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Shanghai should be the wisdom "brain" of China's digital economy development
China News Finance, January 7 Title: Shanghai should be the wisdom "brain" of China's digital economy development - Interview with Wang Zhen, vice president of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences and director of the Institute of Information Technology
Written by Fan Zhonghua gao zhimiao
From taking the lead in promoting the development of the online new economy in 12 major areas in 2020, injecting strong impetus into the economy, to 2021 aiming at the international digital capital, releasing a three-year action plan for economic digital transformation, and constantly creating a new engine for economic recovery after the "epidemic", the digital economy is building a key growth pole for Shanghai's urban development.
"A new crown epidemic has accelerated the transformation of new and old kinetic energy, and also accelerated Shanghai's systematic cognition and construction of the digital economy, digital industrialization and industrial digitalization will continue to give birth to new industries, formats and models, and become an important new driving force for economic development after the 'epidemic'," Wang Zhen, vice president of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences and director of the Institute of Information Technology, said in an exclusive interview with China News Network reporter. During this period, the foundation was laid for achieving the goal of Shanghai's digital economy accounting for more than 60% of GDP.
"2022 will be the year of Shanghai's digital transformation," Wang Zhen said, adding that although the scale of China's digital economy has ranked second in the world at the moment of global layout of the digital industry, there is still a big gap in digital infrastructure and digital innovation compared with the United States, which is the first. As a global resource allocation hub, Shanghai has many advantages and conditions, and it is reasonable to take a step ahead and promote digital transformation with greater efforts.
In the digital finance exhibition area of the Digital Economy Experience Hall in Changning District, Shanghai, Fan Zhonghua introduced the history of currency and the past and present life of the digital yuan through multimedia interactive videos
"Digital transformation is a systematic project. This is first manifested in the digital economy is an innovative economy and an open economy highly integrated emerging economy, of which, how to flow data resources more and more effectively is a major challenge, which not only involves personal privacy protection, but also involves how to protect national data security in cross-border digital trade, we need to actively explore practice, on the basis of security protection to stimulate the momentum of data resources, so that data in various segments can flow globally, creating new advantages for the economic development of Shanghai and China. Wang Zhen said.
He pointed out that the establishment of a data exchange in Shanghai is a step forward exploration of this; the Lingang New Area of the Free Trade Zone has undertaken the important task of innovative breakthroughs in cross-border data flow. "How to make the government, state-owned enterprises, public institutions, etc. achieve data security and openness, how to achieve a balance between the effectiveness and security of market data, how to promote more countries and multinational enterprises to join digital trade, and serve each other's economic development and technological progress, etc., all require Shanghai wisdom."
In addition, Wang Zhen pointed out that the core of digital economy competition is technology, and Shanghai's advantage lies in the strong concentration of high-end innovation resources, and while undertaking the heavy responsibility of science and technology innovation, more innovation dividends can be released.
On the one hand, the digital industry involves many fields such as industrial Internet, integrated circuits, artificial intelligence, etc., and technologies are intersected, related and supportive, so all fields must be systematically promoted. Shanghai has a profound industrial foundation, talent gathering and pilot industry first-mover advantages, which can provide a good ecology for the development of the digital economy.
On the other hand, Shanghai has the most and richest application scenarios in the country, from industry to service industry, from life to governance, "through the scene of big data collection, optimization, so that it truly becomes the continuous iterative upgrading of various industries and more scene derivation, extended resource endowment," Wang Zhen said, in response to digital transformation, Shanghai proposed to build 200 benchmark smart factories, create 100 benchmarking scenarios for digital transformation of life, 50 digital transformation demonstration hospitals, etc., it is to cultivate demand. Form experiences and models, copy them and apply them in more fields, and form a larger market space for the digital industry.
Smart factory in Minhang District, Shanghai Courtesy of Minhang District
In addition, Shanghai has a relatively mature capital market and venture capital environment, which can gather social forces to cultivate the development of the digital industry.
However, Wang Zhen also pointed out that as a systematic project led by technology, the digital industry will form a more complex industrial chain, so the importance of leading enterprises in various subdivisions will be very obvious.
"In the next step, Shanghai should take the lead of the industry's leading enterprises, through key core technology research, drive the entire industrial chain, and combine the power of the industrial ecology," Wang Zhen said, "The formation of digital industry clusters is not something that can be achieved by relying on the strength of universities, research institutes and governments in the past." ”
Therefore, Wang Zhen suggested that Shanghai should focus on building a head enterprise ecology, aggregating forces, and providing policy support for head enterprises to gather talents and integrate the innovation chain, not only to "bring in", but also to make local enterprises "grow up". "The 'Tesla model' has been well verified in Shanghai, driving the aggregation and formation of the industrial chain, and the creation of this efficient business environment should be more widely promoted."
As a city that has taken the lead in digital transformation, what kind of references can the development of Shanghai's digital economy bring to other regions?
"As the most economically developed city in the country, Shanghai has the conditions to create a large number of diversified application scenarios, drive industrial development on the demand side, and provide market space for innovative technologies and enterprises to grow, mature and go out of Shanghai." Wang Zhen said.
At the same time, digital application scenarios such as epidemic prevention and control, low-carbon energy conservation, industrial interconnection, smart factories, and green agriculture can be promoted to the whole country according to local conditions, while Shanghai's experience and practices in exploring all aspects of digital transformation, innovative technologies, institutional reforms, and systematic ecological creation suitable for the growth of the digital industry can also be used as a reference for all parts of the country.
"Shanghai is an open city, standing at the forefront of the world, Shanghai is more forward-looking and predictive of the development direction of the times," Wang Zhen said, "in the process of the development of China's digital industry, Shanghai can play a 'brain' role." (End)