In recent years, my country's Internet and digital economy have made remarkable progress, and the world's largest optical fiber network, 4G network and 5G independent networking network have been built. "Recently, at the opening ceremony of the 2021 China Internet Conference, the person in charge of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said so.
1. Technological innovation needs to be improved urgently
The recently released "China Internet Development Report" shows that my country's Internet industry has achieved rapid development, the network infrastructure has been fully covered, the total number of mobile communication base stations has reached 9.31 million, and the scale and breadth of IPv6 deployment has continued to advance; the digital economy is booming, with a market size of 39.2 trillion yuan; the scale of Internet users has grown steadily, and the Internet penetration rate has exceeded 70%.
"The advanced construction of network infrastructure has provided a solid foundation for the development of my country's Internet." Wu Hequan, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and director of the Advisory Committee of the Internet Society of China, introduced that the penetration rate of mobile broadband users in my country has reached 98%, and the proportion of optical fiber users to fixed broadband users exceeds 94%. %, 916,000 5G base stations have been built, and the number of 5G connections has exceeded 365 million, accounting for 80% of the world.
According to He Guili, vice chairman of the Internet Society of China, the construction of network infrastructure has driven the rapid development of my country's information and communication technology, strongly supported the digital transformation and upgrading of traditional manufacturing and various industries of the national economy, and has become an important cornerstone of the development of the digital economy.
Yu Xiaohui, president of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, believes that my country's economic growth provides a good environment for the development of the Internet. The strong innovation vitality of Internet companies allows the Internet to quickly integrate into various scenarios of people's lives and form new business and service models. The huge application scenarios and consumer demand also force enterprises to continuously learn new technologies. The new generation of information technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data, and cloud computing are accelerating their deep integration with the Internet. The "Report" shows that in 2020, the scale of my country's artificial intelligence industry will be 303.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 15%; the scale of the cloud computing market will reach 178.18 billion yuan, a growth rate of 33.6%; the scale of the big data industry will reach 71.87 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1.60%. %, the growth rate leads the global big data market.
"Driven by a strong market, our innovation capability has been greatly improved, but there is still a gap in our country's technology and industrial capabilities." Yu Xiaohui said.
Wu Hequan believes that my country's Internet companies still face many development problems. On the one hand, they are still lagging behind in some key technologies;
To this end, Shang Bing, chairman of the Internet Society of China, suggested that the Internet industry should improve its technological innovation capabilities and accelerate breakthroughs in key technologies such as high-end chips, network slicing, and basic software. Focusing on the digital transformation of the real economy, accelerate technological innovation, business innovation and business model innovation, promote the transformation of achievements into market applications, promote the collaborative innovation and development of the industrial chain, accelerate the construction of competitive industrial clusters, and strive to enhance the stability of the industrial chain and supply chain and competitiveness.
2. Close integration with the real economy
Driven by application demand and driven by new technologies such as 5G, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence, the close integration with industry and the real economy will be the next key development direction of the Internet. "Internet application prospects for the real economy are very broad, which is also closely related to industrial digital transformation and high-quality economic development." Wu Hequan said that the development of the industrial Internet cannot copy the model of the consumer Internet, and must be down-to-earth and patient. The problem that needs to be solved urgently is that although Internet companies understand IT, they may not necessarily understand manufacturing. This requires Internet companies to change their way of thinking and cultivate a group of interdisciplinary talents with both technical and industrial backgrounds as soon as possible.
Huang Qifan, an adjunct professor at Tsinghua University and chairman of the Tsinghua Industrial Transformation Advisory Committee, believes that the profit model of the industrial Internet is to reduce operating costs and improve production efficiency by optimizing the allocation of resources.
"The subversive empowerment of the digital platform to the traditional manufacturing industry comes from its own 'five complete' genes." Huang Qifan explained that the all-round information system can collect all kinds of production activities in all time domains and the whole process of data, while Turning data into valuable information also requires fully intelligent analysis and mining of data. In this way, data can bring 1% to 10% of new output to the industrial chain through the intelligent and digital transformation of manufacturing, finance, logistics and other industries, forming a full-scenario value chain.
Yu Xiaohui believes that the greatest value brought by the Internet to the industry is to change the innovation paradigm. "When the agility and intelligence driven by Internet data are combined with traditional manufacturing, through modeling and analysis of data, resource coordination from manufacturing, operation management to product services will be realized, thereby forming a new innovation paradigm. Yu Xiaohui said that the new paradigm is more reflected in the changes in the form of enterprises and industrial organization methods. Enterprises can use the Internet to share orders and production capacity. In this case, the value matching of the supply chain and the internal boundaries of enterprises will be broken and reconstructed. .
Zhang Hongmei, the founder and CEO of Sunshine India, who has been working in the digital procurement industry for many years, is deeply touched by this. She told reporters that data collection and algorithm analysis can help companies accurately match suppliers and reduce procurement costs. More efficient manufacturing can be achieved when more detailed product requirements are required.
According to McKinsey's analysis of global chief procurement officers, end-to-end digital procurement can save 20% to 30% of procurement costs for enterprises, save 30% of operating time for staff, and more importantly, reduce leakage by 50%. "Benefits brought by opening up the commercial boundary of procurement and supply are the real value that digitalization brings to enterprises." Zhang Hongmei said.
3. The future development takes both "fast" and "stable" into account
In the past 20 years, the development speed of Chinese Internet companies is obvious to all, but there are also hidden worries behind the rapid development. The participating experts gave their suggestions on how to balance the relationship between "fast" and "stable" in the process of Internet development.
"The Internet industry has begun to transform from the early stage of rapid replication using the demographic dividend to integrating into various fields of production and life, and all walks of life have their own thresholds and required professional knowledge, so it is difficult to achieve large-scale expansion in the short term." Yu Xiaohui said that enterprises need to adhere to long-termism, but long-termism does not mean that development slows down. For example, Huawei persisted for a long time in the 3G era before reaping rewards, but then quickly grew into a world-leading technology company.
In Huang Qifan's view, "stable" and "fast" should be viewed dialectically and coordinated. "When formulating development goals and action plans, enterprises should give priority to the word 'stability', keep the bottom line principle, be systematic and interlocking, and reflect the integrity and rationality of the strategy. Once the goals are determined, they must pursue efficiency in actual operations. .”
"Since last year, many Internet companies have been punished in supervision, some have been suspended from listing, and some have been removed from the shelves. This has also released a signal that my country's emphasis on the development and governance of the Internet industry goes hand in hand." Wu Hequan said, the ultimate goal of governance It is to create a clean and upright development environment for Internet companies. At the same time, it is also necessary to vigorously protect the privacy interests of netizens and resolutely safeguard the country's network security.
Summarize:
The development of China's Internet industry is facing new situations, new challenges, and new opportunities. It is expected that all walks of life in the industry will jointly promote the prosperity and development of my country's Internet industry with a more pragmatic spirit, a more open attitude, and a broader vision.