"Economic Vertical and Horizontal" releases the potential of the digital economy and promotes high-quality development in Shanxi

Unleashing the potential of the digital economy to promote high-quality development in Shanxi

Theoretical Research Center of the Shanxi Provincial Party School Party School

In recent years, the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government We attach great importance to the strategic deployment of the digital economy and strive to build the digital economy into a new engine for our province’s economic growth. However, Shanxi still faces many difficulties and challenges in focusing on promoting the construction of "Digital Shanxi". At the same time, there is also a certain gap compared with other brother provinces in central China. On the basis of grasping the overall requirements of "four for four highs and two for synchronization", it is necessary to clarify the current development status of Shanxi's digital economy, clarify the existing problems and shortcomings in the development of the digital economy, and explore countermeasures for the digital economy to promote the high-quality development of Shanxi. Shanxi seeks new ideas for transformation and development.

1. Basic status quo of digital economic development in Shanxi Province

First, infrastructure construction is constantly improving. In 2018, the total length of optical cable lines in Shanxi Province reached 1.208 million kilometers, and the inter-provincial Internet export bandwidth also achieved significant expansion, with a growth rate of 38.4%, ranking 11th in the country. In terms of broadband network service capabilities, mobile fiber optic users account for 97.5%, and the penetration rate ranks first in the country, achieving both quality and quantity improvement in mobile broadband network coverage capabilities. At the same time, investment related to network facilities in our province has also shown a exponential growth trend. In the first half of 2020 alone, investment in the province's information services industry increased by 1.2 times, of which investment in the Internet and related service industries increased by 13.9%.

Second, the level of digital industrialization has reached a new level. Under the high-level planning of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government, a number of leading domestic and foreign companies with high reputations such as Huawei, Baidu, China Electronics Technology, China Electronics, and Alibaba have settled in Shanxi. Electronic information such as China Great Wall, Shuguang, and Loongson Manufacturing companies are gradually growing, local leading companies such as Baixin and Cloud Times are booming, and Shanxi's digital industry is expanding from scratch, from point to point, and gradually into a network. At present, the digital industry in our province has initially formed a digital industry chain led by core leading enterprises, namely chip manufacturers with Loongson and Kunpeng as the core research and development cores, operating system manufacturers dominated by Tongxin and Kirin, Baixin, Complete machine manufacturers including China Great Wall, supercomputing manufacturers including Guoke Jinyun, and more than 40 partners such as ChinaSoft, Taichi, Yongzhong, Kingdee Tianyan, and Donghua Software attracted by the cloud era platform* ** The digital industry ecological chain with simultaneous participation has formed an echeloned and hierarchical digital industry development cluster.

Third, the integration of digital industries is accelerating. In terms of the intelligent manufacturing industry, since 2015, Shanxi Province has successively had emerging intelligent manufacturing companies such as China Electric Power Research Institute No. 2, Fusheng Aluminum Industry, Dayun Automobile, Taigang Stainless Steel, Zhiqi Railway, and Keda Automation becoming national intelligent manufacturing demonstrations. enterprise. In order to achieve high-quality transformation and development of traditional industries as soon as possible, Shanxi has organically combined digital technology with the energy industry. In terms of smart coal mine construction, Shanxi has applied advanced algorithms and digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data, cloud computing, and 5G to the safe production and operation management of coal mines, creating different types and models of smart coal mines.

Fourth, new business formats and new models are showing a healthy development trend. The outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic in early 2020 brought the country's economic construction to a standstill. However, the new business formats and new models spawned by the digital economy during the epidemic have provided a new direction for Shanxi's high-quality transformation and development. For example, in terms of online medical care, in the first quarter of 2020, Shanxi Province’s Internet medical platform achieved a transaction volume of 510 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 148.9%; in terms of online consumption, the province’s tobacco, alcoholic beverage and commodity trading platform’s transaction volume increased by 9.5% year-on-year, and local supermarkets The online product turnover exceeded 380 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 76.4%. In addition to new business formats such as online medical care and online consumption, live streaming has also become a new highlight in Shanxi's new business model. From January to June 2020, Linfen City used the method of live broadcast by the county magistrate and county party committee secretary to promote local specialty products, and the transaction volume of online sales was more than 30 million yuan; Yuncheng City reached an intention to cooperate with Pinduoduo to carry out online simulcast activities for agricultural products. This new business circulation model of "live streaming of branded agricultural products" has effectively boosted the rapid growth of online retail sales in the province.

Fifth, the digital economy business environment continues to improve. In recent years, the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee has attached great importance to the improvement of the business environment and clearly stated that it must strive to create the "six best" business environment. In accordance with the "Six Most" standards, the Shanxi Provincial Government has deepened the reform of "delegating power, delegating power, delegating power, and serving efficiency", benchmarking the practices of the central government and advanced regions, comprehensively liberalizing the pilot reform of the commitment system for enterprise investment projects, aligning with the latest prevailing rules of international trade and investment, and deepening The reform of the commercial system has shortened the approval matters and service time for enterprise services, removed market access barriers, transformed government functions, and improved administrative efficiency, which has promoted the continuous improvement of the business environment in our province. As of December 2019, Shanxi has completed 1,202 pilot projects for the reform of the commitment system for enterprise investment projects, saving 50% of the time from application to implementation. At the same time, Shanxi has also carried out facilitation reforms in the examination and approval service. On the basis of completing the 8.5 working days of the State Council, the enterprise processing time has been reduced to 5 working days.

According to the feedback results of the fifth inspection of the State Council, in the 2018 business environment evaluation indicator evaluation, Shanxi improved significantly in 6 of the 7 important indicators.

2. Current problems and gaps in the development of digital economy in Shanxi Province

In 2020, the average level of China’s digital economy development index was 29.6. The basic pattern of China's digital economic development shows the location characteristics of strong in the south and weak in the north, and regional agglomeration. Shanxi Province's digital economy is divided into development stages, ranking 22nd in the national digital economy development index.

First, comparative analysis of digital infrastructure index. The average national digital infrastructure index in 2020 is 31.3, and the digital infrastructure status of the six central provinces is relatively balanced. Among them, Henan Province has the highest digital infrastructure index, reaching 40.5, ranking first in the country; Shanxi Province has the lowest digital infrastructure score, 27.1. The difference between the highest score and the lowest score is not large, indicating that the internal differences in digital infrastructure in the six central provinces are small, providing good support for the development of the information industry, software service industry and other related industries. Therefore, Shanxi should continue to make efforts in the construction of new digital infrastructure, and make 5G and data industry centers the focus of new digital infrastructure construction to lay a good foundation for the sustainable development of the digital economy.

The second is a comparative analysis of the digital industry development index. The average score of the national digital industry development index is 24.6. Among the six provinces in central China, Hubei Province has the highest maturity of digital economic industry development, and Shanxi has the worst. Among them, the standard deviation of industrial scale in Shanxi Province is greater than the standard deviation of digital industry entities, indicating that the gap between the quality and quantity of enterprises is relatively large. At the same time, the average value of Shanxi Province's industrial development index is generally lower than that of the other five provinces, indicating that Shanxi Province lags behind in terms of industrial scale. In terms of cultivating industrial entities, due to the number of dominant unicorn companies and listed companies, Shanxi has not yet cultivated digital companies with industry influence. Therefore, the score for this subdivision indicator is extremely low, which also shows that the six central provinces The differentiation is more obvious in terms of industrialization.

The third is a comparative analysis of the digital convergence industry development index. Judging from the scores of the six central provinces, except for Shanxi Province, which currently scores lower than the average score, the scores of the other provinces' digital integration indicators all exceeded or were equal to the average score. In terms of industrial digitalization, Shanxi Province lags slightly behind, and the other five provinces are relatively balanced; in the fields of digital R&D and design and enterprise digital collaboration, Shanxi Province scores lower, with Henan and Anhui Province leading the central region, indicating that there are many model companies for industrial digitalization. Gathered here, the digital transformation of enterprises in Shanxi has a long way to go. In the field of rural digitalization, Taobao villages in central provinces are being built rapidly, and Taobao villages in Shanxi Province have also achieved zero breakthroughs. The potential of rural e-commerce is gradually developing.

The fourth is a comparative analysis of the digital economy development environment index. Judging from the overall development situation, the digital economic development environment of the six central provinces has little difference. Despite this, the digital economic development environment of Shanxi Province still ranks last. In the field of subdivided indicators, Shanxi Province's government network service level performs relatively well, which is inseparable from the country's continued implementation of "Internet + Government Services" related policies; in terms of government service interactive end indicators, there is a certain gap between Shanxi and other provinces. It shows that Shanxi needs to continue to make efforts in the construction, management and business optimization of government service interactive terminals in the future. What should not be ignored is that in terms of government data governance, Shanxi Province has the lowest score, indicating that data governance services in our province are still in their infancy, and systematic measures and policies for data governance have not been followed up in time, and the social impact is very limited. .

3. Countermeasures and suggestions for the future development of the digital economy in Shanxi Province

First, speed up the construction of new infrastructure and provide key support for the development of the digital economy. With the comprehensive advancement of digital industries such as artificial intelligence and smart manufacturing, it is objectively required to accelerate the construction of new digital infrastructure such as 5G, industrial Internet of Things, and data centers. In this regard, Shanxi should strengthen the planning and layout of new infrastructure, further improve the construction of new network infrastructure, vigorously promote the comprehensive coverage of 5G and other related network facilities in urban and rural areas, continue to promote the expansion and optimization of backbone networks and network structure links, and enhance the provincial The carrying capacity and capacity expansion of grade-level export bandwidth will enrich the level of inter-provincial optical cable trunk transmission networks, actively promote the in-depth development of three-network integration, accelerate the creation of an industrial Internet platform, advance the layout of the next generation of new Internet, and accelerate the comprehensive upgrade to the new version of IPv6 , improve the smoothness and business carrying capacity of digital services, lay a foundation for the development of the digital economy, and provide underlying support.

The second is to speed up research on key core technologies and cultivate a new ecosystem for the digital economy. Further increase investment in technology research and development for different types of enterprises, and flexibly adopt a variety of methods to achieve breakthroughs in core and key technologies. On the one hand, we can use joint research, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, or industrial cooperation to speed up the conquering of semiconductors, core software, and high-end chips; on the other hand, we can vigorously promote the improvement of the industry-university-research system and accelerate the advancement of artificial intelligence, blockchain, and digital technology. Deep-water exploration of cutting-edge technologies such as twins, and efforts to create an internationally advanced, safe and controllable digital transformation technology system.

Under the guidance of the "energy revolution", Shanxi should further focus on energy Internet, intelligent digital mining area construction and other fields to create a large-scale digital industry innovation system. In addition, Shanxi should further focus on local hidden champions and unicorn potential enterprises with good growth potential, development foundation and distinctive businesses, establish a dynamic cultivation library of advantageous enterprises, and form an orderly cultivation echelon of unicorn enterprises. Provide accurate and effective policy support.

The third is to improve the level of digital industry integration and expand the scale of digital business development. In the field of industrial digitalization, Shanxi should further promote the integration of informatization and informatization, deeply transform traditional manufacturing into intelligent manufacturing, promote the comprehensive coverage of new intelligent sites such as smart factories, digital workshops, and smart steel plants in the province's industrial manufacturing enterprises, and accelerate the Introduce intelligent production lines, realize networked and intelligent upgrades of production lines, actively build an industrial Internet platform, and promote the coordinated operation and cooperation of industrial industry chain resources. In terms of the transformation of the energy industry, Shanxi, based on summarizing the experience of putting into operation the underground 5G coal mine private network of Xinyuan Mine of Yangzhou Coal Group, should accelerate the promotion of the use of smart mines, smart websites, smart grids and other smart sites, and improve the intelligence of enterprises in mining areas. In the field of agricultural digitalization, it is necessary to comprehensively promote cooperation with well-known online platforms, open up sales channels for Shanxi agricultural products, and promote the digital transformation of Shanxi agriculture. In the field of service digitalization, Shanxi should continue to increase the construction and promotion of new business formats and new models such as smart tourism, encourage offline outlets in different industries to transform into comprehensive smart service outlets, actively innovate new models of service formats, and enhance consumer applications Experience and expand the new realm of digital services.

The fourth is to strive to optimize the digital business environment and create a new atmosphere for the development of the digital economy. First of all, it is necessary to carry out in-depth research in the areas of rapid development of the digital economy in our province, standardize relevant licensing matters for business qualifications, implement a negative list system for access matters, unblock the government affairs office platform, and formulate different classifications for offline business and online business. standard. Secondly, flexible supervision methods must be implemented for new business formats and new models emerging in the development of the digital economy. Different business formats have different operating risks at different stages of development, and regulatory authorities must be keen to identify and make accurate judgments. Thirdly, it is necessary to accelerate the construction of "digital government", further optimize the level of government services in our province and improve the government's response speed based on the use of advanced digital technology; at the same time, further explore the openness, sharing, supervision and maintenance of government data , providing more convenient services to the public on a larger scale. Finally, the government should make efforts to guide all members of society to understand, understand and value the digital economy, form a good social atmosphere that encourages and protects innovation, and promote the construction of a digital economic innovation ecosystem.

(Writer: Nie Na)

Editor: Wen Jun