China in the Internet Age

 

  In 1969, when the Internet first appeared, people never imagined that it would penetrate into all fields of economic and social life with its unstoppable trend 30 years later. Nowadays, the gradual integration of the Internet and traditional industries and the increasingly blending of industrial boundaries have given birth to a new model of industrial development led by the Internet. With the rapid development of modern information network technologies such as big data and cloud computing, the Internet has further intensified the changes in the world economy, built a global industrial innovation and commercial marketing network, and will continue to be the main engine to promote economic and social development and lead the world to the future. On April 20, 1994, China fully accessed the Internet through the 64K international dedicated line, which opened the Internet era in China and became an indispensable part of the work and life of hundreds of millions of people. China has become a veritable Internet power.

 

  Internet has penetrated into all fields of social life.

  How people’s lives are internetized? Let’s first look at a set of data. According to CNNIC data, in 2003, the number of netizens in China was 79 million, and the Internet penetration rate was 4.6%. By the end of 2015, the number of netizens in China had reached 688 million, and the Internet penetration rate was 50.3%, ranking first in the world. The development of mobile Internet is advancing by leaps and bounds. In 2015, the number of mobile Internet users in China was 620 million, with a penetration rate of nearly 90%, which was 30 percentage points higher than that in the world. From the early days of sending e-mails, publishing and inquiring information through the Internet, it has gradually developed into social chatting with QQ, WeChat, online shopping, online map navigation, etc., and the Internet has penetrated into all fields of people’s lives. In 2015, the number of online education users in China reached 110 million, accounting for 16% of netizens; The number of Internet medical users is 152 million, accounting for 22.1% of netizens. The number of online taxi booking users is 96.64 million, and the number of online car booking users is 21.65 million. The inclusive, convenient and sharing characteristics of the Internet have penetrated into the field of public services, accelerated the application of socialization, innovated social governance methods, improved the level of public services, and promoted the improvement of people’s livelihood and social harmony.

China has set off a wave of online movie shooting. According to industry insiders, online movies will be on an equal footing with cinema films in the future, even surpassing traditional cinema films.

  Internet has become the standard of all working departments, from government departments to enterprises, it is more and more widely used to obtain information, process documents and all kinds of exchanges and transactions. According to CNNIC data, by the end of 2015, the proportion of enterprises in China using computers for office work was 95.2%, the proportion using the Internet was 89.0%, the proportion using the Internet through fixed broadband access was 86.3%, and the proportion using mobile broadband was 23.9%. In addition, the proportion of online sales and online procurement is 32.6% and 31.5% respectively, and the proportion of marketing promotion activities using the Internet is 33.8%. Enterprises widely use a variety of internet tools to carry out communication, information acquisition and release, internal management, business services and other activities, and a considerable number of enterprises have applied systematic and integrated internet tools to the whole business processes such as production research and development, procurement and sales, financial management, customer relations, human resources, etc., and transformed the Internet from a single auxiliary tool into enterprise management methods and transformation ideas to help supply chain reform.

  In recent years, the Internet economy has developed rapidly. China’s Internet economy was born in the mid-1990s. Tencent, Baidu and Alibaba were the pioneers and main forces in the development of China’s Internet economy in the early days. Later, Internet companies such as Qihoo, Sina, JD.COM and Renren appeared. At present, BAT (Baidu, Ali and Tencent) has become an internationally renowned Internet giant. Alibaba’s e-commerce enterprises such as Taobao, Tmall, Alipay, JD.COM, Suning and other related service enterprises such as logistics and distribution, warehousing, and network design have formed a new e-commerce ecosystem, leading to the construction of a big platform and a big channel for Internet consumption, so that consumers can shop and consume through the Internet. Relevant data show that in 2015, the scale of e-commerce transactions in China was 20.6 trillion yuan, of which the online retail transaction volume was 3.88 trillion yuan, which was 20.9 percentage points higher than the growth rate of total retail sales of consumer goods in the same period, accounting for 10.8% of the total retail sales of consumer goods. The number of consumers who used online shopping reached 413 million, making it the largest online retail market in the world for three consecutive years. It is estimated that the online retail market in China will reach 6.5 trillion yuan by 2018. And cross-border electronic commerce has become a beautiful landscape. In 2015, the cross-border e-commerce transaction volume exceeded 5 trillion yuan, accounting for 18% of the import and export trade. It has initially realized "buying the world and selling the world" through the Internet, and China residents can buy products from all over the world without leaving home.

 

  Internet promotes a new model of industrial development.

  As early as 2010, the White Paper "The Internet Situation in China" mentioned that the government and people of China are welcoming the arrival of the Internet era with a positive attitude, and China regards the development of the Internet as a major opportunity to promote the cause of reform, opening up and modernization. In essence, the penetration of the Internet into industries is to endow traditional industries with more attributes, raise traditional industries to a new level, and form a qualitative leap of industrial synergy, that is, the original non-Internet business will have a qualitative change of cross-border integration after being connected with the Internet, and this qualitative change is not only to improve efficiency, but also reflected in industrial restructuring.

Many shops in China have posted convenience notices supporting fast payment methods such as UnionPay payment, Alipay payment and WeChat payment.

  Internet promotes the transformation from China manufacturing to China intelligent manufacturing. Through the integration of the Internet and industrial manufacturing, we will lead the manufacturing industry to "digital, networked and intelligent" transformation and upgrading. Germany’s "Industry 4.0" and America’s "Industrial Internet Alliance" all use the advantages of the Internet to enhance the value creativity of industry. The essence of "Made in China 2025" is to realize the progress from an industrial power to an industrial power through the polymerization and fission of the Internet and industry. Relevant data show that in 2014, about 46% of the global output in the global economy benefited from the industrial Internet. By 2020, the global expenditure on the industrial Internet will reach 500 billion US dollars, and by 2030, the industrial Internet will contribute 15 trillion US dollars to the global GDP. Haier’s digital interconnection factory is a typical case. Since 2012, Haier has planned to build a digital interconnected factory. By subverting and upgrading the traditional production mode, it has created an interconnected factory system with on-demand design, on-demand manufacturing and on-demand distribution, so that the whole manufacturing process can be highly flexible and meet the needs of personalized customization. At present, Haier has built four world-leading demonstration interconnected factories, including Shenyang refrigerator and Zhengzhou air conditioner. "Economic Daily" pointed out in the report that Haier’s exploration of the connected factory is to fully meet the individual needs of users around the world. The evaluation given by Xinhua News Agency is, "Behind Haier is the first landing of’ internet plus Household Appliances’. After ten years of exploration, Haier, who is reborn and full of’ interconnected taste’, is ready to come out. "

  The Internet helps agricultural modernization, integrating the Internet and information technology such as perception, transmission, control and operation into all aspects of agricultural production, processing and sales, and realizing the intelligence, standardization and standardization of agriculture, namely, intelligent agriculture mode, agricultural e-commerce mode and Internet agricultural industrial chain mode. Its function not only enables Internet technology to transform agricultural production links and improve agricultural labor productivity and production level, but also uses Internet technology to control the whole production and operation process to ensure product quality, and even uses Internet technology to carry out innovative design of product marketing, so as to realize the traceability of the whole process of agriculture and the intelligent and networked operation of the whole industrial chain. The Internet brings new data, information and new technical means, which makes all links in the agricultural industrial chain and all market segments in the agricultural field have more tools, conditions and possibilities for innovation. Such as the application of Internet of Things in planting and animal husbandry, the application of remote sensing monitoring technology in grassland and fishery, the application of RFID technology in aquaculture, and the application of GPS technology in agricultural machinery. In addition, there are several obvious innovations in Internet agricultural business model, such as: agricultural materials e-commerce, land circulation e-commerce, urban and rural circulation channel reform, agricultural products e-commerce, agricultural big data, agricultural Internet of Things, leisure agriculture Internet platform and so on.

  The Internet has changed the development mode of the service industry. Through Internet transmission and big data, the Internet has penetrated into all fields of the service industry, giving birth to many integrated network service platforms and emerging service models such as O2O. Only Alibaba, its business scope has involved e-commerce, social networks, logistics, finance, tourism, navigation, video entertainment, medical care, education, culture, sports and many other service industries. Around mobile social networking, O2O, LBS, etc., service companies have also developed and launched various applications, including online shopping, group buying, food, life information, maps, travel, weather, navigation, health, movies and so on. "internet plus Communication", QQ, WeChat, Momo, etc. appeared; "internet plus Traffic" has appeared taxi software such as Didi Kuaidi; The intelligent circulation of "internet plus Logistics" makes intelligent logistics scheduling, intelligent logistics rhythm control and intelligent warehouse storage by using information network management and injecting intelligent data analysis. Internet medical treatment includes health education, raw material information inquiry, electronic health records, disease risk assessment, online disease consultation, online registration, online prescription and so on. Internet education has created various P2P interactive and intelligent education platforms, such as Yizuowang. In addition, there are various new service modes based on the Internet, such as Internet tourism and Internet catering.

The 2nd China Digital Reading Conference in 2016

  The Internet has given birth to a new model of inclusive finance and banking services. Through the Internet platform and payment technology, financial institutions are directly connected with enterprises or individuals, which promotes the internetization of financial institutions, enhances their competitiveness in channels, data and technology, and enables Internet enterprises to participate in financial services, enriching traditional financial systems and products, and promoting inclusive finance, thus improving the productivity of the whole industry and promoting the enrichment of financial ecology. At present, the specific models include: internet finance, online payment, P2P network credit, internet banking, crowdfunding financing platform and so on. Its essence is to combine financial services with internet factors, use internet thinking, build a new model of internet financial services, and bring more benefits to financial consumers. At present, all the major banks in China have launched a banking service model led by Internet technology. For example, Ping An Bank has specially set up a network finance division, and built Internet portals for four major customer groups, including Orange E-Net, Pocket Bank, Orange Bank, Bank E-Link and Golden Orange Club. On orange e-net, users can join up with upstream and downstream trading partners to complete online order, online receipt and delivery, online settlement and cancellation of orders, and can carry out online financing, online insurance, investment and wealth management, capital appreciation and other financial management. The whole platform is open to customers free of charge, which greatly reduces the operating costs and financing costs of SMEs.

  The Internet promotes the formation of a unified national market. The internet plus Research Report of Ali Research Institute pointed out that the combination of the Internet and the retail industry promoted the formation of a unified e-commerce market, released huge domestic consumption potential, and promoted the leap-forward development of China’s circulation industry in covering geographical scope and population. At the same time, thanks to the revolution of trading technology and business model, the efficiency and level of the circulation industry have been significantly improved by the Internet. Through the natural attribute of "distance-independent", the Internet has smoothed out the gap between systems and policies in different regions of the country, constructed unified access conditions, trading rules, credit systems, IT services, finance and logistics systems, and formed a de facto unified national market. Ali Research Institute estimates that the transaction efficiency of online retailing is four times that of physical retailing. At the same input cost in 1 yuan, the transaction volume of goods completed by physical retailing is 10.9 yuan, while that of online retailing is 49.6 yuan. The combination of the internet and the circulation industry has greatly released the consumption in the central and western regions and remote areas. Relevant data show that in 2015, the development of e-commerce and express logistics in the central region rose rapidly, and the year-on-year growth rates in Henan and Anhui even exceeded 70%.

 

  Internet facilitates people’s life.

  With the penetration of the Internet into the medical industry, new modes of Internet medical care are constantly emerging, including the registration network to solve the registration problem, the invention of various wearable devices, the APP to manage chronic diseases, and the online consultation of experts and doctors. On December 7, 2015, Wuzhen, Zhejiang Province took the lead in the emergence of the first Internet hospital in China. At present, there have been tool websites represented by registered websites and "360 Good Doctors Search" in the Internet medical industry. Consulting websites represented by "Spring Rain Pocket Doctor", "Seeking medical advice" and "Answering questions"; Major disease triage and referral websites represented by Good Doctor Online. In addition, there are 39 Health Net, which focuses on health education and information, 120ehr Net, which focuses on the collection and application of electronic health records, Yikang Net, which focuses on disease risk assessment, and Lilac Garden website, which focuses on professional doctor information. People can see a doctor at home, and they can make an appointment online in advance to go to the hospital, eliminating the distress of "No.1 is hard to find".

  In the early days, the penetration of the Internet into the travel industry was mainly traditional car rental, special car, driving and other services. Later, carpooling and other services that can realize service sharing gradually appeared, and services were constantly innovated and upgraded. At present, most people have downloaded travel software such as Didi and Uber on their mobile phones, so it is fast and convenient to go out and call a car. In 2015, the proportion of Internet booking for passenger travel by air and railway in China was about 78% and 68% respectively, and the number of users who booked through the Internet exceeded 60%, which was steadily increasing. On the highway side, many highway travel platforms have extended their tentacles to personalized passenger transport business. According to public data, the 12308 national bus ticket is the largest cross-city O2O travel platform in China, which has been extended to 6,391 bus stations in 26 provinces, more than 3,000 cities in China, with the scale of operating lines reaching 3 million/day, and each ticketing cycle (based on 5 days) can put more than 700 million guest resources into the market. In addition, Internet travel platforms such as Ctrip.com, Tuniu.com, and Mama Donkey enable people to book hotels, travel pick-up stations, park tickets, etc. before traveling, and people can enjoy all-round intimate services through the Internet.

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  Internet ordering mode has injected new business opportunities and vitality into the traditional catering service industry, and gradually changed people’s living habits and consumption patterns. All kinds of Internet ordering platforms enable people who don’t want to cook to customize all kinds of delicious food at home through ordering platforms such as "Meituan" and "Hungry", and the food ordered can be delivered to their doors within one hour. Especially in rainy and snowy weather, online ordering allows people to stay at home and enjoy warm food conveniently with only their fingers, which greatly improves people’s quality of life. In 2010, the overall market size of catering industry in China was 1,768.1 billion yuan, and in 2014, it reached 2,813.2 billion yuan in China. In 2015, under the background of rapid economic development in China and the promotion of internet catering mode, the overall market size of catering industry in China reached 3,489.2 billion yuan, and it is estimated that it will reach 4,896.2 billion yuan in 2017.

  In addition to the above-mentioned typical areas, online shopping, buying movie tickets through the Internet platform, paying online fees, receiving education and training online, ordering home decoration services online, finding nannies online, finding hourly workers, etc. At present, almost all areas of people’s lives can enjoy the convenience brought by the Internet. Lu Wei, director of the National Network Information Office, pointed out at the opening ceremony of the second Internet conference, Light of the Internet Expo, held in December 2015: "We should promote the Internet to enter thousands of households, guide the people to understand the world, master information, exchange ideas, innovate and start businesses, improve our lives, and let the fruits of Internet development benefit 1.3 billion people in China and benefit all mankind."

  In the future, the impact of the Internet on people’s lives will be further revealed, and various business models and service models will emerge constantly. China people will enjoy the dividends and benefits brought by the Internet more and more, and China’s Internet economy will also become the core competitiveness of China from a big country to a strong country.

 

  Zhang Li, Deputy Director and Research Fellow, E-commerce Research Department, Research Institute of Ministry of Commerce

  

Can Trump immediately end the Russian-Ukrainian war when he takes office? This may be an illusion.

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Text/Observer Network columnist Zhao Long

Deputy Director and Researcher, Institute of Global Governance, Shanghai Institute of International Studies

Since the beginning of the year, the mentality changes of the United States, Europe, Russia, Ukraine and other parties about the Ukrainian crisis have gone through several obvious stages. On the one hand, "Ukraine can’t lose" is still the clearest target bottom line for the United States, Europe and Ukraine; On the other hand, strategic anxiety and war fatigue are constantly affecting social and political consensus, especially reflected in the domestic political agenda of some countries.

In this context, is a "long ceasefire" equal to a "long peace"? How to define the standard of victory and failure? How to evaluate the future applicability of "East-West Germany" and "Peninsula Model" in Ukraine is no longer a taboo topic discussed by all parties.

After Trump won the election, his campaign slogan of "ending the Ukrainian crisis within 24 hours" ignited the expectations of all parties for a ceasefire.

On November 16th, local time, Ukrainian President Zelensky said in an interview with the media that he was convinced that the war would end "faster than before" after Trump took office, and Ukraine would "make every effort to ensure that the war would end next year".

It is undeniable that in the Trump 2.0 period, Russia and Ukraine resumed some form of contact and even started ceasefire negotiations, which is worth looking forward to. To put it simply, Trump’s position on the Ukrainian crisis may include three aspects:

First, by threatening to interrupt aid, Ukraine was forced to return to the negotiating table and asked to make non-sovereign compromises on territorial issues;

Second, let Europe bear more economic costs, including expanding the procurement of American weapons to aid Ukraine and the main part of the funds needed for post-war reconstruction in Ukraine;

The third is to "freeze conflicts" based on Russia’s actual control line and persuade Russia to complete the transaction.

However, there seems to be some illusion that Trump can quickly end the war. In fact, Trump’s return is a necessary condition for Ukraine to achieve peace, but it is not a sufficient condition. Because although all parties support the resumption of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, there are many differences on what to talk about and how to talk about it.

For example, Europe insists that negotiations must be "beneficial to Ukraine", while Russia emphasizes "based on territorial reality" and the Istanbul Consensus in April 2022. Countries in the south of the world emphasize a ceasefire as soon as possible from the perspective of reducing casualties. According to the experience of various regional conflicts and local wars in the past, after the parties resume contact, they still need to complete a temporary ceasefire, start negotiations, establish a demilitarized zone, sign a ceasefire agreement, and establish an international supervision mechanism, so as to achieve lasting peace.

At the same time, the huge casualties suffered by Russia and Ukraine on the battlefield in the past three years and the contradiction of sovereignty over 18% of Ukraine’s total territory have determined that it is difficult for a single country or individual to achieve a ceasefire and stop the war on its own.

For Trump and his "MAGA" (Make America Great Again) line, reducing the economic cost paid by the American people for the Ukrainian crisis is the core concern. If Europe is willing to bear more economic costs and increase the purchase of American weapons to aid Ukraine, Trump may not exclude the Ukrainian crisis from continuing in a low-intensity way for the sake of maximizing his own interests. Even if the United States completely stops aid, Europe’s commitment and determination to support Ukraine cannot be underestimated, including continuing to break through legal disputes and using frozen Russian assets to aid Ukraine.

What’s more, the "peace plan" proposed by Trump and his team involves "establishing a demilitarized zone according to the existing contact line, Ukraine’s commitment not to join NATO within 20 years, and establishing a ceasefire monitoring mechanism with the participation of a third party". These potential plans have been discussed many times in various second-track dialogues, and they are not very creative new ideas. Among them, European countries, not the United States, are responsible for supervising the implementation of the ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, and the vague statements on sensitive issues such as territorial control and ownership have led all parties to question the enforceability of the "peace plan."

For Russia, compared with the political and economic costs caused by the delay of the war, a simple "freezing conflict" may not be the best option. Before Trump takes office, Russia may launch a new wave of offensive against Ukraine, and set the main goal as to recover the "lost land" in Kursk region, and strive to limit the focus of future negotiations to the areas that Russia has not controlled in the four eastern Ukrainian States, instead of simply ceasing fire according to the actual contact line.

The most important thing is that Putin and the establishment forces in Russia have absolute distrust of the United States and Europe and will not be easily satisfied with signing the 3.0 version of the Minsk Agreement under the political commitment of the United States and Europe. This is why the future peace plan cannot be limited to the coordination between Russia, Ukraine, the United States and Europe, and other countries need to participate.

On November 19, local time, some pictures of the explosion of GRAU armory appeared on overseas social platforms.

It is worth noting that out of concern that Trump may force Ukraine to compromise with Russia after taking office, Biden will not only consider how to characterize the Ukrainian crisis as a "legacy" in the last two months of his administration, especially how to unite allies to contain Russia’s achievements, but also pay attention to how to create a "trap", vigorously promote NATO to fulfill its existing military aid commitments, and strengthen Ukraine’s offensive and defensive capabilities on the battlefield and its negotiating position outside the battlefield.

At the same time, Biden may tolerate or even let the limited controllable escalation of the battlefield, preventing Trump from making a deal with Russia as a "abandoned child". Recently, Biden’s lifting of Ukraine’s restrictions on using long-range weapons aided by the United States to attack targets in Russia is an example of this change in position. On November 19th, the "RBC- Ukraine" news agency quoted an insider of the Ukrainian army as saying that the Ukrainian army had used ATACMS to attack a military facility near Karachev, Bryansk, Russia.

At the same time, the military cooperation between Russia and North Korea has aroused great concern from all sides at a critical period when the Ukrainian crisis may enter "talking while fighting".

Theoretically, the military cooperation between Russia and the DPRK under the framework of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty belongs to the category of bilateral relations in nature, and the article 4 of the Treaty concerning "military mutual assistance" cannot be simply equated with the NATO standard "military alliance". According to the Treaty, when Russia and the DPRK provide military assistance to each other in the face of aggression or in a state of war, it is necessary to comply with Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations and relevant domestic laws.

Judging from the background and content of the signing of the Treaty, it remains to be seen whether military cooperation based on similar environmental perception, interest perception and strategic needs can solve the shortcomings of the fragility and singleness of mutually beneficial relations.

On November 16th, the Financial Times quoted the Ukrainian intelligence assessment report as saying that North Korea had provided Russia with 50 170mm M1989 self-propelled howitzers and 20 upgraded 240mm multi-barrel rocket launching systems. The picture shows the "main gun" shot in Russia.

For China, such cooperation may strengthen the linkage between "European security" and "Asian security", and provide more "reasons" for NATO members in Europe to strengthen their substantive presence in the Asia-Pacific region. If the military cooperation between Russia and the DPRK goes beyond the geographical restrictions, it may break the consensus that a third country does not directly intervene in the Ukrainian crisis, causing concern about the spillover of the battlefield and the escalation of war.

Considering the high political sensitivity of this issue, it is believed that Russia will give priority to its own territory in positioning military cooperation, and may refer to the mode of NATO’s military advisers, technicians and various mercenaries and volunteers stationed in Ukraine to create a "gray zone" for military mutual assistance, so as to avoid sending North Korean soldiers to eastern Ukraine to directly participate in combat, thus triggering a qualitative change in the Ukrainian crisis.

What needs to be made clear is that China’s main concern is to ensure that there will be no war and chaos on the peninsula and that the "battlefield will not spill over, the war will not escalate, and all parties will not fire" in the Ukrainian crisis.

Since creating the image of "President of Peace" may become one of the main contents of Trump’s political legacy, he may seek positive interaction with China in order to promote the Ukrainian crisis, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the relaxation and stability of the situation on the peninsula after taking office. The dialogue between China and the United States on these international and regional hot issues is also expected to become a lubricant for the fierce struggle between the two countries on issues such as economy, trade, science and technology.

But frankly speaking, Trump’s interest in bringing China into the Ukrainian peace process may be limited until his unilateral "persuasion and promotion of talks" encounters resistance or even fails.

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Breaking through the Big Data Barriers in Sichuan and Chongqing and Building the Western Data Highland together

On May 13th, Sichuan Big Data Center and Chongqing Big Data Application and Development Administration signed the Memorandum of Cooperation on Deepening Sichuan-Chongqing Cooperation to Promote the Coordinated Development of Big Data in Chengdu-Chongqing Twin-city Economic Circle. In the future, the two sides will work together to break through the big data barriers in Sichuan and Chongqing, promote the coordinated, healthy and orderly development of the two big data undertakings, and build Chengdu-Chongqing into a western data highland and an influential big data development center in China to serve the construction of the twin-city economic circle in Chengdu-Chongqing.

The memorandum of cooperation shows that the data collaboration between Sichuan and Chongqing will open up the big data barriers between Sichuan and Chongqing, establish a collaborative communication mechanism, jointly promote the reform of the data factor market, integrate the superior data resources of Sichuan and Chongqing, focus on promoting the efficient circulation of data resources, open up international data channels, create and share smart applications, share data standards, and coordinate the development of digital industries, thus forming a synergy for the development of big data in Sichuan and Chongqing, and aiming at building Chengdu and Chongqing into a western data highland and an influential big data development center in the country. "Promote intelligent applications to create and share"; "Deepening China-Singapore international data channel cooperation"; "Collaborative research on big data standardization system"; Eighteen specific cooperation were carried out in five aspects, such as "promoting the development of digital industry together".

Through cooperation, in the future, the two sides will work together to promote the interconnection of Sichuan-Chongqing government data resource sharing systems, accelerate the integration of cross-regional government data, public data and social data, provide data support for the integration and development of e-government and digital economy in the two places, accelerate the sharing and cross-regional open utilization of basic data such as natural persons, legal persons, natural resources, spatial geography and electronic licenses, and jointly strive for the landing of the southwest center of the national integrated big data center. Focusing on online formats, online services and online management, we will jointly explore the smart governance model of megacities and cooperate with relevant departments to jointly develop innovative applications such as smart transportation, smart medical care, smart travel, smart people’s livelihood services and smart technology services. We will jointly guide various market players to use the dedicated channel of China-Singapore international data to carry out project cooperation and application demonstration, create a "digital special zone", and explore the pilot and security assessment of cross-border data flow. Integrate superior resources, work together to formulate and improve a number of big data standards and norms, jointly participate in the development of national and industry-related big data standards and norms, explore and promote the mutual recognition and interoperability of big data standards and norms in Chengdu and Chongqing, and jointly strive for the state to strengthen its support for Sichuan and Chongqing digital industries. Strengthen industrial policy coordination, guide cross-regional project cooperation and application demonstration of new technologies, new products, new services, new models and new formats in the fields of big data and artificial intelligence, and strengthen the ability of big data to serve the digital economy.

Sichuan Big Data Center and Chongqing Big Data Application and Development Administration have also established a long-term working mechanism for the collaborative development of big data, and set up a coordination group for the collaborative development of big data in the Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle, headed by the main leaders of both sides, to form a joint meeting and briefing system, regularly study and promote key tasks and work together to solve outstanding problems. (Reporter   chunhua liu)

Bmw i5 sold for 439,900-639,900 yuan was officially listed.

  [New car listed in car home] On January 25th, (|) was officially listed.A total of five models were launched.The price range is 439.9-639.9 million yuan.As the mainstay of BMW brand, the 5 Series family has been the eighth generation brand-new model since it was born in 1972, and it has brought pure electric BMW i5 for the first time, which indicates that the best-selling BMW has entered the era of intelligent electric. In terms of car purchase benefits, BMW /MINI owners who purchase BMW i5 models can choose up to 18,000 yuan for purchase tax and insurance support.

BMW i5 guide price car make and model Price (ten thousand yuan) I5 eDrive 35L Deluxe Suite Long Wheelbase Edition 43.99 I5 eDrive 35L M sports suit long wheelbase version 43.99 I5 eDrive 35L exclusive luxury package long wheelbase version 46.59 I5 eDrive 35L exclusive M sports suit long wheelbase version 46.59 i5 M60 63.99

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  In terms of appearance, the i5 and 5 Series also have two appearance styles: sports suit and luxury suit, and there is no obvious difference between the fuel vehicle and the pure electric vehicle. In fact, in comparison, the version of sports appearance design, especially the front face, looks more dynamic, and the design style of sports suit is not unassuming, which can be called IKEA Yishang.

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  The length, width and height are 5175/1900/1520mm respectively, and the wheelbase is still 3105mm, which is consistent with the current models. However, the side profile of the car body has been completely redesigned, and the long tail of the car is replaced by the short and smooth slip-back shape on the new model, so the whole car body posture looks more sporty, and there is no incongruity in the lengthened model. In terms of details, the luminous digital logo on the C-pillar of the new car is exclusive to the domestic version of the car, and this logo will flash on the i5 according to the charging state.

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  When we arrived at the rear of the car, the brand-new model adopted a simple design scheme. The horizontal visual effect of the car was highlighted by horizontally stretching the elements such as headlights and decorative strips, and the three-dimensional and stylish surrounding made the young movement more in place.

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  The interior design scheme of BMW 7 Series has also been applied and evolved on the brand-new 5 Series. The interactive atmosphere light strip similar to 7 Series can even be displayed in different colors and regions on BMW i5. In addition, the continuous screen design of 12.3-inch instrument and 14.9-inch central control panel makes the visual effect in the car full, and it will feel like a small 7 Series when sitting in the front row.

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  In the central control area, you can see a large number of design schemes from the family flagship, such as the crystal-cut iDrive control knob and a large number of touch buttons, which have created a good sense of advanced for the front passengers.

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  With the addition of the central control system of BMW OS 8.5, it can be said that BMW, an old-school car company, has a higher strength than the new forces in intelligent interaction. In addition to natural semantic recognition, this car can also recognize the driver’s body language and "eyes" through the camera to control the vehicle. At present, on the highway or closed road, the driver assistance system of BMW i5 can visually confirm the initiative lane change overtaking through the driver’s eyes, which is quite interesting. We also look forward to the actual test drive experience of this function. In the aspect of V2X car networking, this generation of BMW 5 Series models can interact with BMW models equipped with V2X function in real time, and vehicles can receive and display danger warnings from other BMW cars, predict parking spaces at destinations and so on.

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  In order to meet the car demand of customers in China, the iDrive 8.5 system of BMW i5 also integrates the function of WeChat car version exclusive to China, and further integrates into the WeChat ecology, so that it is convenient to use WeChat to communicate with friends in the cabin, or receive navigation and positioning information through WeChat car, and directly navigate by car navigation system.

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  In the rear entertainment system, although the rear comfort configuration of the BMW i5 is not as rich as that of the Big Brother 7 Series, the suspended giant screen that is in the same strain as the 7 Series overhead is not absent. The 31-inch floating screen with a height of 8K attached to the 7 Series is definitely a sharp weapon to attract everyone’s attention. Aiming at the China market, BMW’s rear entertainment system ecology not only involves the iQiyi platform, but also introduces Huawei application market, providing rich entertainment.

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  In terms of power, i5 adopts BMW’s self-developed excitation synchronous motor, and BMW is also the only luxury car enterprise that uses excitation synchronous motor at present. The unique brush module of excitation synchronous motor has long life, high efficiency and quiet performance, and it can also show superior acceleration performance in the middle and high speed sections compared with permanent magnet synchronous motor. The domestic i5 is equipped with the fifth generation eDrive technology. The BMW i5 eDrive35L has a maximum power of 210 kW and a maximum torque of 410 Nm. The battery is a ternary lithium battery with a capacity of 79.05kWh and a CLTC pure electric cruising range of 536km. At the same time, the maximum power of the i5 M60 is 442 kW, and the peak torque is 795 Nm, which is equivalent to that of the previous generation BMW M5 model. The acceleration time of the dual-motor four-wheel drive model from 0 to 100 km/h is 3.8 seconds, which is the characteristic of the new generation i5 M series model. In addition, the user can activate the Sport Boost function at any time through the paddle, and instantly get an additional 30 Nm of torque output.

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  In terms of charging, i5 can achieve a maximum charging power of 200kW under the BMW Super Charging Station, and the 10-80% charging time is about 32 minutes. At present, about 50 overcharging stations have been implemented, covering 17 cities in China. At the same time, in the first half of 2024, BMW will launch a DC smart charging wall box, which uses DC charging technology to support the highest charging power of 22kW, greatly improving the charging speed of household piles.

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  As an electric vehicle, the driving pleasure of BMW i5 is still the constant pursuit, which is even worse than that of the fuel version 5 Series. For example, the integrated braking system can shorten the braking distance by up to 20%, and there is a 9th generation lateral dynamics management system, which makes the cornering control stronger, and the steering can be more fun between calm and relaxed than the variable electric power steering system. Suspension, equipped with further optimized double wishbone double ball front suspension and multi-link rear suspension, taking into account the flexibility of control and comfort of riding.

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  On the i5, the delicate adjustment also brings more feedback of driving pleasure, including multiple driving modes, single pedal mode in B gear, and new Sport Boost function, which can be activated at any time through the paddle on the left side of the steering wheel, bringing an additional torque output of 30 Nm. At the same time, there is a long battery life mode, which can maximize battery life when the battery is low.

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  In the aspect of intelligent driving assistance system, the "safety first" man-machine co-driving allows users to have a clear use boundary, and BMW i5 applies attention monitoring system and capacitive sensing steering wheel. For example, BMW i5 is equipped with an automatic lane change function with line-of-sight confirmation. When the driver’s line-of-sight is confirmed, the vehicle can automatically overtake within the speed range of 60-180 km/h.. Moreover, the intelligent driving assistance system has been greatly updated and localized for the characteristics of China market, the road conditions in China and the driving habits of users.

● Competing models

Beijing Benz EQE 2022 350 Pre-production Special Edition

Mercedes-benz EQE』

Weilai Weilai ET7 2023 75kWh

"Weilai ET7』"

  Just as BMW 5 Series and Mercedes-Benz E-Class are old rivals, BMW i5′ s rival is indispensable to Mercedes-Benz EQE. As a Mercedes-Benz EQ family model, it has adopted a more unique design concept and its endurance performance is more advantageous. Of course, i5, as a latecomer, has also performed well in various new technologies. Of course, as an electric vehicle, we have to face the new forces in China, such as Weilai ET7 at this price. No matter the product strength or the service experience brought by the new forces, it is also the pressure that BMW i5 has to face.

● Edit Comment:

  With the arrival of the BMW i5, BMW has further entered the era of intelligent electric vehicles. At least Series 3, 5 and 7 have pure electric vehicles. On the i5, we have seen the technological progress and the pursuit of driving interest regardless of oil and electricity. We have also seen BMW’s follow-up in the corresponding supporting services such as super charging stations. Traditional luxury brands such as BMW are making efforts to follow up in the new energy market. What do you think, can you break the new energy pattern and can BMW i5 become your pure electric choice? See you in the comments section! (Text/car home Chen Chi)

Big Data Center: the "Granary" in the Internet Age

The Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee meeting of the Communist Party of China pointed out that "speeding up the construction of new infrastructure such as 5G networks and data centers" has aroused great concern from all walks of life. Traditional infrastructure refers to railways, highways, bridges, water conservancy projects and other large buildings, which is often referred to as "Iron Gong Ji". The "new infrastructure" refers to the infrastructure construction focused on science and technology, covering 5G, artificial intelligence, industrial Internet, etc., with a wider scope, which can better reflect the characteristics of the digital economy and better promote the economic transformation and upgrading of China.

What does "new infrastructure" mainly include? Where is the "new"? What is the important role in stabilizing the economy? What changes will it bring to social development and the lives of ordinary people?

The importance of big data centers has become increasingly prominent.

In the era of mobile Internet, data traffic is increasing. Last year, the average monthly traffic of mobile Internet users in China was 7.82GB, 1.69 times that of 2018, and enterprise data also showed explosive growth. However, at present, less than 2% of enterprise data is stored, of which only 10% is used for data analysis. This shows that there is a big gap in China’s data storage and utilization capacity. In this context, the importance of big data center, namely IDC, has become increasingly prominent. Big data center is the center of data storage, processing and interaction, and is considered as one of the new infrastructures at present. Wang Peng, vice president of CCID Research Institute of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that especially during the COVID-19 epidemic, some new Internet business models emerged, and the importance of big data centers was further enhanced. "These business models are driven and supported by technologies such as the Internet and artificial intelligence. In this process, there will definitely be more data flowing on the Internet, whether it is structured, such as usual data statistics, reports, etc., or unstructured, like video and audio, data is generated in large quantities, more and faster than in the past, so the importance of big data centers is further enhanced." Wang Peng said.

Big data centers have huge room for development.

The data shows that at present, 40% of IDC cabinets in the world are in the United States, and only 8% in China, while the number of Internet users in China is obviously more than that in the United States, which means that there is a lot of room for the development of big data centers. Wu Hequan, an academician of China Academy of Engineering, predicts that the cumulative IDC market in China will exceed 1 trillion yuan from 2020 to 2025. He said: "The construction of a big data center is a long industrial chain, including servers, routers, switches, optical modules, as well as power supply, software, networks and computer rooms. In addition, for the IDC industry chain, what is more important is IDC integrated operation and maintenance, as well as’ cloud service providers’ and solutions. "

From a global perspective, technology giants such as Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, and Facebook are all vigorously building big data centers and investing heavily. A data center planned to be built in South Korea will also set a record for the largest local private investment. The number of servers in some super-large data centers is usually more than hundreds of thousands, but the server room is not the most "burning money" place. "In fact, the computer room only accounts for more than 10% of the investment in the big data center, and the greater investment is in the power supply system. It must ensure very reliable power supply and ensure that the efficiency of the power supply is quite high. Another big investment is in the refrigeration system, which requires sophisticated air conditioning. In addition to power supply and refrigeration, there are also investments in lightning protection, security, disaster recovery, environmental monitoring, and integrated wiring. " He Hezhen said.

Where is the "new" big data center?

In recent years, with the development of cloud computing, big data centers have been upgraded to "cloud data centers", which are characterized by highly virtualized servers, storage, networks and applications, and users can call various resources as needed. The data center has gradually become a universal "granary" for big data, cloud computing, industrial Internet and artificial intelligence. "The new generation of information infrastructure is not only a new infrastructure, but also a strategic emerging industry. It is also a new market for information consumption. It is also a general supporting technology for new infrastructure in other fields and a new engine for digitalization of traditional industries." He Hezhen said.

At present, China’s data center construction has blossomed everywhere, and many cities have formulated data center construction plans and introduced a number of preferential policies. According to the statistics of China ICT Institute, the number of IDC racks in China is expected to increase to 3.26 million in 2020.
(Original title: [Decoding new infrastructure] Big data center: "granary" in the Internet age)

Biden’s trip to the Middle East was met with a cold shoulder: protests broke out in many countries, the meeting was cancelled, and public opinion was everywhere in the United States.

  As the Palestinian-Israeli conflict enters the third week, all parties pay more and more attention to the conflict. According to CCTV news reports, on October 20, local time, US President Biden, who had just visited Israel, applied to the US Congress to pass a special budget bill, increasing the budget by 105 billion US dollars for the overall assistance programs in Ukraine, Israel and strengthening America’s own security.

  It is worth noting that Biden’s move was put forward after his embarrassing trip to the Middle East. On the 18th, Biden arrived in Israel to visit many countries in the Middle East. However, the Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza was attacked, and Jordan and other countries cancelled the scheduled high-level meeting. This move undoubtedly gave Biden a cold shoulder during his trip to the Middle East, and Arab countries’ dissatisfaction with Israel and the United States was also evident.

  Multinational leaders cancel meeting with Biden

  According to Xinhua News Agency, Jordan announced in the early morning of October 18th that it would cancel the meeting of the leaders of Palestine, Jordan, Egypt and the United States scheduled for that day in Amman. Earlier, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying that Israeli warplanes attacked the Ahli Arab Hospital (also known as Baptist Hospital) in the Gaza on the evening of 17th, while the Israeli military said that Israel had intelligence that rockets from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (Jehad) mistakenly hit the Gaza Baptist Hospital. However, Jehad denied the Israeli allegations.

  After the attack on the Gaza hospital, the National Security Council issued a statement saying that the US government believed that the Israelis were not responsible for the incident. During his visit to Israel, Biden also promised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the United States would continue to support Israel.

  Biden’s attitude caused dissatisfaction among Arab countries. According to the Global Times, Biden’s previous itinerary included a visit to Jordan after his visit to Israel, and a meeting with the King of Jordan, the Egyptian President and the Palestinian President at a summit in Amman, Jordan, to discuss how to ease the situation between Palestine and Israel. However, the attack on the Gaza hospital and the United States’ position of favoring Israel caused public anger in Arab countries, and the three countries announced that they would cancel their meeting with Biden.

  Abdel-Khalek Abdul Khaleq Abdulla, a retired professor of political science and a member of Emirati Thinkers in the United Arab Emirates, pointed out that Arab countries were shocked by Biden’s position of "protecting" Israel. "Now I feel that the United States is an accomplice in various crimes against Palestinians." He added, "Arab countries are now trying to ignore Biden and avoid meeting him."

  The Jordanian government also issued a statement saying that the summit will be rescheduled after all parties agree to end the "massacre of Palestinians". "It is not good for anyone to hold a summit at this time, and it is not good for the end of the war, so we decided to cancel this meeting." Ayman Safadi, Jordan’s foreign minister, said.

  Protests broke out in many countries in the Middle East.

  Many countries in the Middle East have expressed strong dissatisfaction with the attack on Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Sisi expressed strong concern and condemnation of the attack on the hospital. King Abdullah II of Jordan strongly condemned the Israeli air raid on the hospital in Gaza and warned that the current Palestinian-Israeli conflict "has entered a dangerous stage". Queen Rania Abdullah of Jordan posted on social platforms that she was "shocked" by the explosion.

  "This massacre is a war crime, an insult to mankind and a stain on the world conscience." Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called the attack "the latest example of Israel’s lack of the most basic human values in its actions".

  In addition to official statements, protests and rallies broke out in many countries. People from Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Syria and other countries took to the streets to launch protests against the United States and Israel. The embassies of the United States and Israel in Lebanon, Jordan and other countries were also surrounded by the assembly crowd. Protesters used various slogans to express their anger against Israel, and many diplomatic institutions in the United States and Israel were even set on fire. Anger even spread to North Africa, and protests against the United States and Israel took place in Tunisia, Morocco and Libya, with thousands of people participating.

  "Against occupation! Say no to the United States! " Tens of thousands of Iraqi protesters gathered in Tahrir Square in Baghdad, waving the flags of Palestine and Iraq, and a huge Israeli flag was placed on the ground for protesters to trample on.

  The same thing happened in Iran. Thousands of Iranians gathered in the capital Tehran, holding the flags of Palestine and Hezbollah and shouting slogans to show their support for Palestine. In Jordan, thousands of people gathered around the Israeli Embassy in Amman. People took to the streets to condemn Israel’s continuous bombing of the Gaza Strip, and protesters tried to attack the Israeli Embassy. Jordanian police had to use tear gas to disperse them.

  Us "safe passage" proposal attracts dissatisfaction from Jordan and Egypt

  In addition to the attack on Gaza Hospital, the proposal of "safe passage" in the United States is also one of the reasons why countries in the Middle East have lost enthusiasm for Biden’s visit. Egypt and Israel border on Palestine, and both countries strongly oppose the U.S. plan to establish a safe passage for Palestinians fleeing from Gaza on the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt bordering Gaza.

  Since the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict on October 7, the United States has been trying to discuss with Jordan and Egypt about the establishment of a "safe corridor", but the implementation of the plan has been frequently blocked because of the interests of all parties involved. Biden once said that during his visit to Israel, he talked with Egyptian leaders to discuss the opening of Rafah port for material transportation and personnel evacuation, but in the end, Egypt only agreed to the proposal of restarting the port to transport humanitarian relief supplies.

  The proposal of the United States to establish a "safe passage" has aroused anger in the Arab world. According to analysis, it is very likely that Israel will reduce the Palestinian population in the Gaza by this way, so as to reoccupy the Gaza Strip and make the Palestinians homeless again, making it difficult for them to return home. King Abdullah II of Jordan said that neither Jordan nor Egypt would accept refugees from Gaza, and hinted that any proposal to let these two countries accept refugees from Gaza was a "common trick".

  Egyptian newspapers commented that the idea of the United States "driving out" Palestinians from their homes this time would be a repeat of "Disaster Day in 1948", when about 700,000 Palestinians fled or were driven out of their homes in the Middle East war, accounting for about half of the total Palestinian population at that time. Egyptian President Seyce said that the presence of Gaza in the Sinai Peninsula may also make the peninsula a base for anti-Israeli militants, which will lead to Israel’s attack on Egypt and expand the scope of the war.

  Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Choucairy said that just as the United States and Europe are sensitive to the influx of refugees, so is Egypt.

  Protests and demonstrations in Washington, new york and Chicago.

  In addition to the opposition and protests in the Arab world, many protests and demonstrations broke out in the United States because Biden’s government supported Israel’s position.

  According to CCTV news reports, since the outbreak of the new round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict, many Americans believe that the United States’ provision of military weapons to Israel is equivalent to giving Israel "absolute freedom" to do "anything" to Palestine.

  On October 18th, local time, many pro-Palestinian people staged protests in the area near the Capitol in Washington, D.C., demanding that the U.S. government promote a ceasefire between Palestine and Israel, and more than 350 people entered the House of Representatives office building near the U.S. Capitol for demonstrations. According to the Global Times, residents of new york, Chicago, Los Angeles and other American cities also held demonstrations on October 21st.

  At the same time, there are more and more voices in Biden’s government that openly oppose Biden’s continued military assistance to Israel. Josh Paul, a the State Council official in charge of the Congressional Liaison Office dealing with foreign arms sales, resigned on October 18th because of the US policy of supplying weapons to Israel.

  "I can’t support a series of major policy decisions, including throwing more weapons at one side of the conflict. I think this is short-sighted, destructive and unfair, and contradicts the values we openly support." Paul wrote in a statement.

  The Senate controlled by the Democratic Party plans to act quickly on Biden’s proposal to provide assistance to Israel and Ukraine, hoping to put pressure on the House of Representatives controlled by the Republican Party. However, there are also differences within the Senate on how to advance. Eight Republicans, led by Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas, said they did not want to combine aid to Ukraine and Israel into the same legislation.

  "These are two independent and unrelated conflicts. It is wrong to use aid support to Israel to try to provide additional aid to Ukraine." The above eight Republicans wrote in a letter.