On December 25, at the theme event of the 30th anniversary of China’s accession to APEC and the 2021 APEC Business Leaders’ Forum in China, the APEC China Business Council (hereinafter referred to as the “Council”) released the “demonstration sample action of China’s digital economy industry”. Over a period of nine months, the Council organized a number of top research institutions, think tanks and professional consulting companies at home and abroad to carry out extensive research visits, formed 50 demonstration samples representing the unique advantages of China’s digital economy, compiled the case analysis of each demonstration enterprise into the annual report “China’s digital economy industry demonstration sample 2021”, comprehensively sorted out and summarized the typical The successful cases of exemplary local enterprises in the field of digital economy present a Chinese sample from a global perspective.
present China’s sample of digital economy from a global perspective
In recent years, China has attached great importance to the development of digital economy. The 14th five year plan and the long-term goal outline for 2035 point out that “accelerate digital development and build a digital China”.
2021 marks the 30th anniversary of China’s accession to APEC. APEC China Business Council and the Digital Economy Committee of APEC China Business Council launched the “China digital economy industry demonstration sample” action (hereinafter referred to as the “digital sample action”), focusing on the digital China strategy, aiming to tap the best practices leading scientific and technological innovation, practicing digital inclusion and highlighting the industrial responsibility, and present the Chinese sample of digital economy from a global perspective, Contribute long-term value to industrial development and provide global enterprises with Chinese solutions in the era of digital economy.
Following the main development line of the 14th five year plan, the digital sample action focuses on six areas: digital technology, industrial digitization, rural revitalization, carbon peak and carbon neutralization, medical treatment and health, and digital life and services. Through multiple links such as enterprise independent declaration, expert on-site investigation, evaluation and discussion, secondary investigation and writing sample cases, Finally, 50 samples representing the unique advantages of China’s digital economy will be formed, namely “China’s digital economy industry demonstration sample 50”.
five insights and discoveries
The annual report of China’s digital economy industry demonstration sample 2021 consists of 50 case studies. For each demonstration enterprise, analyze its most bright practical experience in the dimensions of economic contribution, development quality, technological innovation, compliance and governance, social responsibility and corporate influence, and interpret how Chinese enterprises creatively use digital technology to solve practical problems.
Through the investigation of demonstration samples, the annual report mainly obtains the following insights and findings:
(1) Enterprises attach great importance to digital technology, especially high-tech companies and intelligent enterprises, continue to increase R & D investment and efforts, and pay attention to the cultivation and layout of excellent talents. At the core level of science and technology, the pace of digital science and technology integration and cross domain innovation has accelerated; At the level of Applied Science and technology, the development trend of modularization and generalization of digital science and technology is obvious.
(2) Real enterprises, especially manufacturing enterprises, quickly embrace digital technology and realize industrial upgrading. They adhere to the main direction of intelligent manufacturing, promote the deep integration of new generation information technology and manufacturing, and accelerate the process of digital transformation by using 5g, cloud computing, big data, Internet of things, blockchain and other new technologies. Made in China is changing to “smart” made in China.
(3) The sample enterprises generally pay high attention to sustainable development. They not only increase investment in the field of social responsibility and public welfare, but also realize the purpose of low-carbon environmental protection through the transformation of production processes, links and organizational governance. As an important driving force of low-carbon transformation, the efficiency and cost advantages brought by digital and intelligent technology are becoming more and more prominent. Giving full play to the supporting role of technological innovation and promoting the integration of digital and green industries is the basis for realizing transformation and upgrading and long-term sustainable development.
(4) As young people become the mainstream of consumption, the consumer goods industry pays more attention to brand-new demands such as cultural self-confidence and healthy lifestyle. With the development of digital economy, new consumption patterns and new business forms in the field of digital economy are emerging vigorously, and Guochao consumption radiates new vitality with the help of digital means. In terms of marketing, the traditional marketing methods are transforming to digital, with the help of digital means to help product promotion.
(5) the “Internet plus” strategy continues to advance, and the “Internet plus medical” model has become a new direction for the development of the industry. Science and technology and digitization are a major starting point for inclusive medical care and improving the ability of grass-roots medical services. As the Internet, big data, cloud computing and other technologies effectively integrate medical service resources and improve medical accessibility, the new model and new business format of science and technology enabled inclusive medical care can create greater social and commercial value, so that high-quality medical resources can benefit more people.
extensively investigate and sort out the digital economy China plan
Sun Xiao, Secretary General of China International Chamber of Commerce and Secretary General of APEC China Business Council, said that combing, recording and sharing the best practices of China’s digital economy is not only of great value to industrial development, but also enables enterprises in other economies in the world to understand the innovative models and new technologies of Chinese enterprise development, learn from and exchange with each other based on Chinese samples from a global perspective, and jointly tap the potential of digital economy, Promote multilateral digital cooperation.
Jiang Li, Executive Secretary General of APEC China Business Council, introduced that the digital sample action organized more than 40 senior scholars and experts from authoritative research institutions, think tanks and professional consulting companies at home and abroad to carry out Wuxi Online Offline Communication Information Technology Co.Ltd(300959) nearly 100 investigations, organized more than 300 expert investigation teams, and investigated enterprises in more than 10 cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Foshan and Changzhou.
Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Caixin think tank are the main intellectual support institutions for digital sample action. Liao Tianshu, chairman, managing director and global senior partner of BCG China, said that the enterprise samples include both the digital transformation of traditional industries and the model of enabling other industries by emerging digital Aboriginal enterprises, which can provide successful experience and leading practice for traditional enterprises that transform and touch in digitization, Moreover, it can help government departments sort out the industrialization path of developing digital economy, see the barriers and obstacles that need to be removed in the development of digital economy, and also provide an effective Chinese model for global governments exploring digital economy.
Gorky, executive president of Caixin think tank, said that the development process of China’s digital economy is very worthy of research, continuous reflection and summing up experience. On the one hand, China has the late development advantage of technology, on the other hand, it has the scale advantage of population and market. APEC is China’s window to the world and a good subject and channel to tell China’s story. It is of great significance to witness, record and carry forward the evolution of the digitization of China’s 100 lines and industries.
record the evolution of China’s industrial digitization
Chen Chunhua, one of the members of the expert research group and President of BiMBA of National Development Research Institute of Peking University, said that the 50 sample enterprises have provided a lot of enlightenment for the research of digital economy. For example, these 50 sample enterprises have explored new ways in the process of creating value for customers, reconstructed the cost and efficiency of the industry by using digital technology, and after the digital technology has penetrated the scene and data, Every enterprise already belongs to more than one industry. They transcend the industry boundary and produce linkage effect to realize value reconstruction.
He fan, a member of the expert research group and professor of Antai School of economics and management of Shanghai Jiaotong University, said that the enterprises in the digital sample action are not confined to those familiar Internet enterprises, including some enterprises that seem to be traditional industries. Now they are also the pioneer of digital economy, which is a very gratifying phenomenon.
Guan Qingyou, one of the members of the expert research group and President of the Institute of finance, said that China’s digital economy has its own unique characteristics, which is reflected in a wide range of application scenarios. Many enterprises have a complete set of transformation processes from science to technology and from technology to application scenarios, and there are a large number of micro innovations. Many enterprises are making efforts in the fields of cloud computing, cloud technology, optical communication technology and artificial intelligence technology. If there is a breakthrough in these directions, Chinese enterprises will not have a market value of $400 billion or $500 billion, but must be trillions.
Wu Sheng, one of the members of the expert research group, the founder of the scene laboratory and the initiator of the new species experiment plan, said that one of the visions of this digital sample action is to hope that China and even the global digital enterprises will adhere to the universal value, do something under the era proposition of the community of human destiny, and create samples of a better life in the digital era with the help of digital means.
(Beijing business daily)
