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Reporter Chen Zhou) humanoid robots, quantum computers, brain-computer interfaces, 6G network ......Cutting-edge technology is closely integrated with modern industries, which are increasingly changing people's lives, and they now have a new name - the industry of the future. Recently, according to CCTV, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and other seven departments jointly issued the "Implementation Opinions on Promoting the Innovation and Development of Future Industries" (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions"), the "Opinions" pointed out that the comprehensive layout of future industrial development, the construction of a number of future industry incubators and pilot areas, breakthroughs in 100 cutting-edge key core technologies, the formation of 100 landmark products, and the initial formation of a future industrial development model in line with China's reality.
China Telecom is aiming to accelerate the deployment of future industries such as cloud, network, data, intelligence, security, quantum, digital platform and other future industries or related digital infrastructure, comprehensively empower the development of various industries, generate new quality productivity, and go all out to promote the high-quality development of enterprises.
The future industry will usher in an important period of opportunity
Once upon a time, online game enthusiasts were fascinated by virtual computer games, and most people in the world showed an attitude of disdain. As everyone knows, online games have become the originators of emerging industries such as the metaverse, AI, and brain-computer interfaces. When you are immersed in the world of the metaverse, the scenes of the movie "Ready Player One" take place around you; When you travel to a big city, the hotel's delivery robot will make you feel the amazing ...... of high-tech
At present, a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation is accelerating, major cutting-edge technologies and disruptive technologies continue to emerge, and the integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial development is deepening, giving birth to new industrial development directions such as the metaverse, humanoid robots, brain-computer interfaces, and quantum information.
Wang Hongwei, director of the Research and Consulting Center for Project Evaluation and Strategic Planning of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and a researcher at the Institute of Quantitative and Technical Economics, said that the future industry itself has huge growth potential, and also has a strong diffusion effect, which can expand new development space. The future industry is aimed at meeting the needs of the current and future human economic and social development, which can effectively expand new investment and consumption needs and meet people's growing material and cultural needs.
Han Jian, director of the Future Industry Research Center of CCID Research Institute, believes that the future industry is driven by cutting-edge technology, and is still in the embryonic stage or the early stage of industrialization, and it has a significant strategic, leading, subversive and uncertain such a forward-looking emerging industry. At this stage, the development of future industries has become an important opportunity period for the country to catch up with industrial technology and seize the highland in the field of cutting-edge technology.
In short, as mentioned in the "Opinions", vigorously developing future industries is a strategic choice to lead scientific and technological progress, promote industrial upgrading, and cultivate new quality productivity.
Future industries will drive new growth points in various industries
Wang Peng, an associate researcher at the Beijing Academy of Social Sciences, said, "China has made important breakthroughs and progress in the fields of artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and 5G, and some emerging fields, such as brain-computer interfaces and 6G networks, are also developing rapidly, which is expected to form a new industrial growth point in the future." ”
At the 2024 annual work conference held not long ago, China Telecom made it clear that it would "actively seize the opportunity of a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, fully realize the extreme importance of new business development, make early layout and rapid advancement, seize the commanding heights in market competition, and gain the initiative of new quality productivity." This statement shows that China Telecom is prepared for the development plan of the future industry.
In terms of the new generation of information and communication, China Telecom released the commercial service of "mobile phone direct connection to satellite", which is the world's first operation-level product that supports consumer-grade 5G terminals directly connected to satellite two-way voice and SMS, achieving a breakthrough from "0 to 1" in the world, and was rated as one of the top ten super projects of central enterprises in 2023.
In terms of quantum communication, China Telecom has not only led the formulation of five quantum communication industry standards, developed its own quantum security service platform, and has the core capabilities of quantum encryption of quantum keys and national cryptography algorithms, but also built the Hefei quantum metropolitan area network project has become the largest quantum secure communication metropolitan area network with the largest scale, the largest number of users and the most complete applications in China. In 2023, China Telecom will invest 3 billion yuan to establish China Telecom Quantum Group Co., Ltd., which intends to build a core gathering place for the quantum information industry and accelerate the scientific and technological innovation and industrialization of quantum computing.
In terms of artificial intelligence, recently, China Telecom, Tsinghua University and other relevant units formulated the "Artificial Intelligence - Large Model Pre-training Model - Service Capability Maturity Assessment" standard, which successfully passed the certification of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, became a national standard, and was released on the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's artificial intelligence inspection and testing basic service platform. The standard provides a comprehensive detection method for evaluating the ability level of large models, which is of great significance to the development of large models in the industry.
Not only that, China Telecom has always been at the forefront of the industry in various 5G+ applications, platform innovation, and data applications, and continues to lay a solid foundation for the future industry.
Open a new track to lay a good foundation for future industrial development
The relevant person in charge of the Science and Technology Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said that China has comprehensive advantages such as a complete industrial system, a large industrial scale and rich application scenarios, which provides a rich soil for future industrial development. However, China's future industrial development is also facing problems such as insufficient systematic planning and weak technical foundation.
Therefore, the layout of future industries can be considered from the following aspects.
First, the forward-looking layout of future industries. The future industry has now become the highlight of the economy and long-term development, which is of great strategic significance for cultivating new growth points, opening up emerging tracks, and promoting industrial transformation and upgrading. For example, Beijing, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Shenzhen and other places took the lead in formulating and implementing development plans, action plans, implementation plans and supporting policy measures for future industries, taking the forward-looking layout of future industries as the highlight of fighting for the economy and seeking long-term development, and put forward a blueprint for the development of future industries in the medium and long term, driving the country to set off a good momentum for the development of future industries.
Second, deepen cooperation at home and abroad. Taking China Telecom as an example, a few months ago, at the 6th China International Import Expo, China Telecom reached a procurement cooperation intention with five international partners, including Nokia, Ericsson, Intel, Dell, and Samsung. Facing the future, China Telecom will work with its first-chain partners to build new platforms, create new business formats, explore new models, and jointly write a new chapter in the development of the information and communication industry.
Third, expand the distribution of funds. Zhou Di, an expert from the National Science and Technology Expert Database of the Ministry of Science and Technology, believes that the layout of the future industry does require large investment, and the funds can be considered from the following aspects: first, the first capital, such as scientific research funds at the national, local, and industry levels; The second is the company's own investment, which can increase investment in the research and development of forward-looking technologies according to its own development strategy; The third is the capital market, such as equity financing, bond financing, etc.
Fourth, vigorously cultivate future industry leaders. As stated in the "Opinions", we should vigorously cultivate future industry leading entrepreneurs and scientists, and optimize the innovation and entrepreneurship environment that encourages originality and tolerates failure. Stimulate the innovation vitality of scientific researchers, build a number of future technology colleges, and explore the training mode of compound innovative talents. Strengthen the joint training of schools and enterprises, expand overseas talent introduction channels, and increase the introduction of high-level talents in short supply in frontier fields.
Forward-looking layout and development of future industries, cultivating new momentum and enhancing new advantages for economic development, is a powerful booster for the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries.