Beijing, November 11 (Xinhua) -- On November 11, the Economic Information Daily published an article entitled "The 2022 World Internet Conference Highlights the Surging Vitality of the Digital Economy". From November 9 to 11, Wuzhen, a water town in Tongxiang, Zhejiang Province, once again attracted the attention of the world. Through the window of the 2022 World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit, we can see that information technology innovation achievements continue to emerge, digital technology accelerates the deep integration with the real economy, and multiple parties actively carry out international exchanges and cooperation... The digital economy continues to broaden new space for development and release surging momentum.
Cutting-edge technology demonstrates the power of innovation
Focusing on the theme of "Building a Network World and Creating a Digital Future Together - Working Together to Build a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace", Wuzhen once again ushered in a feast of cutting-edge science and technology.
6G, IPv6, supercomputing, digital twins... At the 2022 World Internet Leading Scientific and Technological Achievements Conference held on the 9th, 15 internationally representative annual leading scientific and technological achievements were unveiled, demonstrating the vigorous innovation power in the field of digital economy.
"We put forward the concept of 'all-optical network 2.0' and united the upstream and downstream of the industry chain to build the world's largest and most extensive backbone all-optical network." Li Jun, Deputy General Manager of China Telecom, introduced the leading achievements of "backbone all-optical network innovation and application", saying that the backbone architecture of all-optical networks has realized the flat integration of inter-provincial and intra-provincial trunk lines for the first time, and the transmission delay between the four major regions of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao, Yangtze River Delta and Chengdu-Chongqing can be compressed to less than 15 milliseconds.
"Through the exploration of global scientific and technological demonstration achievements, we will jointly explore new trends in the development of cyberspace." Wu Hequan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said that information technology represented by the Internet is changing with each passing day and has increasingly become a leading force driven by innovation.
Shuttling between the exhibition areas of the "Light of the Internet" Expo, new technologies such as 5G, human-computer interaction, and virtual reality have become palpable.
At Tencent's booth, an "eye tracking input" that can type with the eyes attracted people's attention. The instrument accurately captures the user's eye scrolling to achieve typing functions. According to booth staff Zhang Junwei, for people with disabilities, "ALS" patients and other people, through eye movement and gaze can operate the computer to complete the input, "eye input device" helps them improve typing efficiency and make their lives more convenient.
At the same time, the meeting also showcased the meta-universe "digital human" conference, an underwater cable inspection robot that can dive to a depth of 150 meters... Digital technology is accelerating innovation and is increasingly integrated into all aspects of economic and social development.
Globally, digital technology development is on the fast track. The World Internet Development Report 2022 released during the summit pointed out that the innovation of basic information technology such as high-performance computing, integrated circuits, and software technology has accelerated, cutting-edge scientific and technological achievements have continuously broadened the frontier of human knowledge, and new technologies such as artificial intelligence and quantum information have accelerated their application.
"Digital technology innovation is still a global strategic priority, and it is the leading and key force to achieve innovation-driven productivity development." Xia Xueping, president of the China Academy of Cyberspace, said that facing the future, we should give full play to the important role of the digital economy in promoting high-quality economic and social development, and vigorously stimulate the innovation vitality, element potential and development space of digital technology.
Digital technology accelerates the empowerment of the real economy
In the digital agriculture exhibition area of the "Internet Light" Expo, a unique intelligent electronic ear tag attracted everyone's attention. It makes large-scale modern breeding possible. Since January this year, more than 4,000 sheep in the Jiaxing Zhongchenghu Sheep Professional Cooperative have used electronic ear tags for the first time.
"In the past, if there was an infectious disease in the flock, we had to check the sick sheep one by one, but now the ear tag can count the breeding, immunization, testing, treatment and other information of lake sheep from birth to slaughter in real time, providing a guarantee for precise intelligent control of epidemics and accurate traceability of products." Shen Huigen, head of the cooperative, said.
Not only smart agriculture, digital factories, smart mines, smart transportation... Focusing on and empowering the real economy, digital technology accelerates the deep integration with the real economy.
The reporter learned at the summit site that Ningbo Zhoushan Port has greatly improved its intelligence after introducing the "port brain". The "port brain" can allocate berths based on data such as vessel dwell time and tonnage, and analyze which yard the loading and unloading is placed in, on the upper or lower level. "This technology alone can save Meishan Port a berth cost of 1 billion yuan every two years." In the view of Daniel Zhang, chairman of Alibaba, the "chemical reaction" between the digital economy and the real economy mainly stems from the digital reconstruction of production, design and manufacturing. It is necessary to make good use of digital technology to accelerate industrial transformation.
According to the "China Internet Development Report 2022" released during the summit, the empowerment role of the digital economy is prominent, and the scale of China's digital economy will reach 45.5 trillion yuan in 2021, accounting for 39.8% of GDP. "China continues to strengthen the top-level design of the digital economy, fight the battle of key core technologies, promote the deep integration of the digital economy and the real economy, empower the digital transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, activate new formats and new models, and add vitality to economic development." Xia Xueping said.
"The development of the digital economy is intertwined with all aspects of business and life. This is particularly true in China compared to the rest of the world. Matthew, senior vice president of the US-China Business Council, said at the Wuzhen Summit Digital Economy Forum that with the increasing integration of digital technology and the real economy, enterprises will benefit from higher production efficiency and people's lives will be smarter and more convenient.
Multi-party cooperation to promote exchanges and cooperation
Work together to promote digital technology innovation, strengthen exchanges and cooperation in the field of digital economy, and narrow the global digital divide... The summit has gathered the wisdom of various parties to promote digital technology to better benefit people around the world.
"The World Internet Conference has played an important role in promoting the construction and application of China's Internet, promoting global cyberspace interconnection, sharing and co-governance, and promoting digital technology to help sustainable economic and social development and enhance human well-being." Houlin Zhao, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union, said that how to use digital technology to promote social and economic construction in the future, bridge the development gap, and achieve sustainable economic and social development is of great importance.
Actively carrying out bilateral and multilateral international cooperation around the digital economy is an important measure for the mainland to actively build a digital cooperation pattern. Xia Xueping said that while promoting the development of its own digital innovation, China continues to participate in global digital innovation cooperation, for example, assisting Thailand to jointly build Thailand's 5G smart demonstration factory and empowering 5G+ industrial application innovation; Launched the "Digital Innovation Project" in Africa to further help African countries bridge the "digital divide".
Looking ahead, many parties will further promote international cooperation in the digital economy. Zhuang Rongwen, director of the Cyberspace Administration of China and chairman of the World Internet Conference, said that it is necessary to vigorously develop the digital economy, accelerate the deep integration of the digital economy and the real economy, promote the coordinated development of digital greening, deepen international exchanges and cooperation in technology, talents and projects in the digital field, actively create an open and fair environment for the development of the digital economy, and jointly promote the recovery and development of the world economy.
Yang Jie, chairman of China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd., said that he is willing to work with all sectors of society to accelerate the narrowing of the global digital divide, enrich the innovative application of information technology, maintain the security and stability of the industrial chain and supply chain, and work together to build a community with a shared future in cyberspace, so that the achievements of information civilization can better benefit the people of all countries.
"We believe that through the joint efforts of all countries, dialogue and exchange to promote consultation, and pragmatic cooperation to promote sharing, cyberspace will be more fair and reasonable, open and inclusive, safe and stable, full of vitality, and the achievements of Internet development will better benefit the people of all countries in the world." Xia Xueping said. (Reporters Guo Qian, Zhang Xuan, Tang Tao)