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

The fourth National Economic census shows that in the past five years, China's information technology industry has developed vigorously, the industrial scale has expanded rapidly, the industrial structure has been optimized, the new generation of information technology has made continuous breakthroughs, and the engine role of economic and social development and the improvement of people's quality of life has been strengthened. The information technology industry has developed into a leading, strategic and basic industry to promote the high-quality development of the national economy.

First, the scale of the information technology industry continues to expand

The number of information technology companies has multiplied. By the end of 2018, the number of corporate enterprises in the information technology industry, including the four major industries of computer, communications and other electronic equipment manufacturing, telecommunications, radio and television and satellite transmission services, Internet and related services, and software and information technology services, had reached 1.047 million, an increase of 2.6 times over the end of 2013. Its assets totaled 26.9 trillion yuan, an increase of 98.8% over the end of 2013; Its operating income for the year was 18.5 trillion yuan, an increase of 62.7 percent over 2013.

The manufacturing capacity of electronic products has been continuously improved. By the end of 2018, the number of legal enterprises in the computer, communications and other electronic equipment manufacturing industry was 134,000, an increase of 81.8% over the end of 2013; Its assets totaled 11.7 trillion yuan, an increase of 1.0 times over the end of 2013; Its operating income for the year was 11.5 trillion yuan, an increase of 40.6% over 2013. From a worldwide perspective, most of the electronic communication products represented by mobile phones and computers are manufactured in China.

The software industry is developing rapidly. While the "hardware" industry is growing fast, the software industry is growing faster. By the end of 2018, the number of legal persons in the software and information technology service industry was 768,000, an increase of 3.2 times over the end of 2013; Assets totaled 6.7 trillion yuan, an increase of 1.6 times; Its operating income for the year was 3.4 trillion yuan, an increase of 1.7 times over 2013.

The Internet industry is expanding by spurt. By the end of 2018, the number of legal persons in the Internet and related service industries was 120,000, an increase of 3.8 times over the end of 2013; Assets totaled 2.6 trillion yuan, an increase of 4.4 times; Its operating income for the year was 1.7 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.5 times over 2013. The Internet and related services have become one of the fastest growing industries in the development of the national economy.

The development of the telecommunications industry has reached a new level. By the end of 2018, there were 25,000 legal enterprises in the telecommunications, radio, television and satellite transmission services, a 1.2 times increase over the end of 2013. Assets totaled 5.9 trillion yuan, up 25.7%; Its operating income for the year was 1.9 trillion yuan, an increase of 10.2% over 2013. China ranks first in the world in the number of telephone users, the number of fixed broadband users, the number of mobile phone base stations, and the length of optical cable lines. In 2018, Beidou began to provide global services; In 2019, 5G was officially put into commercial use, and the telecommunications industry has continued to develop steadily and is moving to a new level.

Second, the structure of the information technology industry has been continuously improved

In the past five years, China's information technology industry has undergone profound changes, the industrial status has been continuously improved, the industrial structure has been continuously optimized, and the industrial development has been expanding into service and network.

The proportion of the information technology industry in the national economy has increased. In 2018, the added value of the information technology industry accounted for 5.8% of the GDP, 1.2 percentage points higher than that in 2013. At the end of 2018, the number of enterprises, total assets and operating income in the information technology industry accounted for the proportion of secondary and tertiary industries to different degrees than that at the end of 2013.

The information technology industry is expanding from manufacturing to service. The information technology industry is both a manufacturing industry and a service industry. In terms of the proportion of manufacturing and service industries in the information technology industry, by the end of 2018, the number of corporate enterprises in the information transmission, software and information technology service industries, including the three major industries of telecommunications, radio, television and satellite transmission services, Internet and related services, and software and information technology services, accounted for 87.2% of the information technology industry. An increase of 12.3 percentage points over 2013; The annual operating income accounted for 37.9%, an increase of 9.7 percentage points over 2013, while the proportion of computer, communications and other electronic equipment manufacturing declined correspondingly.

The network development trend of information technology industry is obvious. From the perspective of the structure of the information transmission, software and information technology service industry, the number of legal persons in the Internet and related service industry accounted for 13.2% of the information transmission, software and information technology service industry at the end of 2018, an increase of 1.8 percentage points over the end of 2013; The proportion of operating income in the year reached 24.9%, an increase of 16.5 percentage points over 2013.

Third, the new generation of information technology continues to make breakthroughs

Over the past five years, the Party Central Committee and The State Council have attached great importance to the development of the new generation of information technology, and made a series of strategic deployments on the development of cloud computing, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, blockchain, 5G and other fields, effectively promoting the breakthrough development of China's new generation of information technology.

The new generation of information technology industry ranks first among the nine strategic emerging industries. The new generation of information technology industry includes the next generation of information network industry, electronic core industry, emerging software and new information technology services, Internet and cloud computing big data services, artificial intelligence and other industries, its application across the national economy in agriculture, industry and service industry three major industries. In 2018, the new generation of information technology industry accounted for about 40% of the added value of strategic emerging industries in services, accounting for more than 30% of the added value of industrial strategic emerging industries, and its application in agriculture is also expanding, and the new generation of information technology industry has become the largest strategic emerging industry.

The new generation of information technology industry is accelerating. In 2018, calculated at current prices, the industrial added value of the new generation of information technology industry increased by 1.4 times compared with the first statistical increase in 2014; It accounted for 30.9% of the added value of industrial strategic emerging industries, an increase of 6.1 percentage points over 2014. Industrial enterprises above designated size produced 185.26 billion integrated circuits, an increase of 1.0 times over 2013. 240 million kilometers of optical fiber, 5.1 times more than the first statistics in 2014; Industrial robots, civilian drones, smart bracelets and other new products began mass production in recent years, and the output in 2018 was 183,000 units, 3.088 million units and 25.272 million units, respectively. From the national point of view, soon after the popularization of 4G, 5G is coming, and the trend of information technology development is rolling forward.

Four. Progress in information technology is playing an increasingly important role as an engine for economic and social development

Science and technology are the primary productive forces and a powerful driving force for the rapid development of the national economy. Over the past five years, the leading role of the information technology industry in the economy has been increasingly enhanced, and the products and services created have provided a strong driving force for the transformation and upgrading of various sectors of the national economy, improving quality and efficiency, and achieving high-quality development. Information technology has been internalized into an indispensable internal production factor in the production and operation process of enterprises. The national economy is being upgraded from "integration of industrialization and information technology" to "integration of digital economy and real economy".

The level of informatization in the production and operation of various enterprises is constantly improving. At the end of 2018, in enterprises above designated size in most industries, an average of 51.1 computers were used per household, and 28.7 computers were used per 100 employees, and the application of computers in enterprises was rapidly popularized. 84.4 percent of enterprises have realized the informatization of financial management, 43.8 percent of enterprises have realized the informatization of purchase, sales and inventory management, 32.8 percent of enterprises have realized the informatization of human resources management, and 31.4 percent of enterprises have realized the informatization of customer management. Among industrial enterprises above designated size, 45.1% of enterprises use the Internet or internal network in the production process, 28.6% of enterprises use the automatic control of the production process, and 15% of enterprises track and monitor the product production process online.

The information technology industry has driven the development of related industries. Driven by the penetration, reengineering and support of the whole process of the great development of the information technology industry, online shopping, take-out food and other blowout growth. In 2018, 50.71 billion express deliveries were delivered nationwide, 4.5 times more than in 2013, driving the rapid development of express delivery, warehousing and other related industries. By the end of 2018, there were 570,000 legal persons in the transportation, warehousing and postal sectors, 1.3 times more than at the end of 2013; Its assets totaled 35.2 trillion yuan, an increase of 86.7% over the end of 2013; Its operating income for the year was 8.6 trillion yuan, an increase of 57.1 percent over 2013.

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.