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.

Unleash the digital potential to enhance the value of the industrial chain

E-commerce companies are "first movers" in integrating digital infrastructure. Zhou Ming, vice president of Alibaba Group, shared Alibaba's practical experience in integrating digital infrastructure - e-commerce companies have already used data to predict customers' consumption tendencies, and warehouse goods in advance to facilitate rapid delivery after customers place orders. Zhou Ming pointed out: "In recent years, traditional enterprises have also begun to collect data, calculate data and adjust parameters in all aspects of production to improve the yield."

The construction of data infrastructure in the energy industry has promoted the digital transformation of the energy industry and the high-quality development of the green and low-carbon energy industry. Wang Hai, secretary of the Party Committee and chairman of Zhongneng Integrated Smart Technology Co., LTD., said: "In the energy industry, the situation of digital infrastructure construction is more serious. It is suggested that industry standards or national standards should be established as soon as possible in terms of data classification, data index system construction, platform connectivity, and some adaptation of SaaS applications, which will help better promote the development of the data industry."

Data is a new factor of production. For businesses, the trading and sharing of data is important. Wang Hai hopes that the next step can promote the construction of standards from the whole link and process of energy data confirmation, pricing, admission, circulation, evaluation, trading, supervision and credit, and also hopes to explore the path of energy data resource, capital and capitalization, and explore the establishment of some new standards for multi-win energy data circulation and trading.

"But at the moment, our entire digital infrastructure is relatively weak and far from intelligent infrastructure." Zhou Ming analyzed, "Digital infrastructure is still an isolated 'information chimney', resulting in no common data. There are still barriers to digital or intelligent computing, which is expensive to build and low utilization."

The construction of digital infrastructure is inseparable from the hand in hand of upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain, and the cooperation of government, industry, universities and research institutes to fully release the digital potential, maximize the value of the industrial chain, and create a new ecological environment for industrial win-win.

Build a strong digital base to enjoy intelligent life

In the industrial field, artificial intelligence can help enterprises to detect industrial defects, improve production efficiency and reduce production costs. In the field of security, face recognition technology can provide fast and convenient biometric identity authentication information; In the field of art, AI writing and AI painting are hot, and artificial intelligence has become a "creative aid" for paintings, audio, text and other information.

Artificial intelligence is now an indispensable part of the digital infrastructure, and plays the role of the "strongest brain" in the entire digital infrastructure system. Its penetration into our daily life is in all aspects, and the application scenarios of artificial intelligence can be seen everywhere.

In recent years, China's digitalization process has been greatly accelerated due to the impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Jiang Xing, chief architect of Cisco Greater China, said that in the digital era, mobile applications and cloud applications are becoming the core of enterprises, the walls of enterprises are dying, mixed office has become the new normal, and the new Internet is becoming the backbone network of enterprises.

"Artificial intelligence can provide intelligent analysis to help various industries reduce costs and increase efficiency. At the same time, the AI industry itself is becoming more and more infrastructure oriented." Tian Tian, CEO of Beijing Ruilai Intelligent Technology Co., LTD., analyzed the role of artificial intelligence in the integration and collaboration of digital infrastructure.

To start the "digital smart future", it is necessary to consolidate the foundation of the digital economy with "multiple points, wide range, high station and complete supporting facilities", and promote the interconnection and innovative development of digital infrastructure. Zhang Yunfei, chief scientist of Tencent intelligent transportation, said: "The construction of digital China in the future has put forward higher requirements and challenges for us, and we can build the digital base well, and management is the first step."