In recent years, China's digital economy has developed rapidly, with world-leading digital infrastructure, and improved digital technology and industrial system.
On December 15, the National Data Bureau released the "Three-Year Action Plan for "Data Elements" (2024-2026) (Draft for Comments), which is the first policy document released by the National Data Bureau since its inauguration.
Comment Request:By the end of 2026The breadth and depth of application scenarios of data elements have been greatly expanded, and the multiplier effect of data elements in the field of economic development has been revealed and createdMore than 300 pcsTypical application scenarios with strong demonstrativeness, high visibility and wide driving force, data industryThe average annual growth rate is more than 20%., data transactionsThe scale has increased by 1 times
Comments12 key "data elements" areas, including intelligent manufacturing, smart agriculture, trade circulation, transportation, financial services, scientific and technological innovation, cultural tourism, medical and health, emergency management, meteorological services, smart cities, green and low-carbon.
For the energy industry, the draft proposes:
Support new energy enterprises to reduce costs and increase efficiency, support wind and solar energy enterprises to integrate and apply meteorological data, optimize site selection and layout, equipment operation and maintenance, energy scheduling, etc.
Improve energy efficiency, carry out innovation in the integration of manufacturing and energy data, promote energy enterprises and high-energy-consuming enterprises to open up data such as orders, production scheduling, and electricity consumption, and create applications such as energy consumption, multi-energy complementarity, and gradient pricing.
Improve the level of carbon footprint management, support the opening up of carbon emission data such as materials, auxiliary materials, energy and industry carbon footprint data in the whole production cycle of key products, carry out product carbon footprint measurement and evaluation, and guide enterprises to save energy and reduce carbon emissions.
Improve the utilization efficiency of waste resources, gather data elements in the collection, transfer, utilization, and disposal of solid waste, promote the efficient connection of waste production, transportation, and resource utilization, promote the resource utilization of solid waste and hazardous waste, and promote the development of green carbon reduction.
November 2019
The Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued the "Decision of the Communist Party of China on Several Major Issues Concerning Adhering to and Improving the Socialist System with Chinese Characteristics and Promoting the Modernization of the National Governance System and Governance Capacity", which listed "data" as a factor of production for the first time and put forward "a mechanism for improving the contribution of factors of production such as labor, capital, land, knowledge, technology, management, and data by the market and determining remuneration according to the contribution".
March 2020
The "Opinions on Building a More Perfect System and Mechanism for the Market-oriented Allocation of Factors" regards data as the fifth major factor of production alongside traditional factors such as land, labor, capital, and technology, and writes data as a new factor of production into national policy documents, and proposes to accelerate the cultivation of the data factor market.
May 2020
The Opinions of the Communist Party of China on Accelerating the Improvement of the Socialist Market Economy System in the New Era proposes to further accelerate the cultivation and development of the data element market, establish a data resource list management mechanism, improve the definition of data ownership, open sharing, transaction and circulation and other standards and measures, and give full play to the value of social data resources. Promote the construction of digital **, strengthen the orderly sharing of data, and protect personal information in accordance with the law.
September 2020
**Opinions of the General Office on Leading the Accelerated Development of New Consumption with New Business Formats and New Models" proposes to promote the commercial use of data in a safe and orderly mannerOn the basis of improving the security guarantee system, strengthen information and data resource services and supervision in accordance with law;Explore the rules and systems of data circulation, and effectively break down data barriers and "silos".
January 2021
The Action Plan for Building a High-standard Market System mentions that it is necessary to accelerate the cultivation and development of the data element market, establish basic systems and standards such as data resource property rights, transaction circulation, cross-border transmission and security, promote the development and utilization of data resources, and actively participate in the formulation of international rules and standards in the digital field.
March 2021
The Outline of the 14th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development of the People's Republic of China and the Long-Range Objectives Through the Year 2035 proposes to make strategic arrangements for improving the property rights of data elements, establishing basic systems and standards related to data resource property rights, and cultivating data trading platforms and market entities.
November 2021
The 14th Five-Year Plan for the Development of Big Data Industry mentions that it is necessary to establish a data value system, improve the role of factor allocation, accelerate the elementalization of data, cultivate new models such as data-driven industry-finance cooperation and collaborative innovation, promote the digitization of factors, and promote the rational allocation of data-driven traditional production factors.
January 6, 2022
The overall plan for the comprehensive reform of the market-oriented allocation of factors proposes to establish and improve the rules for data circulation and trading. Explore the transaction paradigm of "raw data does not leave the domain, data is available and invisible";Explore the establishment of a data use and usage control system;Standardize the cultivation of data trading market entities.
2022-01-12
The 14th Five-Year Plan for the Development of the Digital Economy proposes to give full play to the role of data elements. Strengthen the supply of high-quality data elements, accelerate the market-oriented circulation of data elements, and innovate mechanisms for the development and utilization of data elements.
December 19, 2022
Opinions on the construction of a data foundation system to better play the role of data elements (also known as the 20 articles of data), and opinions on building a data foundation system to better play the role of data elements.
Data is the core engine and element of digital China, and the establishment of a policy framework is accelerating. With the continuous implementation of data element pilots in various places, the introduction of industry rules and standards has accelerated, and the industrial chain has gradually become clear in application.
Taking Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou as an example, the key points of the three places have all been implemented, and the focus direction has its own characteristics. The Beijing edition focuses on "first-in-first-first-trial".The Shanghai edition focuses on international influence and brand landmarks;The Guangzhou edition focuses on Guangzhou's leading role as the core engine of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
With the acceleration of the implementation of the data element industry, it is expected that China will accelerate the marketization of data elements in the future and accelerate the construction of a digital China with data as the key element.
As Liu Liehong, director of the National Data Bureau, said at the opening ceremony of the 2023 Global Digital Business Conference, "Data has the characteristics of increasing returns to scale, non-competition, and low-cost reuse. The larger the scale and more types of data, the more information and knowledge generated, the greater the space for value creation. ”