On the afternoon of December 9, the Digital Bay Area Development Forum, a major event of the 2nd Digital ** Construction Summit and Digital Bay Area Development Forum, was held in Nansha, Guangzhou. At the meeting, Zheng Yongnian, Chairman of the Guangzhou Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Research Institute and Dean of the Qianhai Institute of International Affairs of the Hong Kong University of Chinese (Shenzhen), delivered a keynote speech from the perspective of international strategy and international politics, entitled "Digital Open Governance and Overcoming the Trap of Medium Technology".
To overcome the medium-sized technological trap, it is necessary to achieve industrial upgrading.
Zheng Yongnian believes that in the past 250 years, if an economy wants to overcome the middle-income trap and achieve high-quality development and become a developed economy, it must achieve sustainable industrial upgrading based on technology. According to his and his research team's estimates, the total population of the world's modernized, high-income countries is less than 1 billion people. "Industrial upgrading is very important, especially for a country as big as China, it is difficult to become a developed economy without sustainable technology-based industrial upgrading, and it is a very difficult task for a country with a population of 1.4 billion to modernize. "In terms of technological development, we are now at a medium level of technology. In terms of people's livelihood, we are still in a moderately developed level, and there are relatively few original technologies. He believes that China's "from 0 to 1" original technology is still relatively small, from the "1-10" application technology, China's industrial chain belongs to the "3-7" level, in terms of the development of manufacturing, the United States is the first echelon, Japan, Europe is the second echelon, China is still in the third echelon.
Regarding the development of the digital economy, Zheng Yongnian introduced several foreign models. The American model, which can be described as an offensive one, is still in a state of "stocking" until now, with a focus on development rather than regulation, with few laws and regulations, and opposes ** early intervention in this area. "So, especially in the field of artificial intelligence, the competition in the world today is basically the competition between American companies. In this field, the United States is in the position of cutting-edge technology and cutting-edge economy, and other countries and regions are in a position of catching up or catching up. Zheng Yongnian said.
The EU's model is a defensive one, with a greater focus on rule-making in the absence of particularly large Internet companies.
Some Asian economies, such as Singapore and Vietnam, are another model – fully open and effectively managed.
Different models have different advantages and disadvantages, and the United States has actually created a lot of problems due to insufficient regulation;But over-regulation can also be a big problem. Zheng Yongnian said.
The Greater Bay Area has great unique advantages in developing a digital economy.
Regarding the development of the digital economy in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Zheng Yongnian talked about three views.
First of all, China's Internet companies, structure, and foundation have great unique advantages, but they need to be more open. In the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, there is still a lack of data quality in many aspects, showing fragmentation, and there is still a lot of room for digital integration. "The Digital Bay Area action plan we have now launched is working in this direction. Zheng Yongnian said, "To lead the development of 'digital China', I personally feel that the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is the most qualified." You see, a large number of Internet companies are located in our Greater Bay Area. ”
Second, within the framework of "one country, two systems", the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) has a very controllable advantage of integrating data from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao to improve the magnitude and quality. "I think we need to speed up a little bit, and we should not see the three customs territories and the three administrative units as a kind of resistance, but as a driving force. Zheng Yongnian said, "If the data integration of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao is well developed, it can also be extended to other places, which is an effective starting point." ”
Third, places like Nansha should benchmark against the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and, in particular, the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement (DEPA), and seek coordinated development. "I am also advocating that we should implement more unilateral opening-up, and the unilateral opening-up policy will immediately cause good results and be applied to more fields. Zheng Yongnian said, "We are now mentioning the 'digital bay area', from the perspective of national strategy, not only for the development of Guangdong, the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, but also for the entire country's data governance and data openness can form a replicable and promotable model, which will be very meaningful." The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area already has all the infrastructure, coupled with good policy guidance to integrate various elements, and digitalization will better promote the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. ”
Text and picture Guangzhou** New Flower City Reporter: Huang Qing Correspondent: Yue Zhengshu Guangzhou** New Flower City Editor: Li Lin.