China's information technology industry is developing vigorously with strong impetus

Digital economy has become the most dynamic and important part of the national economy. In 2018, the national online retail sales alone reached 9.0 trillion yuan, and the online retail sales of physical goods reached 7.0 trillion yuan, accounting for 18.4% of the total retail sales of consumer goods, and contributing more than 45% to the growth of the total retail sales of consumer goods. The Internet and cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, 5G and other new generation of information technologies continue to accelerate the breakthrough and application, promote the development of the digital economy with each passing day, unmanned storage has been put into operation, driverless cars have begun to drive on the road, industrial Internet platforms continue to emerge, the development of all walks of life with the support of information technology is gaining wings. Continuously inject new content into the development of digital economy and even the entire national economy.

Five. The development of the information technology industry continues to meet people's aspirations for a better life

Over the past five years, the CPC Central Committee and The State Council have always insisted that development is for the people, by the people, and the fruits of development are shared by the people. They have taken ensuring and improving people's livelihood as the starting point and destination of development. They have carried out universal telecommunications services, continuously promoted network speed and cost reduction, and actively promoted the "Internet Plus" action, so as to meet the people's yearning for a better life.

Speed up and cost down to optimize network information services. By the end of 2018, 410 million Internet broadband users were connected, an increase of 1.2 times over 2013. There are 370 million optical fiber access users, more than the population of the United States. The number of 4G users reached 1.17 billion, and 4G just entered the commercial stage at the end of 2013, and more Internet users enjoyed high-quality network communication services. Through several years of unremitting efforts, domestic long-distance call charges, roaming call charges, and traffic roaming charges have been abolished, mobile network traffic charges have fallen year after year, broadband dedicated lines have been significantly reduced, free Internet access in public places has continued to expand, and Internet charges have been reduced several times. In the composition of national household consumption expenditure, communications expenditure accounted for 3.5%, down 0.7 percentage points from 2013.

"Internet Plus" contributes to a better life. According to the China Internet Network Information Center, in 2018, there were 830 million Internet users in China, and the average Internet user spent 27.6 hours per week online. There are 610 million users of online shopping, 610 million users of online video, 600 million users of online payment, 410 million users of online food delivery, 390 million users of online government services, 330 million users of e-taxi or express train, and 200 million users of online education. Stay at home online ordering to enjoy fast food, brush face payment, scan code payment to facilitate shopping settlement, shared bicycles, network car to achieve convenient travel, listening to books and videos to enrich leisure and entertainment, online participation in politics and discussion, online education lifelong learning, information technology and the development of the information industry let Internet users enjoy more and more convenient, more and more rich wonderful life.

Over the past five years, China's information technology industry has developed vigorously with strong momentum and remarkable results, playing a vital role in promoting economic development and improving people's lives. The rapid development and wide application of information technology industry across the first, second and third industries, for the development of all walks of life on the flying wings, for the improvement of the efficiency of national economic development, quality improvement and ecological environment to provide a powerful engine, become a landmark industry to promote economic and social development, and the future development space is very broad. A leading, strategic and basic independent "fourth industry" that supports and promotes the development of the entire national economy is on the horizon.