China Economic Times: Han Qinghua
The Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Further Deepening Reform and Promoting Chinese-style Modernization adopted at the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China pointed out that "promote the comprehensive pilot demonstration of the expansion and opening up of the service industry, and encourage professional service institutions to improve their international service capabilities".
On July 26, the 2024 National Digital Service Export Base Work Exchange Conference was held in Chengdu. Guided by the Quota and License Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce, the Sichuan Provincial Department of Commerce, the Chengdu Municipal Bureau of Commerce, and the Management Committee of Chengdu High-tech Zone, supported by the National Digital Service Export Base Industry Alliance and the Chengdu Opening-up and Cooperation Promotion Center, and hosted by Chengdu Tianfu Software Park, the exchange meeting brought together outstanding representatives of 12 national digital service export bases, brought new technologies, new products, new services and new scenarios in the field of digital trade, and worked together to discuss new trends and opportunities in digital service trade.
Representatives of outstanding enterprises in the national digital service export base gathered
In April 2020, the Ministry of Commerce, together with the Cyberspace Administration of China and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, jointly recognized the National Digital Services Export Base as an important carrier for the development of digital trade and a cluster area for digital service exports, and the first batch of 12 parks includes Chengdu Tianfu Software Park, Beijing Zhongguancun Software Park, and Shanghai Pudong Software Park. At this exchange meeting, representatives of outstanding enterprises from the national digital service export base gathered together to show their demeanor and achievements in the field of digital service export.
In the booming wave of digital trade, artificial intelligence is not only synonymous with technological innovation, but also a key driving force to promote digital trade to a higher level. Hangzhou Lianhui Technology Co., Ltd. is one of the earliest companies in China to independently develop large-scale pre-trained algorithm models. Zhao Tiancheng, CEO and chief scientist of the company, not only deeply analyzed the cutting-edge trends and potential of multi-modal large model technology, but also shared the company's experience and experience in the process of promoting business internationalization and enterprises going overseas. He said that by continuously optimizing the algorithm model, it can help overseas enterprises better adapt to the language and market needs of different countries and regions, and achieve digital transformation and business growth.
Like Lianhui Technology, more and more new-generation enterprises in the digital field are actively coming to the foreground and becoming an important force in global digital trade. Focusing on the theme of "Internationalization of Digital Products: Practice and Exploration Across National Borders", Ge Liuming, Regional Platform Manager of Glodon Technology Co., Ltd., a representative enterprise of Beijing Zhongguancun Software Park, shared the company's strategic layout, successful cases, challenges and coping strategies to promote the internationalization of digital products on a global scale, and elaborated on how the company uses digital technologies such as BIM, big data, Internet of Things, and industry AI to help the transformation and upgrading of the construction industry.
Xia Jingkai, Regional Director of Open Source Consensus (Shanghai) Network Technology Co., Ltd. (Open Source China), emphasized in his sharing that in today's globalization, the software service industry is integrating into and shaping the competitive landscape of the international market at an unprecedented speed. Through open source sharing, it not only greatly lowers the threshold of technological innovation, promotes the free flow and sharing of technical knowledge, but also provides a strong driving force for software service enterprises to quickly respond to changes in the international market and flexibly adjust product strategies.
Not only that, digitalization also provides more possibilities for the dissemination and innovation of the content side, and digital cultural trade has increasingly become a new engine for the growth of cultural trade scale and structural optimization. Yang Liang Sijia, Operations Director of Chengdu Perfect Tianzhiyou Technology Co., Ltd., deeply analyzed the current situation of Chinese mobile games going overseas. She pointed out that with the acceleration of globalization, China's game industry is ushering in unprecedented opportunities to go global, but also facing challenges such as cultural adaptation and market competition. She called on Chinese game companies to actively respond to challenges, continue to innovate, deepen cultural integration, strengthen international cooperation, and jointly promote the prosperity and development of China's game industry in the global market.
At the exchange meeting, Qi Haitao, CEO of Devott Group and President of Devott Industry Research Institute, Zhao Bangjun, General Manager of Business Department of Xinhuaxin (Dalian) Software Service Co., Ltd., Yu Yue, General Manager of Thundersoft Intelligent Business, Cai Shuhui, Director of Government Affairs of Guangzhou Titan Technology Co., Ltd., Zhang Jigang, CEO of Shandong Huazhi Big Data Co., Ltd., Dai Xiaodong, General Manager of Zhejiang Zhongpulian Technology Co., Ltd., and other entrepreneur representatives from various bases also discussed the trend of digital service export market. Topics such as the base enterprises seizing new opportunities for international cooperation were discussed.
Discuss new opportunities for development in the era of digital trade
In the face of the new normal of the global economy and the rapid development of the digital economy, this industry exchange meeting also invited industry experts to share the theme to help participants deeply understand the development trend and challenges of digital service trade in the new era, grasp the new opportunities brought about by the reconstruction of the global value chain and digital technology innovation, and point out the direction for the high-quality development of digital service trade.
Zhao Jinping, former director and researcher of the Foreign Economic Research Department of the Development Research Center of the State Council and vice president of the China Association of Trade in Services, emphasized in the sharing that to accelerate the cultivation of new advantages in international competition in the export of digital services, it is necessary to strengthen digital infrastructure, promote technological innovation, optimize the policy environment, cultivate and introduce talents, and strengthen international cooperation.
In the context of the restructuring of the global value chain, what are the development trends worth paying attention to in the development of digital service trade? Tu Xinquan, dean of the China WTO Research Institute of the University of International Business and Economics and a foreign trade expert of the Economic and Trade Policy Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Commerce, analyzed that China's total digital economy ranks second in the world, and digital technology not only promotes the upgrading of intelligent production, laying the foundation for the transformation from "Made in China" to "Made in China", but also opens up new business development space for mainland export enterprises, and provides efficient solutions in the whole process of "going to sea".
In order to help participating companies broaden their international horizons, understand the latest global development trends and cutting-edge trends, explore potential business cooperation opportunities, promote the implementation of projects, and realize the optimal allocation and sharing of resources, the exchange meeting also set up an overseas opportunity sharing session. In his video speech, Valentin · Makarov, Chairman of the Russia Software Industry Association, gave an in-depth analysis of the advantages and cooperation potential of China and Russia in the software industry, and introduced the opportunities in the Russia software industry market. He emphasized the unique advantages of China and Russia, and looked forward to the broad prospects of joint digital trade cooperation between the two sides.
Subsequently, Xia Yuliang, general manager of Shenzhen Lanqiao Culture Co., Ltd., elaborated on the current situation and development opportunities of the digital economy in Eurasia around the "opportunities in the digital transformation of the Eurasian region", and provided valuable market insights and cooperation guidelines for the participants.
At the same time, in view of the overseas expansion issues that enterprises are concerned about, this exchange meeting also invited overseas consulting experts and fund investment experts to give special lectures. Ye Tianbin, an enterprise going global consulting expert from Huawei Cloud Computing Co., Ltd., introduced the opportunities and challenges faced by enterprises in the process of internationalization, as well as the key strategies and practical cases for successful going global, in the theme sharing of "New Journey of Going Global - From Going Global to Taking Global Roots".
How does the professional guidance fund drive the innovation and development of digital trade? Huang Huang, General Manager of the Digital Economy Investment and Development Department of the Service Trade Innovation and Development Guidance Fund, introduced the investment strategy, key focus directions and successful cases of the Service Trade Fund in the field of digital economy, and encouraged enterprises to strengthen technological innovation and model innovation, use the support of professional funds to accelerate the expansion of overseas markets, enhance international competitiveness, and jointly promote the prosperity and development of China's digital service export industry.
The industrial environment continues to be optimized, and Chengdu's digital trade has entered the fast lane of development
In recent years, the competent departments of commerce of Sichuan Province and Chengdu Municipality have vigorously promoted the development of the digital service export industry, and the development momentum of digital trade has been strong. Through the construction of national digital service export bases and other platforms, the scale of digital trade has continued to expand, and the trade volume has grown steadily. Tianfu Software Park, located in Chengdu High-tech Zone, as the only national digital service export base in the western region, was rated as "excellent" in the base review in September 2023, ranking second in the country in terms of comprehensive score.
At present, Chengdu Tianfu Software Park has gathered many Fortune 500 companies and well-known enterprises at home and abroad, including IBM, SAP, EMC, Alibaba, Tencent, etc., and a number of digital service export star enterprises such as XGIMI Technology and TD Tech Technology have emerged, and Huawei has jointly built public service platforms such as Huawei (Chengdu) Digital Service Innovation Center, and new business products such as digital games and digital education in the park continue to expand the international market. In the future, Tianfu Software Park will continue to promote the construction of the base and cultivate a number of innovative and competitive high-quality digital trade enterprises. At the same time, adhering to the concept of open development, we will actively integrate into the global digital trade system, strengthen exchanges and cooperation with advanced regions at home and abroad, jointly explore new models and paths of digital trade, and contribute to the rapid development of the digital service export industry.