On November 16, the National Development and Reform Commission issued the Report on the Development of the Digital Economy (hereinafter referred to as the "Report"), pointing out that by 2025, the digital economy will move towards a comprehensive expansion period, the ability of digital innovation to lead development will be greatly improved, the level of intelligence will be significantly enhanced, the deep integration of digital technology and the real economy will achieve remarkable results, and the digital industry cluster with international competitiveness will initially take shape, The digital economy governance system has been improved, and the competitiveness and influence of China's digital economy have been steadily improved. Looking forward to 2035, the digital economy will move towards a period of prosperity and maturity, and strive to form a unified, fair, orderly, mature and complete modern market system for the digital economy. The development foundation of the digital economy and the development level of the industrial system will be among the world's top.

The Report summarizes the achievements of China's digital economy development in terms of digital infrastructure, digital industry innovation capability, industrial digital transformation, public service digitalization, network security and other aspects, and deploys the next work arrangement.

The innovation ability of digital industry has been accelerated

Breakthroughs were made in key core technologies. Digital technology R&D investment has increased year by year. Quantum computing prototypes, brain like computing chips, carbon based integrated circuits and other basic frontier fields have made original breakthroughs. A number of independent underlying software and hardware platforms and open source communities have been formed in emerging fields such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, and the Internet of Things. The technological innovation ability of key products has been greatly improved, and the scale application effect has initially taken shape.

The Report clarifies the work arrangement for the next step, including focusing on key core technologies and firmly grasping the autonomy of digital economy development; Properly deploy the construction of digital infrastructure in advance to build a solid foundation for the development of the digital economy; We will vigorously promote the innovative development of the digital industry and create an industrial system with international competitiveness.

Focus on key core technologies and firmly grasp the autonomy of digital economy development

Guided by the national strategic needs, we aim at the frontier areas of the global digital technology foundation and major issues of key core technologies, and gather strength to tackle original and leading digital technology problems. We will increase innovation in core technologies in key areas such as integrated circuits, new displays, key software, artificial intelligence, big data, cloud computing, and so on. Strive to improve the supply level of basic software and hardware, core electronic components, key basic materials and intelligent manufacturing equipment, and accelerate the forging of long plates and complement of short plates.