National Development and Reform Commission High-Tech Department: Step-by-step layout, cultivate ecology, empower digital intelligence, and cultivate and strengthen emerging industries and future industries.

On the afternoon of March 7th, Bai Jingyu, Director of the Innovation and High-Tech Development Department of the National Development and Reform Commission, stated at a press conference held by the State Council Information Office that the new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation is accelerating breakthroughs, leading to the emergence of a large number of new technologies, new industries, new formats, and new models, providing rare opportunities for China's modernization construction. The "Outline" makes specific arrangements for nurturing and strengthening emerging industries and future industries, as well as for digital development. In terms of major tasks, it can be summarized as hierarchical layout, ecological cultivation, and digital empowerment. Specifically, it includes the following three aspects: first, hierarchical layout, constructing a hierarchical structure of strategic emerging industries, emerging pillar industries, and future industries; second, ecological cultivation, creating an industrial development ecosystem that is led by innovation, driven by demand, gathers elements, adapts to local conditions, and is effectively regulated; third, digital empowerment, promoting economic and social development by empowering with computing power, algorithms, efficient data supply, and data technology, and advancing the construction of Digital China.