Xi Jinping sends message on growth through innovation, big data in Guizhou
- Chinese president calls for ‘deep integration’ of big data and the real economy
- It comes as study finds 60 per cent of provincial and prefecture-level governments are not sharing any data online
State media reports said Xi urged officials to seek growth based on innovation when he visited the province last week.
He said this was “an inevitable choice” as the country sought to set the stage for a new development path, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Friday.
“[We should] focus on this new development path, and push for deep integration between big data and the real economy,” Xi was quoted as saying. “[We must] nurture and strengthen [our] strategic and emerging businesses, and accelerate the modernisation of our industries.”
According to a new study by Fudan University in Shanghai, the province is also leading the way on sharing government data online. Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou, was ranked No 1 among its peers for consistently doing so over the past four years.
