At the World Internet Conference and Internet Development Forum, which opened on November 23, the conference blue book composed of “World Internet Development Report 2020” and “China Internet Development Report 2020” was officially released.The Paper Journalist Zhao Shitu
On November 23, the World Internet Conference and Internet Development Forum opened in Wuzhen, Zhejiang. In the afternoon, the blue paper of the conference, compiled by the China Academy of Cyberspace, with the participation of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, National Research Center for Industrial Information Security Development, Peking University, Tsinghua University and other scientific research institutions was officially released.
The blue book is composed of “World Internet Development Report 2020” and “China Internet Development Report 2020”. The World Internet Development Index published among them shows that the United States, China, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Singapore rank in the top five comprehensively.
Six aspects comprehensively measure the Internet development level of 48 countries on five continents
The “World Internet Development Report 2020” in the blue book mentioned that the 2020 World Internet Development Index system selected 48 countries representing the Internet development of five continents for analysis, reflecting the current Internet development status of all continents and major countries in the world.
The development index comprehensively measures and reflects a country’s Internet development level from six aspects: infrastructure, innovation capabilities, industrial development, Internet applications, network security, and network governance.
These 48 countries include the United States, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Chile, and Cuba in the Americas; China, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, India, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Israel, and Asia. Kazakhstan, Vietnam, Pakistan, Iran; Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Estonia, Finland, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, Denmark, Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, Ukraine, Poland, Ireland, Belgium in Europe; Australia in Oceania , New Zealand; South Africa, Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Ethiopia in Africa.
The Blue Book concluded that the above-mentioned 48-country Internet Index scores obtained through the calculation of various indicators show that the Internet development of the United States and China is still ahead of other countries, European countries have strong and relatively balanced Internet strength, and Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa. Significant progress has been made in the development of the Internet in Africa. Among them, the United States, China, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Singapore rank in the top five comprehensively.
Xia Xueping, Dean of the China Cyberspace Research Institute, introduced that the “World Internet Development Report 2020” is based on a global perspective, with the global spread of the new crown pneumonia epidemic and the profound evolution of the international pattern as the background of the times, focusing on the development of the global Internet to practice new technologies, new applications, and new developments. New question.
The “Blue Book adheres to the’Four Principles and Five Propositions’, and in the face of unilateralism, protectionism, false information, cybercrime, cybersecurity, digital divide and other global issues, it emphasizes the importance and importance of jointly building a community with a shared future in cyberspace. Urgency.” Xia Xueping said.
The number of global Internet users has increased by nearly 300 million compared to last year
The Blue Book mentions that in 2020, global Internet users will continue to grow. According to statistics from the Digital Report 2020, the number of Internet users worldwide is approximately 4.54 billion, with a penetration rate of 59%, an increase of nearly 300 million over 2019.
Many countries have also begun to realize 5G commercial use. For example, as of May 2020, China has opened more than 200,000 5G base stations, and is increasing at a rate of 15,000 new ones every week; Deutsche Telekom's 5G network has covered more than 1,000 cities and towns, and 40 million people use 5G networks; the Netherlands' 5G has already Covers half of the country.
It is worth noting that the “home economy” spawned by the new crown pneumonia epidemic that has occurred since the beginning of this year has promoted the further improvement of personal Internet applications. New models and new business formats such as online medical care, online education, digital entertainment, and digital life are flourishing. developing.
According to the “Global Digital Report” released by We Are Social and Hootsuite, as of June 2020, 3.96 billion people worldwide use social media, accounting for 51% of the total population, a year-on-year increase of 10%.
Xia Xueping analyzed that compared with previous years, the development of the global Internet in 2020 will mainly focus on five aspects: first, countries are increasing the construction of new infrastructure, and the construction of global 5G networks continues to advance; second, the development of digital economy has become the development and promotion of economic An important direction for economic recovery; third, the development of Internet media is more diversified, the network culture is richer, and the governance of online content is more and more important; the fourth is that countries continue to strengthen their cyber security protection capabilities. China puts forward the “Global Data Security Initiative” to jointly maintain data Security; Fifth, the Internet facilitates exchanges and cooperation among countries in the world, and the concept of building a community with a shared future in cyberspace has been widely recognized.
The U.S. still ranks first in many indexes in the world
The Blue Book analysis pointed out that, as the world’s Internet power, the United States has always led the world’s Internet technology innovation and development, such as R&D investment, innovation quality and corporate strength, ranking first in the world.
At the same time, the Blue Book also mentions the US’s strengthening of the supervision of social media platforms, which has aroused global attention. In May 2020, US President Trump signed an executive order that imposed restrictions on social media’s exemption clauses under the Federal Communications Act. The U.S. Department of Justice issued a proposal urging Congress to reduce the protection of online platforms and make these platforms bear greater legal responsibility. This series of actions also made countries realize that social media is an important resource related to political power and security, and governments of various countries have begun to strengthen their response and formulate relevant policies.
The data in the Blue Book also shows that China’s Internet level is second only to the United States, ranking second in the World Internet Development Index. China also ranks in the forefront of multiple index rankings for information infrastructure, innovation capabilities, industrial development, Internet applications, and Internet governance.
The Blue Book pointed out that China’s Internet infrastructure construction is advancing steadily, and certain achievements have been made especially in mobile infrastructure and application infrastructure. In 2020, China will accelerate the deployment of new infrastructure construction, and all parts of the country have made efforts to build digital infrastructure, and a number of major projects have continued to land. At the same time, China’s 5G deployment is accelerating. As of the end of April 2020, China has 2741 financing cases in the 5G field, with a total scale of 250.514 billion yuan. In 2019, the three major operators of China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Telecom invested more than 40 billion yuan in 5G. It is estimated that the investment will be about 180 billion yuan in 2020, with an investment increase of more than 300%.
During the epidemic, China’s Internet-related industries grew against the trend, and some industries represented by cloud IT infrastructure developed rapidly. According to relevant data from Internet data centers, China accounted for 3 of the top five global cloud IT infrastructure revenue providers. In the first quarter of 2020, its global market share totaled more than 21%, which is second only to America.
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