[Xinhua News Agency]Xi Jinping: Grasp the development trend and law of the digital economy to promote the healthy development of China’s digital economy

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 19th. On the afternoon of October 18th, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee conducted the 34th collective study on promoting the healthy development of China’s digital economy. When presiding over the study, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, emphasized that in recent years, the Internet, big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, blockchain and other technologies have accelerated innovation and have increasingly integrated into the entire process of economic and social development. The digital economy has developed rapidly, The wide range of radiation and the unprecedented depth of influence are becoming a key force in reorganizing global factor resources, reshaping the global economic structure, and changing the global competitive landscape. It is necessary to stand at the height of coordinating the overall strategy of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the great changes in the world unseen in a century, coordinating the two major issues of domestic and international development, and development of security, giving full play to the advantages of massive data and rich application scenarios, and promoting digital technology and the real economy Deep integration, empowering the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, spawning new industries, new business forms and new models, and continuously strengthening and improving China’s digital economy.

Professor Lu Jian, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and president of Nanjing University, explained this issue and put forward work suggestions. Comrades from the Political Bureau of the Central Committee listened carefully to his explanation and discussed it.

Xi Jinping delivered a speech while presiding over the study. He pointed out that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee has attached great importance to the development of the digital economy, implemented the network power strategy and the national big data strategy, expanded the network economy space, supported various innovations based on the Internet, and promoted the Internet, big data, artificial intelligence and The real economy is deeply integrated, building a digital China, a smart society, advancing digital industrialization and industrial digitization, and creating an internationally competitive digital industry cluster. China’s digital economy has developed rapidly and achieved remarkable results. Especially since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, digital technology and digital economy have played an important role in supporting the fight against the new crown pneumonia epidemic and restoring production and life.

Xi Jinping emphasized that the development of the digital economy is a strategic choice to grasp the new opportunities of the new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation. First, the healthy development of the digital economy is conducive to the construction of a new development pattern. Digital technology and digital economy can promote the rapid flow of various resource elements, accelerate the integration of various market players, help market players restructure their organizational models, achieve cross-border development, and break time and space. Restrict and extend the industrial chain to unblock the domestic and international economic cycles. Second, the healthy development of the digital economy is conducive to the construction of a modern economic system. The digital economy has high innovation, strong permeability, and wide coverage. It is not only a new economic growth point, but also a fulcrum for the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries. It can become a modernization An important engine of the economic system. Third, the healthy development of the digital economy is conducive to the construction of new competitive advantages for the country. In today’s era, digital technology and digital economy are opportunities for the world‘s scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, and are key areas in the new round of international competition. We must seize the opportunities and Seize the commanding heights of future development.

Xi Jinping pointed out that it is necessary to strengthen the research on key core technologies, hold on to the “bull nose” of independent innovation, give full play to the advantages of China’s socialist system, the advantages of the new national system, and the advantages of the super-large-scale market, improve the basic research and development capabilities of digital technologies, and fight for key core technologies. To achieve a high level of self-reliance as soon as possible, and firmly control the autonomy of the development of the digital economy in their own hands.

Xi Jinping emphasized that it is necessary to accelerate the construction of new infrastructure, strengthen the strategic layout, accelerate the construction of high-speed ubiquitous, integrated world, cloud-network integration, intelligent and agile, green, low-carbon, safe and controllable intelligent comprehensive digital information infrastructure, and open up the economy and society. The development of the information “aorta”. It is necessary to comprehensively promote industrialization and large-scale applications, focus on breakthroughs in key software, promote the software industry to become bigger and stronger, and improve key software technology innovation and supply capabilities.

Xi Jinping pointed out that it is necessary to promote the integrated development of the digital economy and the real economy, grasp the direction of digitization, networking, and intelligence, promote the digitization of manufacturing, service, agriculture and other industries, and use new Internet technologies to transform traditional industries in an all-round and full chain. , Improve total factor productivity, and play the role of digital technology in amplifying, superimposing, and multiplying economic development. It is necessary to promote the in-depth integration of the Internet, big data, and artificial intelligence with the industry, and accelerate the cultivation of a group of “specialized, special new” enterprises and single-sector champion enterprises in the manufacturing industry. It is necessary to promote the development of digital industries in key areas, focus on strategic frontiers and commanding heights, based on major technological breakthroughs and major development needs, enhance the competitiveness of key links in the industry chain, improve the supply chain system of key industries, and accelerate product and service iteration.

Xi Jinping emphasized that it is necessary to regulate the development of the digital economy, adhere to the promotion of development and the supervision and regulation of both hands and both hands, and standardize in development and develop in standardization. It is necessary to improve the market access system, the fair competition review system, and the fair competition supervision system, establish a comprehensive, multi-level, and three-dimensional supervision system to realize the supervision of the whole chain and all fields before and after the fact. It is necessary to correct and standardize behaviors and practices that harm the interests of the masses and hinder fair competition in the development process, prevent platform monopoly and disorderly expansion of capital, and investigate and deal with monopoly and unfair competition in accordance with the law. The legitimate rights and interests of platform practitioners and consumers must be protected. It is necessary to strengthen tax supervision and tax inspection.

Xi Jinping pointed out that it is necessary to improve the digital economy governance system, complete laws, regulations, and policy systems, improve institutional mechanisms, and improve the modernization of China’s digital economy governance system and governance capabilities. It is necessary to improve the responsibilities of the competent departments and supervisory agencies, division of labor, cooperation, and mutual cooperation. It is necessary to improve the supervision technology and means, and to integrate supervision and governance through the entire process of innovation, production, operation, and investment. It is necessary to clarify the main responsibilities and obligations of platform enterprises and establish an industry self-discipline mechanism. It is necessary to carry out social supervision, media supervision, and public supervision to form a joint supervision force. It is necessary to improve the national security system. It is necessary to strengthen theoretical research on the development of the digital economy, and put forward countermeasures and suggestions on issues related to the development of digital technology and the digital economy. It is necessary to actively participate in international cooperation in the digital economy, actively participate in the negotiation of digital economy topics in international organizations, carry out bilateral and multilateral digital governance cooperation, maintain and improve the multilateral digital economy governance mechanism, and promptly propose Chinese plans and speak out in China.

Xi Jinping emphasized that the digital economy is related to the overall situation of the country’s development. It is necessary to do a good job in the top-level design and system construction of China’s digital economy development, strengthen situation research and judgment, seize opportunities, and win the initiative. Leading cadres at all levels should improve the thinking ability and professional quality of the digital economy, strengthen the ability to develop the digital economy, strengthen the awareness of security, and promote better services for the digital economy and integration into the new development pattern. It is necessary to improve the digital literacy and skills of the whole people and the whole society, and consolidate the social foundation for the development of China’s digital economy.

Editor: Nie Yi