NPC and CPPCC Representatives Believe That the Digital Economy Will Change the Traditional Concept of Geographic Location
According to the data, per capita GDP increased by 0.5% to 0.62% for every 10% increase in digitization in the contemporary economy. Therefore, in the context of the sluggish global economic growth, the digital economy is seen as a new lever for leveraging economic development. Because of the influx of data, "qualitative change" occurs in all fields of social life. The digital economy continues to create new possibilities and has become a "new high ground" for China's economic development. During the NPC and CPPCC sessions, many representatives from the economic and scientific fields brought suggestions and proposals on the digital economy and started a heated discussion on how to reap the digital "dividend" and seize the opportunities for development. NPC deputy and chairman and CEO of Tencent Ma Huateng believes that from "Internet +" to "digital economy" can be seen as a process of vertical deepening. From "digital economy" to "digital China" is more like a horizontal expansion Process, from economic expansion to all aspects of people's livelihood, government and other social aspects, from different dimensions to start China's digital blueprint.The digital economy is a new form of economic and social development following the industrial economy. For a long time, it will firmly occupy the top position in the global economic development. "In the future, the digital economy will also show a strong radiation effect." Xu Xiaolan, member of the CPPCC National Committee and Secretary General of the Chinese Institute of Electronics, believes that with the improvement of information infrastructures, many villages step into the era of mobile Internet, and the digital economy has not only become an important grasp on precise poverty alleviation, but also to amend the traditional sense of the concept of economic and geographical location.