Q5: We pay attention to the big data industry in Guizhou and know that Guizhou is known as "China's Data Valley." When we talk about big data, we must talk about Guizhou. How does Guizhou promote the innovation and development of the big data industry? Thank you.
Sun: Thank you for your question. Guizhou has held the Big Data International Expo for five years and we will continue to implement a big data strategy, acclerating the change from old economic growth drivers to new ones, as well as facilitating industrial upgrading and transformation.
First, while nurturing and supporting current enterprises to a greater extent, we will further strengthen the attraction of more big data enterprises, more high-tech enterprises integrated with big data, as well as more talents specializing in big data and high technology. At present, many IT giants opened their data bases in Guizhou, including China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Tencent, and Apple. In 2018, we attracted 12 famous big data companies including iFLYTEK and more than 200 enterprises with good growth potential. Guizhou's digital economic growth has ranked first in China for four consecutive years.
Second, we have made every effort to promote big data integration. We have accelerated the pace of big data and real economy integration, requiring all enterprises to explore development by integrating big data. In 2018, 1,625 enterprises have achieved development through the integration of big data and real economy. More than 10,000 enterprises have been connected to the cloud. The industrial internet platform, which was co-founded with China Aerospace Science & Industry Corp, was listed among the innovative projects by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in 2018. Now the platform works well in Guizhou and is generating economic and social benefits.
Third, focusing on the application of big data, Guizhou has built online platforms for government services. Guizhou promotes the application of big data in poverty alleviation, education, long-range medical treatment, and public security. Guizhou has taken the lead in realizing long-range medical treatment in provincial hospitals, municipal hospitals, county hospitals, and township health centers. Treatment is available at low prices and incorporated into basic medical insurance, which effectively alleviates the difficulty of seeing a doctor for residents.
Fourth, Guizhou works hard on the Big Data Expo, which has been successfully held for five sessions. It has become an international event and a world-class platform, representing the latest developments of the big data industry. By holding high-end forums, authoritative releases of leading scientific and technological achievements, as well as AI innovation competitions, each Expo attracts global industry elites, multinational corporations, and innovative enterprises to participate in it. The development of big data in Guizhou and the successful holding of the Big Data Expo promote and complement each other. I welcome everyone to participate in the Big Data Expo in 2020. Thank you.
Q6: Guizhou's economic growth rate has been at the forefront of the country for eight consecutive years. How can Guizhou promote economic transformation and upgrading while maintaining rapid growth and achieving high-quality development?
Shen: In the 70 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the economic development of Guizhou has undergone tremendous changes. At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the province's total economic output was only 623 million yuan. After 35 years, the total economic output exceeded 10 billion yuan in 1984. In 16 years, the total economic output exceeded 100 billion yuan in 2000. In 11 years, the total economic volume reached 500 billion yuan by 2011.
Since 2012, the total economic output has exceeded 1.5 trillion yuan, an increase of more than 1 trillion yuan, and the province's economic growth rate has ranked among the top three in the country for eight consecutive years.
Guizhou vigorously promotes rural industrial reform to contribute to its high-quality development. It utilizes its ecological advantages and has developed 12 high-efficiency and characteristic industries in agriculture.
The planting scale of tea, peppers, thorny fruits, and pitayas ranks first in the country, and the scale of potato planting ranks second in the country. The province's growth rate of added value of the agriculture industry ranked first in the country in 2018.
Due to the province's tourism brand, the average annual growth of tourist reception and total tourism revenue is over 30 percent.
In recent years, Guizhou has cultivated ten billion yuan-level industries such as basic energy, clean and efficient power, as well as advanced equipment manufacturing.
The added value of the province's manufacturing industry and top ten billion yuan-level industrial industries accounted for 70.6 percent, while the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size accounted for 95 percent.
In order to advance the deep integration of big data and the real economy, Guizhou has carried out a big data strategic action. It strives to build itself into the first big data comprehensive pilot area in the country.
There are 9,551 big data-related enterprises in the province, and the number of enterprises adopting cloud computing exceeded 10,000.
The growth rate of its digital economy has ranked first in the country for four consecutive years, and the added value of digital economy accounts for 26.9 percent of the province's GDP.
It has promoted the strategic reorganization of state-owned enterprises, and set up large-scale enterprise groups such as Guizhou Linhua Group, Guizhou Panjiang Coal and Electricity Co, and Guizhou Wujiang Energy Co.
Guizhou also undertakes several international events, such as the Big Data Expo and Eco Forum Global Guiyang.
In 2018, the province's high-tech industrialization index and growth rate of R&D investment ranked 11th and 2nd respectively in the country.
