Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: About 80%of the world's personal computers and more than 65%of smartphones are produced in my country

Cover news reporter Teng Yan

On September 20, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology held the ninth session of the "New Era Industrial and Information Development" series of theme press conferences- "Vigorously developing a new generation of information technology industry". Xu Wenli, deputy director of the Electronic Information Department, introduced the development of my country's consumer electronics industry.

Xu Wenli, deputy director of the Electronic Information Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (picture source: Ministry of Industry and Information Technology)

"Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, my country's consumer electronics industry has developed rapidly and has become the world's leading forefront market for consumer electronics." Xu Wenli said that the first is that the industry scale has continued to expand. my country's consumer electronics production and sales scale ranks first in the world. It is an important global manufacturing base for consumer electronics. Most of the world's major electronic production and foundry companies set up manufacturing bases and R & D centers in China. About 80%of the world's personal computers, more than 65%of smartphones and color TVs produced in China, creating about 4 million direct jobs, and more than 10 million related supporting industries.

The second is to greatly improve the innovation ability. my country's consumer electronics diversified innovation achievements have emerged endlessly, and the modernization level of the industrial chain supply chain has steadily improved. Over the past ten years, many "world starting" consumer electronics products have been published one after another, including the world's first consumer -grade foldable flexible screen mobile phone, the world's first stacked TV, the world's first curly screen 8K laser TV, the world's first 4K 240Hz curved e -sports Use monitors, the world's first 5G laptop, etc., highlighting my country's innovation capacity level.

Third, brand building has achieved remarkable results. my country's consumer electronics industry has forged many world -renowned brands. Among the top five brands of global mobile phones, color TVs, and computer shipments in 2021, there are 3 mainland mobile phone brands, 3 color TV brands, and 1 computer brand.

Xu Wenli said that in the next step, it will focus on seizing the opportunity of future industrial development, accelerating the cultivation of leading and pillar industries, promoting the development of a new generation of audiovisual technology, virtual reality industries, and promoting the overall upgrade of content, calculation, storage, and display.

It is necessary to speed up innovation drivers and improve the industrial chain. Strengthen the breakthroughs around the key links of the industrial chain, accelerate the construction of manufacturing innovation centers, guide all aspects of the industrial chain to collaborate and innovate, and promote the high -quality development of the industry. It is necessary to promote application traction and enhance development momentum. Facing major activities and application scenarios, accelerate the integration and innovation and development of new technologies in key industries, promote the popularization of terminals and content prosperity, stimulate the potential of information consumption, and empower the industry. We must adhere to systemic concepts and build an industrial ecology. Guide market subjects to jointly build key common technical standards and application ecology, enhance industrial basic capabilities, play a leading role of leading enterprises, and create industrial clusters. It is necessary to strengthen open cooperation and achieve win -win development. Give play to the role of industry organizations, build an international exchange and cooperation platform, promote domestic and foreign resource exchanges and advantages to complement each other, and create opportunities for development.

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