Big data based future

In a congratulatory letter to the China International Big Data Industry Expo that opened in Guiyang, Guizhou province, on Saturday, President Xi Jinping said China upholds "innovative, coordinated, green, open and sharing" principles in implementing its national big data strategy.

The rapid development of new-generation information technologies has had a significant and far-reaching impact on social and economic development, State governance and people's lives, and the national big data strategy being implemented by China will facilitate the country's economic transformation from high-speed growth to high-quality development, Xi said.

He called for strengthened international exchanges and cooperation in the development of the big data sector.