Policy announcement
Suzhou: Promote the deep integration of the digital economy and the real economy, and fully promote digital industrialization
According to the WeChat public account released by Suzhou, on the morning of February 6, Suzhou held a conference on the integrated development of industrial innovation clusters in the digital economy era. Cao Lubao, secretary of the Suzhou Municipal Party Committee, attended the conference and delivered a speech. Cao Lubao pointed out that it is necessary to promote the deep integration of the digital economy and the real economy and accelerate the forging of leading advantages in the development of industrial innovation clusters. It is necessary to further promote industrial digitalization, comprehensively promote digital industrialization, and actively explore experience and make more contributions to Jiangsu's construction of "the first province integrating digital and physical reality".
Shenzhen releases special development plan for financial technology (2023-2025)
The 2022 China (Shenzhen) Fintech Global Summit released the "Shenzhen Fintech Special Development Plan (2023-2025)" (hereinafter referred to as the plan). According to He Jie, director of the Shenzhen Local Financial Supervision Bureau, the plan analyzes the achievements and shortcomings of Shenzhen's financial technology development in recent years, clarifies implementation measures in eight major areas, and is committed to continuously improving "technology research and development + scenario application + achievement transformation + talent support + standards "Building" the whole process industrial chain and striving to build a financial technology center city with international influence. The plan not only implements the spirit of the central bank's "General Regulations" and regulatory policies, but also combines practical experience and industry suggestions, emphasizing on strengthening the training of financial technology professionals, creating clustered functional areas, improving the investment and financing system, and expanding opening up and cooperation, highlighting Shenzhen characteristics.
Wuhan: Released a number of key tasks for application scenario innovation in the fields of artificial intelligence, blockchain and other digital economies
According to a report by the Associated Press on February 6, the Wuhan Municipal People's Government issued "Policies and Measures on Stimulating the Vitality of Market Entities to Promote High-Quality Economic Development." It is proposed to promote the transformation and upgrading of enterprises. Carry out digital transformation pilots for small and medium-sized enterprises, and promote the full coverage of the digital transformation of "specialized, special and innovative" small and medium-sized enterprises through free diagnosis, equipment subsidies, demonstration rewards, etc. In the fields of digital economy such as artificial intelligence, 5G, industrial Internet, and blockchain, a number of key tasks for application scenario innovation will be released. Those that are determined to be successfully implemented after the announcement will be given a maximum of 2 million yuan in funding based on 30% of the total project investment. support. For software companies in Wuhan with annual operating income of 5 million yuan or more and annual R&D investment accounting for 15% or more of annual operating income, a maximum subsidy of 1 million yuan will be provided, which shall not exceed 10% of the company's annual R&D investment. Promote the full enjoyment of corporate R&D policies and implement the policy of super deduction of R&D expenses for small and medium-sized scientific and technological enterprises.
Zhuhai: Strive to carry out cross-border innovation pilot projects for digital currency and explore the establishment of an international Internet cross-border data management system
Huang Zhihao, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Mayor of Zhuhai, said that in 2023, it will support and serve the construction of the Hengqin Guangdong-Macao Deep Cooperation Zone. Focusing on promoting the moderately diversified development of Macao's economy, we will fully support the construction of the cooperation zone. Build a high-level financial openness system and cross-border financial management mechanism linking Hong Kong and Macao, build a Zhuhai-Macao financial talent training cooperation center, and strive to launch cross-border innovation pilot projects for digital currency. Explore the establishment of an international Internet cross-border data management system. Cooperate to build a foreign-related public legal service center. Support the construction of projects such as the Maozhou Tunnel, cooperate with the promotion of Hengqin customs clearance operations, and continue to build a public service system for people's livelihood that is deeply connected with Macao.
Liupanshui City released the "14th Five-Year Plan" industrial development plan to accelerate industrial data asset transactions
On February 7, Liupanshui City released the "14th Five-Year Plan" industrial development plan, clarifying the key points of industrial development. In the field of big data electronic information industry, through industrial data assets + cutting-edge technology empowerment, an industrial Internet public service platform and N theme cloud platforms will be built. N theme cloud platforms include "energy data center + intelligent coal storage and distribution dispatching platform + intelligent coal mine comprehensive management and control platform + mining hospital + comprehensive energy trading platform (coal, energy and mining equipment, energy rights, carbon emission rights, pollution emission rights , energy data and other online transactions) + energy supply chain financing platform + industrial product production and sales docking platform, etc.”, providing services to governments and enterprises in accordance with a market-oriented model.
Chongqing released the "Implementation Rules for the Construction of Chongqing Green Financial Reform and Innovation Pilot Zone"
On February 4, the General Office of the Chongqing Municipal People’s Government issued the “Implementation Rules for the Construction of a Green Financial Reform and Innovation Pilot Zone in Chongqing.” It pointed out that after about five years of hard work, a green financial system with diversified organizations, rich products, powerful policies, and safe and efficient market operations has been basically established in the pilot zone. In terms of improving the digital infrastructure of green finance, promote the deep integration of financial technology and green finance, closely connect financial technology means such as big data, artificial intelligence, blockchain, and cloud computing with the development of green finance in the city, support the digital construction of green finance, and achieve high efficiency Convenient green financial management and services such as statistics, supervision, innovation, consultation, and sharing.
Yi Gang, Governor of the Central Bank: Support Beijing’s green financial reform and innovation and build a national-level green trading market for the world.
Yi Gang, governor of the People's Bank of China, said at the launching ceremony of building a national green exchange in Beijing's sub-center that in the next step, the People's Bank of China will continue to support Beijing's green financial reform and innovation and build a national-level green trading market for the world. my country's carbon market has broad prospects, especially the national voluntary emission reduction trading market, which has great potential. We will support the Beijing Green Exchange to develop national certified voluntary emission reduction (CCER) transactions, innovate more carbon financial products, better serve carbon market participants, promote the reduction of green premiums, and play a greater role in leading the green transformation and development effect.
Beijing will establish a “data zone”
Recently, the Beijing Municipal People's Government issued the "2023 Municipal Government Work Report Key Task List". In the annual task list, it is proposed to focus on building a global digital economy benchmark city, implement the Beijing Digital Economy Promotion Regulations, promote the construction of Beijing Data Zone, and develop a data-based system Demonstrate first. Accelerate the deep integration of the digital economy and the real economy, promote digital industrialization and industrial digitization, promote the development of the entire digital economy industry chain, innovate public data authorization operations, deepen public data openness, data transaction circulation, and improve data element governance capabilities. Among them, data elements are highlighted, cultivating new open and shared markets for data elements, improving the level of international big data exchanges, encouraging various market entities to enter the market for transactions, accelerating the aggregation of high-value industry data, creating an inclusive social data area; cultivating data evaluation Data element market institutions such as evaluation and security assessment provide full-link services such as data brokerage, registration, and evaluation; they are pioneers in serving digital trade, cross-border data circulation, and connecting with international digital economic rules.
Central enterprises have finalized their investment priorities this year, and a series of support policies are on the way
Recently, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission issued the "Notice on Matters Related to the Investment Management of Central Enterprises to Further Expand Effective Investment in 2023", clarifying the focus of investment work in 2023. It is reported that the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission is studying the formation of a series of policy "combinations" to support enterprises in expanding effective investment to further stimulate enterprises' investment willingness and initiative. At the same time, enterprises are organized to scientifically prepare investment plans, determine the investment scale on a household-by-household basis, strengthen monitoring and analysis of investment situations, and promote the investment progress of key enterprises and key projects in an orderly manner according to time nodes, forming more physical workload and increasing investment with real money. Promote economic growth.
National Standards Administration: It is planned to approve the construction of no more than 20 new field-based innovation bases, focusing on artificial intelligence, metaverse and other fields.
The National Standardization Administration issued the "Guidelines for the Application of National Technical Standards Innovation Bases (2023-2025)". It is proposed that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, no more than 20 new innovation bases in various fields will be approved for construction. It focuses on emerging fields such as artificial intelligence, quantum information, blockchain, digital twins, operating systems, high-end chips, high-end equipment, metaverse, digital countryside, new generation information technology, and digital economy, as well as biotechnology, new power systems, carbon Dafeng carbon neutrality, life and health, common prosperity, agricultural high-tech industries and other key areas of economic and social development.
Industry News
KPMG establishes center of excellence for Metaverse and digital twins
According to Gulf Business, KPMG has established a Center of Excellence (CoE) for Metaverse and Digital Twins, aiming to accelerate the application of Metaverse and Digital Twins in Saudi Arabia and the wider region. KPMG has allocated a dedicated co-investment fund to Metaverse use cases in Saudi Arabia, working with public and private partners to accelerate the practical application of the technology.
The Hainan Free Trade Hong Kong Metaverse Joint Laboratory was launched and will focus on cultivating the Metaverse segmented industrial chain
According to Nanguo Metropolis Daily, the Yuanverse Digital Economy Hundreds Forum 2023 Haikou Forum was held. During the period, Hainan Autonomous Region was jointly initiated by Haikou Radio and Television Culture Industry Co., Ltd., Haikou Science and Technology Innovation Education Society, and nearly 30 units including Zhongguancun Digital Media Industry Alliance. The Trade-Hong Kong Yuan Universe Joint Laboratory was launched.
National Blockchain Technology Innovation Center will be settled in Beijing
According to Beijing Daily, the National Blockchain Technology Innovation Center will be located in Beijing. It will break through the basic and cutting-edge key core technologies in the field of blockchain, realize the industrialization of major basic research results, and become an important support for the country’s new digital infrastructure. strength. The center is led by the Beijing Microchip Blockchain and Edge Computing Research Institute and jointly constructed with top domestic universities, scientific research institutes and key industry enterprises.
Breaking news from domestic technology companies continues to surge ChatGPT’s popularity
Baidu said that its ChatGPT-like product "Wen Xin Yi Yan" will be released to the public after completing internal testing in March. Alibaba Damo Academy is developing a ChatGPT-like conversational robot (quote 300024, stock diagnosis), which is currently open to employees within the company for testing. Tencent is advancing special research on ChatGPT and AIGC in an orderly manner. JD Cloud Yanxi announced that it will launch the industrial version of ChatGPT: ChatJD. Xiaomi said that it has rich implementation scenarios in the field of ChatGPT and will increase investment in manpower and resources in related fields in the future. Kuaishou said it is conducting large-scale language model research, focusing on user experience improvement and business scenario integration.
Voice of opinion
CITIC Construction Investment: The valuation of cloud computing companies is at a low level, and it is recommended to gradually pay attention to related domestic industrial chains
A CITIC Construction Investment research report pointed out that the telecommunications industry revenue in 2022 will be 1.58 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8%. Among them, fixed line access revenue will increase by 7.1% year-on-year, mobile data traffic revenue will increase by 0.3% year-on-year, and emerging services will increase by 32.4% year-on-year. (In particular, cloud computing and big data grew by 118.2% and 58% year-on-year respectively). The current peak of 5G construction has passed, and the efforts to re-cultivate low-frequency bands and co-construction and sharing have increased. We expect that 5G-related investment will continue to decline in 2023, and the investment focus will be in the direction of cloud computing and big data.
Tianjin Digital Survey: The proportion of blockchain usage among enterprises in Tianjin is 5.3%
According to Tianjin Digital Port, the Social Situation and Public Opinion Survey Center of the Tianjin Bureau of Statistics recently organized a digital Tianjin survey. Currently, 5G networks are the most widely used among enterprises in Tianjin, accounting for 61.7%; followed by the Internet of Things, accounting for 30.7% %. Other information technologies include artificial intelligence (18.6%), big data analysis and mining (17.4%), cloud computing (12.6%), blockchain (5.3%), virtual reality/VR (3.6%) and other applications to a smaller extent .
Wu Zhen, Director of the Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Strengthen research on regulatory-friendly blockchain technology architecture and on-chain governance protocols
On February 11, 2023, the 5th CCF China Blockchain Technology Conference was held in Wuxi. Regarding the application of blockchain technology and the development of industrial ecology in my country, Wu Zhen, director of the Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, made the following suggestions: First, strengthen independent innovation of core technologies represented by the underlying chain to form an innovation chain, application chain, and value chain. Second, strengthen the depth of blockchain technology integration and application in the physical field and digital economy field, and promote the formation of large-scale, popularizable and valuable applications. Third, standardize new applications such as NFT and web3 to explore sustainable and healthy development paths and build a virtuous cycle of industrial ecology.
In terms of supervision and compliance, we must actively implement regulatory requirements, proactively fulfill regulatory obligations, strengthen risk awareness, and focus on standardized development. Strengthen research on regulatory-friendly blockchain technology architecture and on-chain governance protocols. Strengthen safety protection and implement safety management systems.
Wang Jiang, Deputy Director of the Information Development Bureau of the Cyberspace Administration of China: Achieve high-level self-reliance and self-reliance in blockchain technology
On February 11, 2023, the 5th CCF China Blockchain Technology Conference opened in Wuxi. Regarding the development of my country’s blockchain technology, Wang Jiang, deputy director of the Information Development Bureau of the Central Cyberspace Administration of China, put forward three suggestions at the meeting.
First, proactively grasp the development trends of the Internet and information technology, lay out the research and development of core blockchain technologies according to the situation, promote the integrated innovation and integrated development of blockchain and artificial intelligence, privacy computing, digital identity and other technologies, and integrate scientific research into The results are applied to practice, forming a virtuous iterative cycle of scientific research and practice, and achieving a high level of self-reliance and self-reliance in blockchain technology.
Second, improve the standards system, strengthen the promotion of innovation, accelerate the formulation of basic technical standards for blockchain and application specifications in key areas, guide the rational use of blockchain technology through standards and specifications, promote the scientific practice of domestic alliance chain technology routes, and promote regional The reasonable integration and connection between the various technical routes of the blockchain promotes the normalization and standardization of good applications and assists the digital transformation and development of the economy and society.
Third, strengthen collaborative innovation, cultivate an independent industrial ecology, and promote joint research and application collaborative innovation of blockchain technology through in-depth collaboration between government, industry, academia, and research entities, accelerate the improvement of the independent innovation capabilities of my country's blockchain industry, and cultivate a complete industry chain and autonomous ecology.
The top ten development trends of network security in 2023 are released: involving privacy computing and data security
Recently, members of the Computer Security Committee of the China Computer Federation (CCF) from national network security authorities, universities, scientific research institutes, large central enterprises, and private enterprises voted to select the top ten development trends of network security in 2023. Among them, privacy computing, as an important tool to balance data circulation and security, will become the underlying infrastructure of the digital economy and build a solid data application foundation for all walks of life. In recent years, the privacy computing industry has grown rapidly, and the domestic market is expected to reach tens of billions of yuan in 2025. Under huge market expectations, the industry, academia, and research communities will pay more attention to the new development of privacy computing technology and new scenarios of product application. In the context of continuous optimization and improvement of policies, regulations and operability standards, driven by the dual drive of data compliance and enterprise data protection, the market demand for data security products and services has become more prominent, and data-centric security investments will grow. The growth rate of the security industry is expected to further increase.
Looking at the data security track from the 2023 31 provincial government work report
Recently, the 2023 government work reports across the country have been officially released one after another. While the local government work reports regard "digital industry" as the focus of development, they also make important arrangements for the "security" issues associated with the development of the digital economy. Among them, Guangdong, Jiangsu, and Beijing Thirteen places, including Hunan, Shanghai, and Shaanxi, have emphasized the need to strengthen "data security" protection. Four places, including Hunan, Shanghai, and Shaanxi, have proposed strengthening "personal information protection." Nine places, including Guangdong, Jiangsu, Beijing, and Chongqing, have called for the promotion of "cybersecurity" construction. Hunan, Guangxi, etc. Six places including Tianjin and Tianjin pointed out the need to accelerate the development and cultivation of "information and innovation" industries, and five places including Shandong, Fujian and Shanghai encouraged the release of the value of "data elements".
Forbes Global Blockchain Top 50 Latest Release
On February 8, Forbes released the list of the top 50 global blockchain companies in 2023. Six Chinese companies including Ant, Baidu, and China Construction Bank were on the list, including star companies such as Alphabet, Meta, NBA, Oracle, and Samsung. The reporter observed that the proportion of Asian companies in the list has increased to 26%, which is much higher than the 8% five years ago. Last year, the figure was 24%. Among them, Chinese companies have the largest number of companies in the Asian market, followed by Japan, South Korea, and India. Looking at the overall industry, there are 22 financial companies, accounting for more than 40%. Globally, the blockchain industry is differentiated between "relying on cryptocurrency to conduct business" and "mining the value of the underlying technology". Over the past 12 months, the cryptocurrency market has fallen 38%, wiping out approximately $630 billion in wealth. Looking back at the Chinese market, thanks to the government’s policy support for this underlying technology, the foundation of the blockchain industry is gradually improving.
iResearch Financial Technology Report was released, and several people were selected into the list of "FinTech Excellence"
On February 10, iResearch released the "2022 China Financial Technology (FinTech) Industry Development Insight Report" and announced the list of China's "FinTech Excellence" in the report. Lingshu Technology relies on a series of outstanding financial technology innovation achievements. Successfully shortlisted for "FinTech Excellence". It is understood that this selection focuses on the examination of "comprehensive innovation, technology output, and market influence" and aims to provide empirical reference for the practice of technological innovation in the financial industry and the selection of partners for financial institutions.