The latest report on the development of China's geographic information industry shows that based on spatiotemporal data services, China's geographic information industry is steadily growing, with new scenarios, new tracks, and new driving forces accelerating, and the total output value exceeding 800 billion yuan in 2023. The report released at the 2024 China Geographic Information Industry Conference held in Kunming, Yunnan recently showed that China's geographic information industry will grow by 4.2% in 2023, with a total output value of 811.1 billion yuan, a compound annual growth rate of 6.4% in the past 5 years, and a compound annual growth rate of 12.1% in the past 10 years; There are approximately 223000 employing units and over 4.073 million employees. Currently, global digital development is accelerating, and spatiotemporal information and positioning navigation services have become important new infrastructure. The potential of spatiotemporal data services in the geographic information industry is constantly being unleashed. Vice Minister of Natural Resources Liu Guohong stated at the 2024 China Geographic Information Industry Conference that we will further improve industrial policies, optimize the business environment, establish and improve the classification and grading protection system and safety supervision system for geographic information data, support the deep integration of geographic information with intelligent connected vehicles, platform economy, and low altitude economy, strengthen the cultivation of new quality productivity in geographic information, and unleash the integration efficiency of the real economy and digital economy. Liu Guohong said that efforts will be made to build a three-dimensional China, promoting the transformation of geographic information data resources from land to sea, from surface to underwater, from two-dimensional to three-dimensional, and from hierarchical dispersion to integration; Strengthen the supply of public data resources, promote market-oriented allocation of data elements, establish and improve data circulation and trading systems, mechanisms for paid use and profit distribution of public data, and encourage social forces to collect, process, and value add geographic information data resources in accordance with laws and regulations; Accelerate the transformation and upgrading of the new generation geographic information public service platform, promote the large-scale application of Beidou, advance the empowerment of real-time three-dimensional spatiotemporal information, and support enterprises to "go global". The report shows that the foundation of China's spatiotemporal data industry is constantly consolidating, and the spatiotemporal digital foundation is continuously building. By the end of 2023, the number of Beidou navigation satellites in orbit in China has increased to 48, and about 32000 satellite navigation and positioning reference stations have been built nationwide. Beidou high-precision positioning is increasingly becoming a standard configuration for in vehicle terminals, smartphones, and smart wearable devices. High tech has become the mainstay of China's geographic information industry. Li Weisen, President of the China Geographic Information Industry Association, said that among the top 100 companies in the geographic information industry in 2024, national high-tech enterprises account for 92%. Among the most dynamic small and medium-sized enterprises in the geographic information industry in 2024, national high-tech enterprises account for 100%. Among the 100 "Most Promising Enterprises in the Geographic Information Industry in 2024" released by the China Geographic Information Industry Association, national high-tech enterprises account for 94%. (New Society)