On the afternoon of August 21st, the State Council held its third special study on the theme of "accelerating the development of the digital economy and promoting the deep integration of digital technology and the real economy". Premier Li Qiang presided over a special study. Chen Chun, academician of the CAE Member, made a presentation. Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang, Zhang Guoqing, and Liu Guozhong of the State Council delivered exchange speeches. Li Qiang pointed out that China has multiple advantages such as a super large-scale market, massive data resources, and rich application scenarios. The development of the digital economy has broad space, and it is necessary to coordinate development and security, leverage advantages, seize the opportunity, and collaborate to promote digital industrialization and industrial digitization, and continuously achieve new breakthroughs in the development of the digital economy. We must firmly base ourselves on independent innovation, leverage the advantages of the new national system, strengthen basic research and research, strengthen research and development of cutting-edge technologies, and fight for key core technologies. We should focus on the forefront of digital industrialization strategy, vigorously develop the core industries of the digital economy, promote the development of digital industry clusters, play a leading role in leading enterprises, and promote cooperation among large, small, and medium-sized enterprises. We should base ourselves on the characteristics and differentiated needs of different industries, grasp the direction of digitization, networking, and intelligence, use digital technology to comprehensively and comprehensively transform traditional industries, promote the digitization of manufacturing, service, agriculture, and other industries, and reduce the cost of digital transformation for small and medium-sized enterprises. We should continue to moderately advance the construction of digital infrastructure, innovate the development and utilization mechanism of data elements, strengthen talent cultivation and introduction, and enhance the professional quality of cadres, in order to consolidate the basic support capacity for the development of the digital economy. Li Qiang pointed out that the development of the digital economy cannot do without a good environment. We need to strengthen the system concept, strengthen cross departmental collaboration and linkage, gather the joint efforts of all parties, and accelerate the implementation of major tasks and projects. We must adhere to promoting development and regulatory norms, uphold an inclusive and prudent regulatory attitude, improve the level of normalized regulation, especially enhance the predictability of regulation, improve laws, regulations, and policy systems, and continuously improve the governance system of the digital economy. We should actively explore new models of cross-border data management and actively participate in international cooperation in the digital economy. (New News Agency)