The Digital China Development Index has maintained a steady growth of over 10% in the past three years; In 2024, China's AI patents will account for 61.5% of the world's total; As of the first quarter of this year, the proportion of intelligent computing in the "East West Computing" hub nodes has exceeded 80%... The latest research data released by relevant ministries and authoritative research institutions shows that China's digital economy continues to improve in quality and efficiency, digital technology innovation has reached a new level, and digital infrastructure has achieved new leaps. Stability and Quality Improvement: The Digital China Development Index has grown by over 10% for three consecutive years. Recently, the "Digital China Development Index System" and the Digital China Development Index were released to the public. This indicator system covers 10 primary indicators such as digital economy, digital government, and digital culture, as well as 47 secondary indicators, comprehensively reflecting the effectiveness of digital empowerment of economic and social development and the basic capabilities of digital development. Research shows that based on 2020, the Digital China Development Index for 2024 is 150.51, a year-on-year increase of 10.65%. Looking at different fields, in 2024, the growth rate of five primary indicators, including digital infrastructure, digital technology, digital security, data elements, and digital society, will maintain double-digit growth, reflecting that China's new infrastructure construction is more perfect, technological innovation and industrial innovation are deeply integrated, and data development and utilization are accelerating. The "Digital China Development Report (2024)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Report") recently released by the National Data Administration also confirms the trend of steadily improving the quality of digital China construction. The report shows that the Digital China Development Index has maintained a steady growth of over 10% in the past three years. The development of the digital economy will improve quality and efficiency. By 2024, the added value of core industries in the digital economy will account for about 10% of the gross domestic product. It is worth mentioning that innovative vitality is emerging in the digital field, among which digital economy unicorn enterprises are typical representatives of digital economy innovation and development. The "Research Report on the Development of Digital Economy Unicorns" recently released by the National Institute of Data Development shows that by 2024, China's digital technology application, digital efficiency improvement, digital factor driven, digital product manufacturing, and service industry unicorns will each account for about a quarter. This reflects the balanced and comprehensive development pattern of China's digital economy, where digital transformation covers all aspects of the real economy and forms a diverse and integrated innovation ecosystem. ”Hu Jianbo, President of the National Institute of Data Development, said. Technology innovation: China's AI patents account for 61.5% of the world's total. According to more than one data, current digital technology innovation has reached a new level, stimulating the endogenous power of digital economy development. Taking artificial intelligence technology as an example, the report shows that China accounted for 61.5% of the 45000 newly disclosed generative artificial intelligence patents worldwide in 2024. Especially, the large model technology is constantly iterating and upgrading, and its performance and application level are steadily improving. At present, more and more enterprises are accelerating the development and implementation of new technologies and products, promoting the continuous emergence of new formats and hotspots in digital consumption. China FAW recently launched OpenMind, an enterprise intelligent agent developed based on Alibaba's Tongyi big model. The automotive industry is undergoing an unprecedented digital transformation. Intelligent agents can accurately identify user business intentions through multiple rounds of dialogue, gradually obtain relevant information, and have functions such as daily business processing, policy consultation, and knowledge retrieval, effectively improving the operational efficiency of enterprises, "said a person in charge of China FAW. Artificial intelligence technology has become a breakthrough point, and intelligent terminals have ushered in new growth space. ”Tian Mi, Chief Technology Officer of Xueersi, said that by equipping DeepSeek and the Nine Chapters Dual Core Big Model, enterprises are accelerating the research and development of intelligent terminals such as learning machines and upgrading them, deeply integrating big models with educational expertise, and strengthening intelligent interaction and precise analysis capabilities for users. The National Data Resource Survey Report (2024) shows that the number of enterprises developing or applying artificial intelligence in 2024 increased by 36% year-on-year, while data technology enterprises and data application enterprises using big models increased by 57.21% and 37.14% respectively. The continuous advancement of technological applications has also led global investors to remain optimistic about China's artificial intelligence and data industries. Professor Jiang Xiaojuan from the University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences recently stated at the 8th Digital China Construction Summit that in 2024, the proportion of Chinese technology companies listed on the US stock market will be 24%, the highest in nearly a decade. More importantly, the rapid entry of long-term capital is promising for China's AI and data industries. Digital infrastructure leap: Smart computing accounts for 32% of the total computing power scale. While digital technology continues to innovate, digital infrastructure continues to solidify and accelerate its leap. Not long ago, the world's first commercial intelligent computing Ascend super node was released in the China Telecom Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area (Shaoguan) computing power cluster and has now been commercially launched, marking the injection of a new generation of intelligent computing power into the national level computing hub node of the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area. We will incorporate the intelligent computing upgrade super node into the national computing power system, providing services to the whole country. At the same time, we will combine the hierarchical layout of general computing, intelligent computing, and super computing in the Greater Bay Area to provide users with integrated training and promotion, cloud intelligence, and super intelligence capabilities, serving thousands of industries, "said the person in charge of China Telecom. The accelerated popularization of artificial intelligence has put forward higher requirements for the intelligence level of digital information infrastructure. According to data, as of the first quarter of this year, the total computing power of the eight major hub nodes of "East Data West Computing" in China has reached 21.55 trillion floating point operations per second, of which the intelligent computing power accounts for 80.8% of the total computing power of the hub nodes. Overall, the National Data Resource Survey Report (2024) shows that the proportion of intelligent computing power in the total computing power scale will increase to 32% by 2024. At the same time, the foundation of China's digital infrastructure continues to solidify: the world's largest mobile communication and fiber broadband network has been built; As of the end of March, the total number of 5G base stations reached 4.395 million, and the number of 10G PON ports with gigabit network service capabilities reached 29.25 million... Next, China will systematically promote the layout of digital infrastructure. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has clarified that it will expand the coverage of gigabit networks and orderly promote the evolution and upgrading of 5G networks. Enhance the independent supply capability of advanced computing power and promote the ubiquitous interconnection of cloud network edge computing facilities. 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