On February 27, 2014, the general secretary delivered an important speech at the first meeting of the leading group for network security and informatization, clearly proposing to start from the international and domestic trends, make overall layout, coordinate all parties, innovate and develop, and strive to build China into a network power. Over the past ten years, the general secretary has raised the banner and steered the helm, personally drawn a grand blueprint for a cyber power, deployed and promoted the high-quality development of the cyber information industry, systematically answered a series of major theoretical and practical questions such as why and how to build a cyber power, and formed the important thoughts of the general secretary on the cyber power, guiding China to stride forward from a cyber power to a cyber power. On the new journey, we must adhere to the guidance of the Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era, especially the important thought of the General Secretary on cyber power, deeply understand the profound consideration of the strategic goal of cyber power put forward by the General Secretary, more consciously shoulder the responsibilities and missions of the construction of a cyber power, accelerate the high-quality development of the Internet information industry, and provide strong services, support and guarantees for the comprehensive construction of a modern socialist country and the comprehensive promotion of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with the new achievements of the construction of a cyber power.
First, the strategic goal of becoming a cyber power clearly guides the road to becoming a strong country in the information age
Building a network power is a major policy decision made by taking a long-term view and judging the situation, focusing on the trend of the times and the general trend of development of the information revolution, and proceeding from the overall development of the cause of the party and the country. With the profound insight, keen judgment and theoretical creativity of Marxist politicians, thinkers and strategists, the general secretary put forward the strategic goal of building a strong network from the broad perspective of connecting history and reality, interconnecting international and domestic, and combining theory and practice, firmly and clearly depicting the development direction of the network information industry, leading the whole party and the people of the whole country to firmly grasp the historical opportunity of the information revolution and opening a new chapter in the construction of a network power. Looking back on the development process of the past ten years, we have a deeper understanding of the high position, deep thinking and far-reaching planning of the general secretary to make this major decision, and a deeper understanding of the great and far-reaching strategic significance of building a cyber power.
Building a cyber power is a strategic choice to grasp the law of the development of human society and grasp the historical initiative of the information revolution. **The general secretary profoundly pointed out that "mankind has experienced the agricultural revolution, the industrial revolution, and is experiencing the information revolution", "the Internet is the most dynamic field of our time", "In today's world, whoever masters the Internet will grasp the initiative of the times; Whoever despises the Internet will be abandoned by the times. To a certain extent, it can be said that those who win the network win the world," stressing that "informationization has brought a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to the Chinese nation," "informationization has provided a favorable opportunity for China to seize the commanding heights of a new round of development and build new advantages in international competition," "we must seize the historical opportunity of the development of informationization, and we must not hesitate, slacken, miss, or make historical mistakes," and so on. This series of important expositions, with the Marxist standpoint, viewpoint and method, profoundly expounded the great historical significance and practical significance of building a network power, embodies the general secretary's deep insight and comprehensive grasp of the law of human social development and the general trend of the information age as the leader of a big party and a big country, and points out the direction of progress and provides a fundamental follow for us to accelerate the construction of a network power. At present, the overall strategy of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, the great changes in the world unseen in a century, and the trend of the information revolution have taken place in history, and the major countries in the world have taken the Internet as a strategic direction to seek new competitive advantages. We are more deeply aware that only by speeding up the construction of a cyber power can we win the first opportunity in the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, firmly grasp the historical initiative of the information revolution, and ensure that we will always lead the development trend and walk in the forefront of the times.
Building a cyber power is a major measure to coordinate high-quality development and high-level security, and to empower Chinese-style modernization with informatization. **The general secretary stressed that "the strategic deployment of building a cyber power should be synchronized with the 'two centenary' goals" "There is no network security without informatization, there is no modernization, network security and informatization are related to the long-term governance of the party, the long-term stability of the country, economic and social development and the well-being of the people" "The network information industry represents a new productive force and a new development direction, and should be one step ahead in practicing the new development concept" "Cultivate new kinetic energy with informatization and promote new development with new kinetic energy" "Adhere to the correct concept of cyber security and build a solid national cyber security barrier", "have rich and comprehensive information services and a prosperous and developing cyber culture", "let hundreds of millions of people have a greater sense of gain in sharing the fruits of Internet development", "build a community with a shared future in cyberspace", and so on. This series of important expositions profoundly expounds the intrinsic relationship between informatization and Chinese-style modernization, network security and the internal relationship between a cyber power and a modern socialist power, and clarifies the important position and role of the construction of a cyber power in comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation. At present, the Internet has brought a series of new opportunities and challenges, informatization has become a key engine to drive and lead high-quality economic and social development, and network security has become one of the most complex, realistic and severe non-traditional security issues. We are more deeply aware that only by accelerating the construction of a cyber power, strengthening the construction and management of online content, focusing on the promotion of Chinese-style modernization, which is the most important politics, focusing on maintaining network security, accelerating the pace of informatization development, promoting information to benefit the people, and expanding and deepening international exchanges and cooperation in cyberspace, can we enrich the practical path, inject driving force and provide strong support for promoting Chinese-style modernization.
Building a cyber power is an inevitable requirement for consolidating the party's long-term ruling position and improving the party's governing ability and leadership level under the condition of informatization. Standing at the strategic height of ensuring the party's long-term rule, the general secretary accurately grasped the opportunities and challenges brought about by the information revolution, and made a major assertion that "if you can't pass the Internet, you can't pass the long-term ruling pass", emphasizing that "we must take a clear and unwavering stand and unswervingly adhere to the party's management of the Internet, and strengthen the centralized and unified leadership of the Internet information work", "leading cadres at all levels, especially senior cadres, must take the initiative to adapt to the requirements of informatization and strengthen Internet thinking", "We must take the online mass line, Improve the ability to organize, publicize, guide, and serve the masses through the Internet", "scientifically understand the laws of network communication, improve the level of using the Internet to govern the Internet, and make the Internet, the biggest variable, become the largest increment in the development of the cause", and so on. This series of important expositions embodies the general secretary's sense of distress and historical responsibility for our party to withstand the test of governance, improve its ability to govern, and complete its governing mission, and deepen our party's understanding of the law of governance in the information age with a new vision. At present, for any country or political party, the Internet is an important condition for governance, cyberspace is an important governing environment, informatization is an important means of governance, and the ability to govern the Internet with the Internet is an important aspect and embodiment of the ability to govern. We have a deeper understanding that only by speeding up the construction of a cyber power, constantly exploring and grasping the laws governing the party under the new situation, and following the party's mass line and consolidating the party's ruling foundation under the conditions of informationization, can we improve the party's governing ability and leadership level under the conditions of informationization, so that the century-old party in its prime will always stand bravely at the forefront of the information age.
2. Anchoring the blueprint and forging ahead, the construction of a cyber power in the new era has made historic achievements
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Comrade China has attached great importance to the Internet, vigorously developed the Internet, actively used the Internet, effectively governed the Internet, coordinated major issues related to network security and informatization in the political, economic, cultural, social, military and other fields, made a series of major decisions, put forward a series of major measures, and embarked on a way of governing the Internet with Chinese characteristics. Under the scientific guidance of the important thinking of the general secretary on the network power, the network power has gradually transformed from a grand blueprint into vivid practice, and the network information industry has made historic achievements and changes from laying a solid foundation to accumulating momentum, from development to continuous growth.
Strengthen political leadership, and comprehensively strengthen the Party's leadership over internet information work. Complete and improve the Internet management leadership system, establish a leading group for network security and informatization (later changed to a committee), and strive to strengthen the centralized and unified leadership of network information work, continuously optimize the top-level design in the field of network information, make overall planning and coordination more effective, continuously improve the network information work system, comprehensively strengthen the construction of the party building, cadre team and talent team in the network information system, effectively implement the network security work responsibility system and the network ideological work responsibility system, and the national "one network" and "one game of chess" The work pattern has been basically formed.
Persist in concentrating on the soul, and the mainstream ideas on the Internet continue to consolidate and grow. Do a good job in the online propaganda of the socialist thought with Chinese characteristics in the new era, the party's innovative theories are disseminated online into the brain, the major themes on the Internet are heavily publicized, and the online ideological struggle is powerful and effective, fundamentally reversing the past situation of chaos on the Internet, the fall of positions, and passive beatings, the positive energy in cyberspace is stronger, the main theme is more high, and the party's voice has always become the strongest voice in cyberspace.
Improve comprehensive governance and make cyberspace clearer. Persist in systematic planning, comprehensive governance, and systematic advancement, deepen the governance of the online ecosystem, further promote the "Clear and Clear" series of special actions, and focus on rectifying outstanding problems that the masses have strong reactions to, the online ecology continues to improve, the comprehensive network governance system has been basically completed, the construction of online civilization has been deepened, the online mass line has been deepened, and hundreds of millions of netizens have actively built a beautiful spiritual home online.
Build a solid security barrier, and continue to improve the network security guarantee system and capabilities. The security protection of critical information infrastructure has been continuously strengthened, data security management and personal information protection have been continuously deepened, the national cybersecurity emergency response system has been increasingly improved, the cybersecurity situational awareness, incident analysis, and emergency response capabilities have been continuously improved, and the National Cyber Security Publicity Week has been held for 10 consecutive years, the construction of cyber security disciplines and talents has been further promoted, and the cyber security awareness and skills of the whole society have been significantly improved.
Focusing on self-reliance and self-improvement, the pace of independent innovation in core technologies in the field of network information has accelerated. Strengthen the research of cutting-edge technologies, accelerate the development of mobile communications, optical transmission, software and integrated circuit technologies, accelerate the research and application of big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, blockchain and other research and development, accelerate the research and development of 6G key technologies, accelerate the construction of satellite Internet, achieve original breakthroughs in the fields of quantum communication and quantum computing, continue to lead the application of 5G technology, continue to strengthen policy support and guarantees, and accelerate the construction of a technological innovation system with enterprises as the main body, market-oriented, and deep integration of production, education and research.
Highlighting the driving and leading, the supporting role of informatization in high-quality development is more prominent. The overall layout of the construction of digital China has been fully implemented, and the construction of the world's largest, technologically advanced, The scale of the digital economy has ranked second in the world for many years, the coordinated transformation and development of digital and green has been accelerated, the comprehensive construction of a digital society, the construction of a new smart city has been solidly promoted, the network information has continued to deepen for the people, the construction of online poverty alleviation and the construction of digital villages has been continuously promoted, and the digital literacy and skills of the whole people have been continuously improved, and as of June 2023, the scale of netizens is 107.9 billion and an Internet penetration rate of 764% to form the world's largest and vibrant digital society.
The Internet has been governed in accordance with the law in an all-round way, and the degree of rule of law in cyberspace has been continuously improved. More than 150 pieces of legislation related to the cyber security law, data security law, personal information protection, etc., have been formulated and promulgated, the cyber legal system has been basically formed, the intensity of online law enforcement has continued to increase, the publicity of online law popularization has been significantly strengthened, the legitimate rights and interests of the people and the social public interest have been effectively safeguarded, and the atmosphere of respecting the law, learning the law, abiding by the law, and using the law has become stronger in the whole society.
International cooperation has been deepened, and the international discourse and influence of cyberspace have been significantly enhanced. In-depth promotion and interpretation of the general secretary's concept and proposition on building a community with a shared future in cyberspace, the establishment and successful holding of the Wuzhen Summit of the World Internet Conference for 10 consecutive years, the establishment of the international organization of the World Internet Conference, and the deep participation in the international governance of cyberspace, the continuous expansion and deepening of international exchanges and cooperation in the field of cyberspace, China's ideas, China's ideas, and China's solutions have won more and more recognition and support.
Looking back on the ten-year development process led by the general secretary, we deeply feel that it is precisely with the leadership of the general secretary at the helm, the thought of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, especially the important ideological and scientific guidance of the general secretary on building a strong cyber country, that the network information industry has achieved historic achievements and undergone historic changes. In the practice of building a cyber power in the new era, a series of hard-won and precious experiences have been accumulated, and we must adhere to the party's management of the Internet, we must adhere to the Internet information for the people, we must adhere to the way of governing the Internet with Chinese characteristics, we must adhere to the overall development and security, we must adhere to the principle that positive energy is the general requirement, being able to control it is the last word, and using it well is the real ability, we must insist on building a solid national network security barrier, we must insist on giving play to the leading role of informatization, and we must insist on managing the network, running the network and going online according to the law. We must persist in promoting the building of a community with a shared future in cyberspace, and we must persist in building a loyal, clean and responsible cyberspace work force. We should conscientiously summarize and continue to deepen our understanding of the regularity of doing a good job in cyber information work in the practice of building a cyber power, and promote the steady and far-reaching progress of the construction of a cyber power.
3. Keep in mind the mission, be determined to move forward, and strive to write a new chapter in the construction of a cyber power on the new journey
**The general secretary emphasized: "In the new era and new journey, the important role of the network information industry is becoming increasingly prominent. "At present, the network information industry is at the focus of the great changes in the world unseen in a century, the opportunity to lead the trend of the information revolution, and the overall situation related to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. On the new journey, we must adhere to the guidance of the Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era, especially the important thought of the General Secretary on cyber power, strengthen the party's overall leadership over the Internet information work, consolidate and deepen the achievements of the reform of the Internet management leadership system, deeply understand the decisive significance of the "two establishments", enhance the "four consciousnesses", strengthen the "four self-confidences", and achieve the "two safeguards", consciously shoulder the mission and tasks of the network information work, and strive to create a new situation in the development of the Internet information industry. With the new achievements in the construction of a cyber power, it will provide strong online support, reliable network security guarantee and strong information support for comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation.
Persist in raising the banner to gather the hearts of the people, and widely gather the powerful spiritual strength of hundreds of millions of netizens to unite and struggle. Always put the online propaganda of the socialist ideology with Chinese characteristics in the new era in the first place, innovate the way of voice expression and interactive guidance, create an online theoretical dissemination matrix, and guide the whole party and the whole society to further strengthen the political consciousness, ideological consciousness, and action consciousness of firmly supporting the "two establishments" and resolutely achieving the "two safeguards". Adhere to the principle that positive energy is the general requirement, that it can be managed is the last word, and that it is the real ability to use it well, coordinate and promote the promotion of major online themes and the setting of topics, enrich the supply of high-quality online content, expand and strengthen the mainstream online ideology, adhere to online and offline collaborative efforts, carefully do a good job in online guidance, and build online and offline concentric circles. Based on Chinese culture and civilization, closely following the needs of the people and the needs of the times, we will lead the cyberspace with positive voices, mainstream values, and advanced culture, cultivate a positive, healthy, and upward online culture, and jointly build and share a beautiful spiritual home on the Internet.
Persist in preventing risks and ensuring security, and resolutely build a solid national network security barrier. Fully implement the overall outlook, effectively respond to all kinds of risks and challenges in the field of network security, and resolutely defend the online position. Focus on preventing and defusing online ideological risks, complete comprehensive online governance systems, improve online risk prevention mechanisms, promptly refute erroneous ideas and views online, and build a solid online political and ideological security barrier. Focusing on the prevention and resolution of cybersecurity risks, comprehensively strengthen the cybersecurity guarantee system and capacity building, strengthen the security protection of critical information infrastructure, continue to improve cybersecurity situational awareness, monitoring and early warning, risk assessment, incident handling and other capabilities, further strengthen data security and personal information protection, and effectively safeguard national cybersecurity and the vital interests of the people.
Adhere to strong governance to benefit people's livelihood, and effectively promote the improvement of national governance and people's livelihood. Firmly grasp the new opportunities brought by the development of digital technology to practice network information for the people and improve the level of national governance, promote scientific decision-making, and actively use new technologies such as big data and artificial intelligence to improve the level of decision-making;Promote precise management, innovate public management models, and achieve precise policy, precise supply, and precise managementPromote efficient services, accelerate the development of efficient and coordinated digital government affairs, and create a digital service system that is ubiquitous, intelligent, convenient, fair and inclusive. Vigorously advance the process of legalization of cyberspace, coordinate the advancement of online legislation, judicial law enforcement, and popularize the law, and promote the construction of a positive online ecology with good laws and good governance. We will further promote the construction of new smart cities and digital villages, accelerate the bridging of the "digital divide", continue to improve the digital literacy and skills of the whole people, and innovate work measures around issues such as online fraud, privacy leaks, online violence, and personal information protection, which are strongly reflected by the public, and increase the intensity of rectification, and forcefully respond to concerns, so that the broad masses of the people have a greater sense of gain, happiness, and security in the development of the internet information industry.
Persist in increasing momentum to promote development, and actively contribute to high-quality economic and social development. Accelerate the promotion of scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement in the field of cyberspace, promote technological breakthroughs in key areas such as artificial intelligence, quantum technology, and integrated circuits, and accelerate the promotion of breakthroughs in the research and development of a number of key core technologies, so as to achieve high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-reliance. Coordinate and promote the construction of network infrastructure, computing infrastructure, and application infrastructure, promote the construction of 5G, industrial Internet, and big data centers, and open up the information "artery" of economic and social development. We will further promote the deep integration of digital technology and the real economy, accelerate the promotion of digital industrialization and industrial digitization, make the digital economy stronger, better and bigger, and vigorously promote the coordinated transformation and development of digital and green. Smooth the flow of data resources, strengthen the overall management, integration and aggregation of data resources across regions, departments and levels, and comprehensively improve the scale, quality and utilization efficiency of data resources.
We will continue to seek win-win cooperation and promote the building of a community with a shared future in cyberspace to a new stage. Vigorously promote the concept and proposition of the general secretary on building a community with a shared future in cyberspace, and contribute Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions to the global Internet development and governance. Participate in the global digital governance process in an all-round way, deeply participate in the formulation of international standards and rules, build a high-level international organization for the World Internet Conference, and promote the establishment of a more fair and reasonable global Internet governance system. Focusing on the digital economy, data security, technological innovation, and mutual cultural learning, we will deepen practical cooperation in the field of cyberspace, so that the Internet can better benefit people around the world.
The journey is strong, and we will set sail again. In the new era and new journey, we must unite more closely around the first comrade as the core, adhere to the guidance of the new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics, especially the important thought of the general secretary on the network power, work hard and move forward bravely, stride forward towards the strategic goal of the network power pointed out by the general secretary, and make new and greater contributions to the comprehensive construction of a modern socialist country and the comprehensive promotion of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation!
*:People** Office of the Cyber Security and Information Commission.
Editor: Shao Jia.
Reviewer: Gong Yanmin.
Editor-in-charge: Wu Haiyan.