The core data of this article:Summary of development policies for the digital economy industry at the national level;Interpretation of the Implementation Plan of the National Digital Economy Innovation and Development Pilot Zone;The main indicators of the development of the "14th Five-Year Plan" for the development of the digital economy;Summary of the main development policies of the digital economy industry in various provinces and cities across the country from 2020 to 2023;As of 2023, a summary of the development goals of the digital economy in China's major provinces and cities.
1. Map of the policy history of the digital economy industry
Since 2016,The "Outline for the Implementation of the Strategy of Cyber Power" was released, proposing a "three-step" plan for building a cyber power, and the development of China's digital economy industry has taken shape. In 2018,China officially released the "Outline of the Strategy for the Development of the Digital Economy", which clarifies the strategic deployment of infrastructure and services for the development of China's digital economy. In 2019,The Implementation Plan for the National Digital Economy Innovation and Development Pilot Zone was released, and the regulations on the work of the National Digital Economy Innovation and Development Pilot Zone were promulgated. In 2020,The "Implementation Plan for Promoting the Action of "Empowering Intelligence with Data on the Cloud" to Cultivate New Economic Development was promulgated to further promote the digital transformation of enterprises with "Empowering Intelligence with Data on the Cloud". In 2021,The release of the "14th Five-Year Plan for the Development of Big Data Industry" has promoted the development of the underlying technologies required for the development of China's digital economy. In 2022,The release of the "14th Five-Year Plan for the Development of the Digital Economy" clarifies the overall thinking, development goals, key tasks and major measures of the development of China's digital economy from the top-level design. In 2023,The "Overall Layout Plan for the Construction of Digital China" was released, which clarified the overall strategic deployment of the construction of Digital China.
2. Summary and interpretation of digital economy industry policies at the national level
-- Summary of digital economy industry policies at the national level
Since the "National Big Data Strategy" was first proposed in 2015, the policies to promote the development of the digital economy and digital transformation have been continuously deepened and implemented, and in November 2019, the National Digital Economy Innovation and Development Pilot Zone was launched in Hebei Province (Xiong'an New Area), Zhejiang Province, Fujian Province, Guangdong Province, Chongqing Municipality, Sichuan Province, etcIn April 2020, data was explicitly included in the policy document as a new factor of productionIn July 2020, 13 departments including the state jointly issued the "Opinions on Supporting the Healthy Development of New Business Formats and New Models, Activating the Consumer Market and Expanding Employment", aiming to support the healthy development of new formats and new models, activate the consumer market to drive the expansion of employment, and create new advantages in the digital economy. In 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" clearly stated that to welcome the digital era, activate the potential of data elements, promote the construction of a cyber power, accelerate the construction of a digital economy, a digital society, and a digital society, and drive the transformation of production methods, lifestyles and governance methods with digital transformation as a whole. In January 2022, the "14th Five-Year Plan for the Development of the Digital Economy" was promulgated, proposing that by 2025, the added value of the core industries of the digital economy will account for 10% of GDP, the market system for data elements will be initially established, the digital transformation of industries will reach a new level, the level of digital industrialization will be significantly improved, digital public services will be more inclusive and equal, and the digital economy governance system will be more perfect. In 2023, the Reference Relationship between the Classification of Core Industries of the Digital Economy and the International Patent Classification (2023) and the Framework Initiative for International Economic and Trade Cooperation on Digital Economy and Green Development were released, marking the internationalization of the development of the digital economy.
-- Interpretation of key development policies for the digital economy
On the afternoon of October 20, 2019, the kick-off meeting of the National Digital Economy Innovation and Development Pilot Zone was held in Wuzhen, Zhejiang. The meeting issued the "Implementation Plan for the National Digital Economy Innovation and Development Pilot Zone", and awarded licenses to six "National Digital Economy Innovation and Development Pilot Zones" including Zhejiang Province, Hebei Province (Xiong'an New Area), Fujian Province, Guangdong Province, Chongqing Municipality and Sichuan Province, and officially launched the creation of the pilot zone.
On July 15, 2020, in order to implement the deployment of the "** Work Report", support the healthy development of new business formats and new models, activate the consumer market to drive the expansion of employment, and create new advantages in the digital economy, ** issued the "Opinions on Supporting the Healthy Development of New Business Formats and New Models, Activating the Consumer Market and Expanding Employment", which mainly includes the following business formats related to the digital economy.
On April 7, 2020, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) jointly issued the "Implementation Plan for Promoting the Action of "Empowering Intelligence with Data on the Cloud" and Cultivating the Development of the New Economy, which plans to vigorously cultivate new forms of digital economy on the basis of existing work, further promote the digital transformation of enterprises, build a data chain, and lead the flow of materials, talents, and technologies with data flow. capital flow, form a digital ecosystem of upstream and downstream of the industrial chain and cross-industry integration, and build a typical paradigm of equipment digitalization, production line digitalization, workshop digitalization, factory digitalization, enterprise digitalization, industrial chain digitalization, and digital ecology.
In 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" was grandly released, and the "14th Five-Year Plan" proposed to accelerate digital development and build a digital China. Embrace the digital era, activate the potential of data elements, promote the construction of a cyber power, accelerate the construction of a digital economy, a digital society, and a digital society, and drive changes in production methods, lifestyles, and governance methods through digital transformation.
Interpretation of the 14th Five-Year Plan for the Development of the Digital Economy
On January 12, 2022, the 14th Five-Year Plan for the Development of the Digital Economy was released, which clarified the guiding ideology, basic principles, development goals, key tasks and safeguard measures for promoting the healthy development of the digital economy during the 14th Five-Year Plan period. The plan aims that by 2025, the added value of the core industries of the digital economy will account for 10% of GDP, the market system for data elements will be initially established, the digital transformation of industries will reach a new level, the level of digital industrialization will be significantly improved, digital public services will be more inclusive and equal, and the digital economy governance system will be more perfect.
3. Summary and interpretation of policies at the provincial and municipal levels
-- Summary and interpretation of digital economy industry policies in 31 provinces and cities
——Interpretation of the development goals of the digital economy industry in 31 provinces and cities
Overall, the relevant development policies of the digital economy industry in China's 31 provinces and cities mainly focus on closely integrating the digital economy with urban construction, high-tech industrial parks, and the construction of a new generation of information technology industrial parks. The details are shown in the table below:
*: Prospective Industry Research Institute.