On December 23, the reporter learned from the State Administration for Market Regulation that according to statistics from the National Organization Unified Social Credit Code Data Service Center, as of November 30, 2024, the total number of enterprises in China's digital economy core industry reached 4.5741 million, an increase of 17.99% compared to the end of 2023, showing a rapid growth trend. From the perspective of industry classification, the number of digital technology application enterprises in China has reached 2.1669 million, the number of digital factor driven enterprises has reached 1.9625 million, the number of digital product service enterprises has reached 236300, and the number of digital product manufacturing enterprises has reached 208200, with an increase of 17.60%, 19.64%, 16.70%, and 8.92% respectively compared to the end of 2023. From a regional distribution perspective, the number of core digital economy enterprises in Guangdong, Zhejiang, and Shandong provinces ranks among the top three in the country, with 753500, 440400, and 400300 respectively, accounting for 16.47%, 9.62%, and 8.75% of the national total, respectively. Compared with the end of 2023, they have increased by 16.68%, 21.31%, and 14.69% respectively. Industry insiders have stated that the rapid growth trend of the number of core industries in China's digital economy indicates that measures such as accelerating the construction of a digital economy development system and mechanism, promoting innovation in the development of the digital economy, have played a significant role in accelerating the integration of the digital economy and the real economy, promoting digital industrialization and industrial digitization. (New Society)