On November 16, at the 2022 China International Digital Economy Expo, the Research Report on the Development of China’s Digital Economy in 2022 released by the China Electronic Information Industry Development Research Institute showed that China’s computing power currently accounts for 27% of the world’s total, ranking second.
Starting from “digital infrastructure”, “digital value”, “digital industrialization”, “digital industry” and “digital governance”, this report constructs China’s digital economy development index, inspects the development level of national digital economy cities, and summarizes the “2022 Top 100 Cities for Digital Economy Development”, which is divided into four line levels. It is reported that Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hangzhou and Guangzhou have been the first tier cities in the digital economy for many years in a row, and the comprehensive strength of the digital economy leads the country. Chengdu, Suzhou, Nanjing and other new front-line cities of digital economy have entered the fast lane, with a strong momentum of catching up. The development of second tier cities with digital economy has begun to take shape, and it is urgent to optimize factor ration and break the bottleneck of growth.
According to the report, spatially, the “bow and arrow” pattern of China’s digital economy has taken shape. The development pattern of “bow” in the coast, “arrow” in the Yangtze River and “string” in the middle has been formed. With Beijing Tianjin Hebei, Yangtze River Delta, Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao as the core, the “bow” along the coast stands around the sea, which is the key to building China’s digital industrial cluster. The “arrow” of the Yangtze River takes Chengdu Chongqing and the middle reaches of the Yangtze River as the core, connecting the east and the west, and promoting the radiative development of digital economy from the coast to the vast inland. The “string” of the central part connects Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, and runs through the central part. The time for the rise of the central region is ripe, which is a long-term need for China’s digital economy to gather strength and expand its strength.
In terms of support, the digital infrastructure construction technology is leading and has strong guarantee. The network infrastructure has gone from following to leading. The 5G network scale is the largest in the world, and the industrial private network has accelerated its implementation; IPv6 “expressway” has been fully completed and entered the stage of traffic enhancement; The industrial Internet identity analysis system continued to improve, enabling thousands of industries to upgrade their digital intelligence. From decentralization to overall planning, the national integrated big data center system has been initially established. The “East Data and West Computing” project has been fully launched. The eight major computing hub nodes and the ten data center clusters have clear division of labor and pattern, laying a solid foundation for optimizing the supply structure of the national data center and expanding the computing space.
On the path, the integration of digital economy and real economy has gone deeper and more solid. The average penetration of digital economy across the industry has increased from 24.7 to 38.3, and digital technology has effectively promoted the intelligent upgrading of production and service systems. The digital transformation of tertiary industry started at the earliest, leading level; The second industry digital economy core industry has the strongest market space expansion ability, and will be the main battlefield for the integration of China’s digital economy and real economy in the future. The focus of intelligent manufacturing development has changed from “deepening the application of local links” to “comprehensive intelligent collaboration”, flattening the “smile curve” and transforming the “Musashi curve” in the future.
In terms of governance, digital governance has turned danger into opportunity to accelerate transformation and upgrading. The public service tools have undergone profound changes, and the government service platform, APP, applet and other applications have been widely covered and deeply rooted. The “national provincial municipal” multi-level data sharing and exchange system has gradually been established, and the “main artery” of government data has been gradually opened. The reform of the system and mechanism is deeply integrated with the application of digital technology, and the internal operation efficiency of the government is constantly improved.
In terms of system, the exploration of data trading has moved from macro policy proposition to specific system practice. China’s data output accounts for nearly 1/10 of the world’s, and is one of the countries with the largest data volume, the richest types and the fastest growth rate.