Ten major events that will affect the development of China's Internet industry in 2021

On January 11, at the 2022 (12th) China Internet Industry Annual Conference (Hainan) and the China Good Anchor Annual Ceremony, the "Ten Major Events Affecting the Development of China's Internet Industry in 2021" were announced. He Guili, Vice Chairman and Deputy Secretary-General of the Internet Society of China, gave an on-site interpretation.

The country attaches great importance to the development of the digital economy and accelerates the pace of digital development

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-Term Goals for 2035" was released, which made an all-round layout for the development of my country's Internet. After that, the "14th Five-Year Plan" special plans for the field of informatization were successively issued, making important arrangements for promoting digital development and building a digital China. In October 2021, General Secretary Xi Jinping further emphasized when presiding over the 34th collective study of the Political Bureau of the 19th CPC Central Committee that we must stand at the height of coordinating the overall strategic situation of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the great changes in the world that have not been seen in a century, coordinate the two major domestic and international situations, and the two major issues of development and security, give full play to the advantages of massive data and rich application scenarios, promote the deep integration of digital technology and the real economy, empower the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, give birth to new industries, new formats and new models, and continuously strengthen, optimize and expand my country's digital economy.

The Data Security Law, the Regulations on the Security Protection of Critical Information Infrastructure, and the Personal Information Protection Law have been formally implemented to comprehensively safeguard cyberspace security.

Starting from June 2021, the "Data Security Law of the People's Republic of China", "Regulations on the Security Protection of Critical Information Infrastructure" and "Personal Information Protection Law of the People's Republic of China" have been implemented successively, providing the industry with more detailed and operational legal basis and behavioral rules, further consolidating the institutional foundation of the Internet legal system, and marking that my country's network security protection has entered a new stage.

Policies such as the Anti-monopoly Guidelines have been issued one after another, and the special rectification campaign against APP infringement of user rights and Internet market order has been deepened, accelerating the process of compliance development of Internet companies

In February 2021, the "Anti-Monopoly Guidelines for Platform Economy of the Anti-Monopoly Committee of the State Council" was officially issued, which systematically responded to the monopoly challenges of Internet platforms for the first time and sent a clear signal that Internet platforms are not beyond the reach of anti-monopoly laws. In October, the "Anti-Monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China (Draft Amendment)" was announced. This is the first amendment to my country's Anti-Monopoly Law since its release. It has increased penalties for monopolistic behavior and effectively prevented the disorderly expansion of capital. At the same time, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology continued to deepen the governance of APP infringement of user rights and interests, and launched a special rectification campaign for the Internet industry in July 2021. The implementation of the above series of laws and regulations and special projects has played a significant role in strengthening the main responsibilities of enterprises and creating a fair, competitive, safe and orderly Internet market environment.

The General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Strengthening the Construction of Internet Civilization" to create a clear and clean cyberspace

At present, the country attaches great importance to the construction of network civilization. Since June 2021, the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission has deployed and carried out a series of special actions such as "clearing up the chaos in the 'fan circle'" to continuously purify the network ecology. In October, the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Strengthening the Construction of Network Civilization" to further promote the healthy development of network culture and jointly create a civilized and healthy online spiritual home, providing guidance and pointing out the direction for the construction of network civilization.

The total number of Internet users in my country exceeds 1 billion, opening a new chapter in the development of digital infrastructure

As of June 2021, the total number of Internet users in my country has exceeded 1 billion. The huge number of Internet users has provided an endogenous driving force for accelerating the construction of my country's new digital infrastructure. On the one hand, the construction and application of 5G networks have been promoted in an orderly manner, and my country has built the world's largest 5G independent networking network. As of November 2021, my country has built and opened more than 1.39 million 5G base stations and more than 2,300 virtual private networks and hybrid private networks, accelerating the formation of a 5G network system that meets industry needs. On the other hand, IPv6 scale deployment has been deepened. In 2021, my country's IPv6 network and terminals have been gradually promoted, the IPv6 "highway" has been fully completed, and the scale of my country's IPv6 network infrastructure is leading the world.

5G+Industrial Internet enters the fast lane of development, deepening the exploration of integrated applications

In 2021, the development environment of "5G+Industrial Internet" will continue to improve. First, the infrastructure support capacity will continue to upgrade. There are more than 32,000 5G base stations applied to the Industrial Internet; there are 15 cross-industry and cross-field Industrial Internet platforms, more than 100 platforms with certain regional and industry influence, and the total number of access devices exceeds 76 million sets. Second, the level of industry application continues to improve. There are more than 1,800 "5G+Industrial Internet" projects under construction nationwide, covering more than 20 key industries and fields of the national economy, and creating tens of thousands of 5G application innovation cases. Third, technical standards are accelerating. As the core component of industrial terminals, the general 5G module standard has been initially formed, the number of module types continues to increase, and the market price continues to decline, paving the way for large-scale applications. The integrated development of "5G+Industrial Internet" will further deepen and expand the application of industrial 5G, and enable the digitalization, networking, and intelligent transformation and upgrading of the real economy.

Chinese companies are actively building an open and innovative open source ecosystem to promote the innovative development of deep information technology

In 2021, Chinese companies actively built open source platforms, and Baidu PaddlePaddle's comprehensive share in China's deep learning platform market continued to grow, ranking first. According to GitHub statistics, Chinese developers have become the world's largest developer group. In terms of operating systems, in 2021, Huawei officially released the HarmonyOS 2 Hongmeng mobile phone operating system and the Euler digital infrastructure operating system, realizing a unified operating system to support multiple devices and one-time application development to cover all scenarios. The open source innovation system and the new operating system are of great strategic significance to promoting my country's deep information technology innovation.

my country formally applies to join the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement to drive the rapid development of digital trade

At present, under the background of rapid development of digital economy, all countries generally recognize the huge potential and importance of digital trade. my country actively participates in the formulation of global digital economic and trade rules with an open attitude. In October 2021, the Ministry of Commerce and 24 other departments issued a notice on the issuance of the "14th Five-Year Plan for the Development of Trade in Services", which included "digital trade" in the development plan for trade in services for the first time, clarified the focus of my country's digital trade development in the future period, and pointed out a clear path for the construction of digital trade demonstration zones. In November, my country formally applied to join the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement (DEPA), and is willing to work with all parties to promote international cooperation in the digital economy and jointly promote innovation and healthy and orderly development of the digital economy.

Digital technology enables the industry's low-carbon transformation and helps achieve carbon peak and carbon neutrality

At present, the global climate change situation is becoming increasingly severe, and my country's carbon peak and carbon neutrality goals are of great significance in global climate governance. In March 2021, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over the ninth meeting of the Central Financial and Economic Commission and delivered an important speech, emphasizing that achieving carbon peak and carbon neutrality is a broad and profound economic and social systemic change. It is necessary to incorporate carbon peak and carbon neutrality into the overall layout of ecological civilization construction, and take the initiative to achieve the goals of carbon peak before 2030 and carbon neutrality before 2060 as scheduled. In November, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the People's Bank of China, the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission, and the China Securities Regulatory Commission jointly issued the "Guiding Opinions on Strengthening Industrial and Financial Cooperation to Promote Industrial Green Development"; in December, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the "14th Five-Year Plan for Industrial Green Development". Under the guidance of the government, digital technology will continue to help the integrated development of industrial digitalization, intelligence, and greening, and provide important support for my country to achieve its carbon peak and carbon neutrality goals.

Comprehensive promotion of aging-friendly services and rural revitalization construction to help bridge the "digital divide"

Since 2021, the country has made every effort to promote the transformation of Internet applications for the elderly. In January, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology officially launched a special action plan for the transformation of Internet applications for the elderly and barrier-free accessibility; in April, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology deployed to further implement the special action plan for the transformation of Internet applications for the elderly and barrier-free accessibility, and issued the "General Design Specifications for Internet Websites for the Elderly" and "General Design Specifications for Mobile Internet Applications (Apps) for the Elderly". In terms of promoting the solution to the "digital divide" problem in rural areas, the country continues to help rural digital transformation, and the "Digital Village Construction Guidelines 1.0" was officially released in September. Overall, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will steadily and orderly promote the implementation of the work, and take multiple measures to help the whole society cross the "digital divide".