The reporter recently learned from the Ministry of industry and information technology that in recent years, China's digital economy has developed vigorously, and the industrial scale has continued to grow rapidly, ranking second in the world for several years. Statistical calculation data show that from 2012 to 2021, the scale of China's digital economy increased from 11 trillion yuan to more than 45 trillion yuan, and the proportion of digital economy in GDP increased from 21.6% to 39.8%. The construction of new infrastructure has been accelerated, and digital industrialization has been further promoted. By the end of May this year, China has built the world's largest and technologically leading network infrastructure, and all prefecture level cities have fully built optical network cities, with Gigabit users exceeding 50million, 5g base stations reaching 1.7 million, and 5g mobile phone users exceeding 420million. In 2021, the added value of the electronic information manufacturing industry above the national scale increased by 15.7% over the previous year, and the growth rate hit a new high in recent 10 years; The business income of software and information technology service industry, Internet and related service enterprises maintained a high growth rate of 17.7% and 16.9%. Big data, cloud computing and artificial intelligence have accelerated their integration into industries such as industry, energy, medical treatment, transportation, education and agriculture. By the end of June this year, industrial Internet applications have covered 45 major categories of the national economy, and the high-quality external network of industrial Internet has covered more than 300 cities. In 2021, the online retail sales of physical goods in China exceeded 10 trillion yuan for the first time, with a year-on-year increase of 12.0%; There were 151.228 billion mobile payment businesses, with a year-on-year increase of 22.73%. It is understood that during the "14th five year plan" period, relevant departments will strengthen the research on Key Technologies of digital economy, accelerate the promotion of digital industrialization, and help the high-quality development of economy and society. (Xinhua News Agency)