The development of the digital economy is a strategic choice to grasp the new opportunities of the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation. **The general secretary pointed out: "The digital economy is related to the overall development of the country" and "continue to strengthen, optimize and expand China's digital economy". The first economic work conference held at the end of last year emphasized the need to "develop the digital economy". Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China's digital economy has developed rapidly, and the proportion of the digital economy in gross domestic product (GDP) has increased to about 40%, ranking second in the world for many years. However, compared with the digital economy power, the development of China's digital economy still has the problems of being big but not strong, fast but not excellent, and it is necessary to continue to consolidate the foundation of the development of the digital economy and continue to make China's digital economy stronger, better and bigger.
Strengthen the construction of digital infrastructure. ** The General Secretary pointed out that "infrastructure is an important support for economic and social development". Digital infrastructure is an important support for the development of the digital economy. It is necessary to open up the main arteries of digital infrastructure, accelerate the coordinated construction of 5G networks and gigabit optical networks, further promote the large-scale deployment and application of IPv6, promote the comprehensive development of the mobile Internet of Things, and vigorously promote the large-scale application of Beidou. The system optimizes the layout of computing infrastructure, promotes the efficient complementarity and collaborative linkage of computing power in the east and west, and guides the reasonable echelon layout of general data centers, supercomputing centers, intelligent computing centers, and edge data centers. Guide industrial parks to accelerate the construction of digital infrastructure, and use digital technology to improve park management and service capabilities. Relying on key regions such as the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the Yangtze River Delta, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle, we will coordinate and promote the construction of digital infrastructure, explore the establishment of a new mechanism for cross-regional and cross-platform collaboration of various industrial clusters, promote the integration and sharing of innovation elements, build a regional digital development ecology with innovation synergy, dislocation and complementarity, and supply and demand linkage, and improve the collaborative supporting capacity of the industrial chain.
Promote the establishment of basic systems for data elements. **The general secretary pointed out that "the construction of data infrastructure system is related to the overall situation of national development and security". As a new factor of production, data is the foundation of digitalization, networking, and intelligence. Improving the mechanism for the development and utilization of data elements is conducive to fully releasing the value of data elements, activating the potential of data elements, and promoting the efficient integration of production, distribution, circulation, and consumption with data flow. It is necessary to adapt to the characteristics of different types of data, and explore the establishment of diversified data development and utilization mechanisms guided by practical application needs. Accelerate the implementation of mechanisms for confirming and authorizing public data rights, strengthen the aggregation, sharing, and open development of public data, strengthen the overall planning of authorized use and management, promote interconnection, and break down "data silos". Accelerate the improvement of systems and rules such as for data property rights, circulation and transactions, income distribution, and security governance, support third-party institutions and intermediary service organizations in strengthening the formulation of standards for data collection and quality assessment, promote the standardization of data products, and develop industries such as data analysis and data services. Improve and standardize the rules for data circulation, build a trading system that promotes the use and circulation, and combines on-site and off-exchange transactions, standardizes and guides over-the-counter transactions, cultivates and expands on-exchange transactions, and promotes the circulation of data resources.
Strengthen the construction of digital talent team. ** The general secretary pointed out: "Talent is the first resource. "To promote the high-quality development of the digital economy, we must strengthen the construction of digital talents. It is necessary to coordinate the layout of a number of disciplines and specialties in the digital field and cultivate innovative, application-oriented, and compound talents. Build a digital literacy and skills development cultivation system that covers the whole people and integrates urban and rural areas. Promote the construction of information technology courses in primary and secondary schools, strengthen the cultivation of digital technology skills talents in vocational colleges (including technical colleges), deepen the construction of new engineering and new liberal arts in the field of digital economy, support enterprises and colleges to jointly build a number of modern industrial colleges, joint laboratories, internship bases, etc., and develop diversified talent training models such as the order system and the modern apprenticeship system. Leading cadres and civil servants play an important role in promoting the construction of the digital economy, and it is necessary to vigorously enhance the digital thinking, digital cognition, and digital skills of leading cadres and civil servants.
The authors are vice president of **University of Finance and Economics and professor of **University of Finance and Economics).
*:People**.