Build a solid foundation for the digital future

Digital infrastructure is an infrastructure system driven by data innovation, based on communication networks and with data computing facilities as its core. Digital infrastructure mainly involves 5G, data centers, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, blockchain and other next-generation information and communication technologies, as well as various digital platforms formed based on such technologies, serving all aspects of people's work and life. New digital technologies, such as 3D printing, intelligent robots, AR glasses and autonomous driving, have expanded the application range of digital infrastructure construction and drawn a new digital life landscape.

At present, human society is accelerating the digital transformation, as a new type of infrastructure, digital infrastructure has become a necessary element of people's production and life, just like water, electricity and roads, and provides a solid guarantee for industrial structure, economic development and social ecological development. As a solid base for the digital economy, the importance of digital infrastructure has become widely recognized.

Accelerate computer network fusion to open up the "major artery" of information

Digital economy is the new driving force of current economic development, and computing power network is the core carrier of digital infrastructure construction. At present, China's digital economy presents the characteristics of industrial innovation, technology integration, green and low-carbon development, and the exploration of data value is more in-depth. With the increasing complexity of the network. Network frequency bands are increased, application scenarios are subdivided, and performance requirements are improved. A variety of consumer and industrial applications have put forward higher technical requirements for computer communication networks and computing nodes.

In the view of Wu Hequan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, network cooperation is a good way to use high-quality development and digital transformation, and it is also the most direct way to comprehensively promote the digital intelligent transformation of the whole society and accelerate the development of the digital economy.

"Computing power network is a new type of information infrastructure that allocates computing, storage and network resources on demand and flexibly schedules computing, storage and network resources between the side ends of the cloud network according to business needs. With the rapid surge of social demand for computing power, computing network cooperation strongly supports enterprises to use data to collect intelligence on the cloud, and the integration of cloud network and computing network promotes mutual benefit and win-win situation of the industrial chain." Wu Hequan said.

"The computing power network is an effective driving force for the high-quality development of the digital economy and an important productive force for digital industrialization and industrial digitization," said He Biao, deputy general manager of China Unicom Group.

In order to promote the integrated development of cloud network and computing network, it is necessary to strengthen the development of standardized technology from the specific issues of improving computing power, storage capacity, algorithm skills, collaborative management and so on.

Li Huidi, deputy general manager of China Mobile Group, has a deep experience in building intelligent and comprehensive digital infrastructure with cloud network integration as the core feature, and promoting the deep integration of digital technology and the real economy. "We have broken through a series of key core technologies of cloud operating system and distributed database, and independently developed CloudOS4.0 with integrated cloud base, distributed cloud capability and trusted cloud platform as the core, forming a full-stack cloud product capability." Li Huidi said.

In his view, the computing power network is a new type of infrastructure with deep integration of CT/IT/DT, including innovative technologies and innovative services, and is a comprehensive industrial transformation and upgrading. "In the practice and exploration, we deeply feel that the development of computing power network needs to bring together the forces of all parties in society at a higher level, in a wider scope and in a deeper degree."

In the process of digital transformation, core technologies such as advanced layout and network integration capabilities are accelerating the implementation of digital infrastructure construction. The construction of a high-speed ubiquitous, heaven and earth integrated, cloud network integration, intelligent and agile, green and low-carbon, safe and controllable intelligent comprehensive digital information infrastructure based on 5G network, national integrated data center system, and national industrial Internet will enable digital innovation practice in an all-round and deep level, and open up the "main artery" of digital economy development.