Innovation infrastructure is being optimized at a faster pace

"Infrastructure is an important support for economic and social development." Zheng Jian, director of the Foundation Department of the National Development and Reform Commission, said that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the development of transportation, energy, water conservancy and new infrastructure has made historic achievements, the construction of a modern comprehensive three-dimensional transportation system and a modern energy system has been accelerated, and the overall level of infrastructure has achieved a leapfrog improvement, effectively supporting and guaranteeing economic and social development.

Infrastructure innovation capacity has been enhanced

Zheng Jian introduced that the scale advantage of China's infrastructure is prominent. By the end of 2021, the total length of China's comprehensive transportation network will exceed 6 million kilometers, the total length of 220 kilovolt or above transmission lines will reach 794,000 kilometers, and the total length of optical cable lines will reach 54.81 million kilometers, 1.3 times, 1.7 times and 3.7 times of that of 10 years ago, respectively. The total storage capacity of reservoirs will reach 903.5 billion cubic meters, forming a super-large-scale network. The scale of high-speed rail, expressways, power grids and 4G networks has long been ranked first in the world.

From the perspective of service quality, Zheng Jian said that high-speed railways cover more than 95% of cities with a population of more than one million, expressways cover more than 98% of cities with a population of more than 200,000, civil transport airports cover about 92% of prefecture-level cities, established villages with conditions have access to hardened roads, broadband and direct postal services, and the rural tap water penetration rate has increased to about 84%. The penetration rate of 4G and 5G users reached about 87 percent. By the end of 2021, the number of mobile phone users and the number of Internet users will reach 1.64 billion and 1.03 billion respectively, which is equivalent to 1.7 times and 2 times of 10 years ago.

"The level of infrastructure engineering construction and technological innovation is constantly improving." Zheng Jian said that China's infrastructure innovation driving capacity has been significantly enhanced. High-speed railways, long-span Bridges, ultra-high voltage power transmission, third-generation nuclear power, ultra-large water conservancy projects, a new generation of mobile communications, industrial Internet and other fields have achieved leapfrog development, and construction technologies such as offshore deep-water ports and large-scale airport projects have entered the world's advanced or leading ranks.

The "new infrastructure" has achieved initial results

"China's new-type infrastructure construction has achieved initial results." Zhang Zhihua, deputy director of the high technology Department of the National Development and Reform Commission, said in response to media questions.

Zhang Zhihua introduced that China's information infrastructure was upgraded at a faster pace. In the past 10 years, the length of optical fiber in China has increased by about 2.7 times, and "every county has 5G, and every village has broadband". The layout of artificial intelligence infrastructure was accelerated, the scale of data centers reached 5.9 million standard racks, and the construction of eight national computing hub nodes was started. A national civil space infrastructure system consisting of satellite remote sensing, satellite communication and broadcasting, and Beidou navigation and positioning systems has been initially established.

In the field of converged infrastructure, Zhang Zhihua mentioned that smart facilities are entering thousands of industries. For example, the construction of three-dimensional intelligent transportation systems is accelerating, new forms of transportation such as unmanned docks and autonomous driving are constantly emerging, and more than 90% of airports have achieved "paperless" convenient travel.

"Innovation infrastructure is optimized at a faster pace." Zhang Zhihua analysis, on the one hand, China has built a relatively complete system of major science and technology infrastructure, layout construction of 77 national major science and technology infrastructure, 32 have been built and operated, some facilities into the world's first phalanx; On the other hand, China has continuously accelerated the construction of innovation capacity, consolidated the dominant position of enterprises in innovation, and built more than 200 national engineering research centers, more than 1,600 state-level enterprise technology centers and a number of national industrial innovation centers in key areas, and constantly improved the system of technology development facilities.