is stronger; data elements are more dynamic; industrial digital transformation is deeper; new business formats in the service industry are more active; and public services are more inclusive.

Data shows that as of the end of 2023, China has built a total of 3.377 million 5G base stations, a year-on-year increase of 46.1%. The comprehensive level of computing power infrastructure ranks second in the world. The production capacity of the new display industry ranks first in the world. In addition, at present, the number of large models with a parameter scale above 1 billion in China has exceeded 100. The large industry models have deeply empowered electronic information, medical care, transportation and other fields, forming hundreds of application models, empowering thousands of businesses and promoting traditional industries. Industrial transformation and upgrading.

"In the next step, we will further grasp the development trend of digitalization, networking, and intelligence, accelerate the removal of institutional and institutional obstacles that hinder the compliance and efficient circulation of data elements, and focus on optimizing the market-oriented allocation of data elements to spawn new industries, new models, and new driving forces., cultivate and develop new quality productivity, focusing on promoting five aspects of work, including accelerating the improvement of the basic institutional system of data elements, continuously stimulating the vitality of the development and utilization of data elements, and accelerating the construction of digital infrastructure. Continuously cultivate and expand the data industry ecosystem and better promote positive interactions such as high-quality development and high-level security." Liu Liehong said.

In the process of digitally empowering industrial transformation, financial companies can play a significant and unique role. Zhang Jinliang, Secretary of the Party Committee of China Construction Bank, introduced that China Construction Bank has comprehensively promoted its own digital transformation and built new competitive advantages in the digital economy era, including continuously improving financial technology capabilities and building a digital technology innovation system that is self-reliant, autonomous and controllable; and continuously improving The data governance system effectively uses data elements to expand the scope of financial services, improve service experience, reduce operating costs, and improve risk control levels. At the same time, China Construction Bank conscientiously fulfills its political and social responsibilities as state-owned banks and actively promotes the digital transformation of the real economy, including actively promoting the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries; leveraging its full-function and multi-license advantages to increase support for new infrastructure and core industries in the digital economy.

Ammon, President and CEO of Qualcomm, said that intelligent computing will play an important role in promoting digital transformation, achieving sustainable growth and innovation, improving operational efficiency and empowering new business models. By 2027, global spending on digital transformation is expected to reach nearly US$3.9 trillion. Ammon believes that some key trends are shaping the next innovation cycle in global technology. For example, generative AI is rapidly evolving to be able to run on the terminal side. This will spawn a series of new applications in the fields of content creation, education, R & D, and industrial manufacturing.

Jing Xiandong, chairman and CEO of Ant Group, believes that the in-depth development of the digital economy has promoted exponential growth in data scale. The introduction of large models into industry applications has made the demand for high-quality and high-value data circulation stronger. In the AGI era, it is necessary to solve the problem of large-scale data circulation under data isolation. In the future, innovative technologies will support the credible flow of data elements. At the same time, ensuring the security of circulating data remains one of the most critical propositions. It is necessary to accelerate the exploration of next-generation private computing technology and strive to be as efficient and easy to use as plaintext computing.

Share opportunities and create a better future

In recent years, Tianjin has promoted digital development in all aspects, and its digital economic development ranks first in the country. Tianjin accelerates the construction of a modern industrial system with industrial digitalization, empowers high-quality development of various industries with digital industrialization, and has formed new advantages in developing new productive forces and strengthening and optimizing the digital economy.

According to Li Wenhai, deputy mayor of Tianjin City, Tianjin's digital infrastructure construction continues to accelerate and upgrade, the digital industry is booming, scientific and technological innovation capabilities are continuously enhanced, the technological innovation capabilities of key products have been significantly improved, the release of data value is accelerated, digital empowerment has outstanding results, and digital transformation has huge potential. For example, it is the first in the country to build a "dual gigabit" network; it is the first to build a complete industrial chain covering chips, operating systems, databases, complete computer systems, servers, and supercomputers; and it is the first to introduce regulations to promote the development and application of big data.

"In the next step, Tianjin will use scientific and technological innovation to empower industrial revitalization, use industrial revitalization to promote economic quality improvement, further promote the innovative development of the digital economy, and be brave enough to be the first and do good in developing new quality productivity. Specific measures include strengthening industrial agglomeration and promoting ecological creation; strengthening technological leadership and highlighting innovation and transformation; strengthening platform construction and consolidating computing power support; strengthening data governance and releasing data value; strengthening opening up to the outside world and seeking common development. Domestic and foreign companies are welcome to participate in Tianjin's development and carry out in-depth cooperation in areas such as strengthening digital connectivity, promoting industrial digital transformation, and supporting digital innovation and entrepreneurship to share the dividends of digital development." Li Wenhai said.

Li Dongsheng, founder and chairman of TCL Technology Group, believes that intelligent technology is increasingly entering industrial manufacturing, design, testing, control and other fields. For example, semiconductor displays have very high requirements for production accuracy, and it is necessary to minimize human intervention and replace manual operations with intelligence of equipment. This is an inevitable trend in the development of the entire industry. In Li Dongsheng's view, digitalization and intelligence are the most important driving forces for the transformation and upgrading of enterprises, and they are also indispensable capabilities for the development of manufacturing enterprises.

The digital economy wave is a major trend in global development, and its investment opportunities are also favored by many foreign companies. Zhao Guohua, chairman of Schneider Electric, believes that digital transformation is not a simple evolution, but a revolution, which is not only about efficiency, but also about sustainable development. Data structure, artificial intelligence, network security, etc. will all become priority areas for enterprise development.

Heda, president and CEO of Wacker Chemical, believes that not everything can be digitized and needs to be digitized, but digitalization can help produce products that are lower cost, higher quality, and more in line with consumer needs, and can also achieve more Low carbon and environmentally friendly.

Danfoss President and CEO Official Xingjian believes that as data grows, how to reduce energy consumption in data centers is very important. Technical means can be used to achieve efficient operation of data centers. In the future, green and data fields will be very large market opportunities.