Recently, the China Communications Standards Association released the "Database Development Research Report (2024)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Report") and the "China Database Industry Map (2024)" at the main forum of the 2024 Trusted Database Development Conference, comprehensively analyzing key elements such as the global database industry market size, regional distribution, development cycle, talent scale, and product types, providing reference for studying the current status and development prospects of database applications. He Baohong, chairman of the Internet and Application Technology Working Committee of China Communications Standardization Association, said that driven by the new wave of artificial intelligence, the global database industry has been constantly changing, and the multi strong competition pattern has gradually formed. Thanks to the guidance of national strategy, China's database industry has entered a period of vigorous development and critical application. According to the report, the global database market size will exceed 100 billion US dollars for the first time in 2023, with the Chinese database market size reaching 7.41 billion US dollars (approximately 52.24 billion yuan), accounting for 7.34% of the global market. As of June 2024, there are a total of 518 database product providers worldwide, with 167 companies from China and the United States, accounting for 32.2% respectively. It is expected that by 2028, the total size of China's database market will reach 93.029 billion yuan, with a compound annual growth rate of 12.23%. In terms of development cycle, the report analyzes that global databases have entered a period of vigorous development after the 21st century, reaching a peak of development around 2020, and the number of new enterprises has gradually decreased in recent years. The database industry in our country is in line with the global development trend, and has experienced prosperous development since 2013. However, since 2022, the number of new enterprise additions has shown a downward trend. He Baohong believes that China's database industry is currently undergoing a critical transition from a "quantity based" to a "quality based" development. In terms of talent scale, the report shows that the number of technical personnel employed by global database enterprises has exceeded 100000, and the talent scale in China has been expanding year by year. There are about 20000 technical personnel working in database enterprises in our country, with an average of about 200 employees per enterprise. However, the number of senior development talents for database cores urgently needs to be increased, "said He Baohong. In terms of open source products, the report analyzes that open source databases emerged in the 1990s and rapidly developed after 2006. From 2011 to 2020, they entered a peak period of development, with a large number of open source database products continuously launched. Open source products in our country began in 2010 and have seen a significant increase in quantity since 2019. He Baohong believes that the proportion of open source databases in China is still relatively low compared to the international market, and there is vast room for future development. As China's database application innovation deepens and becomes more practical, gradually upgrading from peripheral systems to core systems, it will continuously promote the transformation of organizational intelligence to improve quality and efficiency, vigorously activate the value of data elements, help cultivate new quality productivity, and promote the deep integration of digital economy and real economy He Baohong said. (New Society)