Liu Liehong: Accelerate the construction of high-quality industry datasets and increase investment in the data industry.

On September 20th, Liu Liehong, member of the Party Group of the National Development and Reform Commission and Director of the National Bureau of Statistics, attended and delivered a speech at the 2025 World Manufacturing Conference held in Hefei, Anhui. Liu Liehong emphasized the need to increase investment in the field of data, with manufacturing companies placing the same emphasis on the development and utilization of data resources as they do on technology research and development and equipment updates. It is important to increase investment throughout the entire process of data collection, storage, processing, management, and use, accelerate the construction of high-quality industry datasets, and empower the implementation of "artificial intelligence +" in industries and enterprises. It is necessary to invest more in the data industry, actively foster various types of data enterprises such as data resources, technology, services, applications, security, and infrastructure. It is important to cultivate a market awareness of paying for high-quality data, forming a consensus on "paying for high-quality data" similar to purchasing advanced equipment and introducing cutting-edge technology, so that data can be used and value-added in its flow, truly establishing a good situation where data can be supplied, flowed, used well, and kept secure. It is essential to collectively prevent and eliminate "insular" competition, with enterprises, especially leading enterprises with strong digital capabilities, relying on innovation-driven and data-driven development.