Highlights of the blueprint for China's digital economy in 2021-2025

Updated: Jan 14, 2022 chinadaily.com.cn Print

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A staff member displays a smart mirror at the China International Digital Economy Expo 2021 in Shijiazhuang, North China's Hebei province, Sept 7, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]

China's State Council on Jan 12 unveiled a plan to further promote the development of the digital economy during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-25), which is also the first national-level special plan on the digital economy. Here are some highlights from the guideline:

A man experiences a 5G+VR racing cockpit at the China International Digital Economy Expo 2021 in Shijiazhuang, North China's Hebei province, on Sept 7, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]

Key numbers:

- By 2025, the added value of the core industries in the digital economy is expected to account for 10 percent of GDP, up from 7.8 percent in 2020.

- The number of users of the Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) based services is expected to hit 800 million by 2025, compared to 460 million in 2020.

A man walks past the 5G exhibition area at the China International Digital Economy Expo 2021 in Shijiazhuang, North China's Hebei province, Sept 6, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]

- The number of China's gigabit broadband users is expected to jump from 6.4 million in 2020 to 60 million in 2025.

- The size of the software and information technology service sector is expected to grow from 8.16 trillion yuan in 2020 to 14 trillion yuan in 2025.

A woman interacts with a service robot during the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services in Beijing, on Sept 6, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]

- Online retail sales and the size of e-commerce is expected to be 17 trillion yuan and 46 trillion yuan in 2025.

- The penetration rate of industrial internet platform application is expected to jump from 14.7 percent in 2020 to 45 percent in 2025.

A correspondent views a 3D display product at the Smart China Expo 2021 in Chongqing, Southwest China, Aug 22, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]

The plan also details key tasks in eight areas:

- Optimizing and upgrading digital infrastructure

Giving full play to the role of data elements

- Moving forward digital transformation of industries

- Speeding up the digital industrialization

- Enhancing the digitization of public services

A visitor scans the QR code to learn about recruitment needs of digital economy talents during the Light of Internet Expo of the 2020 World Internet Conference (WIC) in Wuzhen, East China's Zhejiang province, Nov 22, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]

- Setting up a sound digital economy governance system

- Strengthening the security system of the digital economy

- Expanding international cooperation on the digital economy