On April 23, the State Council Information Office held a press conference on the development of the industrial communications industry in the first quarter of 2020. Huang Libin, spokesperson of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and director of the Operation Monitoring and Coordination Bureau, introduced the development of the industrial communications industry in the first quarter of 2020.
Huang Libin mentioned that since the beginning of the year, the sudden new crown pneumonia epidemic has had a huge impact on my country's economic and social operations. After arduous efforts, the situation of my country's epidemic prevention and control continued to improve, and the economic and social operation order was quickly restored. In the field of industry and information technology, the resumption of work and production has accelerated, and the information and communication industry has generally operated smoothly.
The specific performance is: orderly and powerful guarantee of key materials, speeding up and expansion of production and resumption of production, positive changes in economic operations, and growth of new economic momentum against the trend.
In terms of new economy and new kinetic energy, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology stated that it strongly supports technological innovation and industrial applications such as 5G, artificial intelligence, industrial Internet, Internet of Things, Internet of Vehicles, big data, and blockchain, and accelerates the construction of 4G and 5G base stations.
In addition, in the prevention and control of the epidemic, emerging needs such as distance education, online medical care, and online video are expanding rapidly, and Internet applications have played an important role in meeting people's normal production and life needs. In the first quarter, the value added of the information transmission, software, and information technology service industries increased by 13.2% year-on-year. Mobile Internet traffic increased by 39.3% from the 129.1% increase in the same period last year. In terms of industrial development, the output of electronic components increased by 16.2% in the first quarter. The value added of the high-tech manufacturing industry increased by 8.9% in March.
Affected by the epidemic, downward pressure on the economy has increased. Digital technologies such as 5G, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, and big data have played a huge role in advancing the prevention and control of the epidemic and the resumption of work and production. It has also changed the existing business formats and also promoted remote office, online education, and New business formats such as telemedicine continue to develop.
Source: Bitnet
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