China's data industry expected to maintain over 20 pct yearly growth rate: NDA official

China's data industry registers rapid expansion anticipating an annual growth rate of more than 20 percent in the coming years, said an official with the National Data Administration (NDA) on Tuesday.

Chen Ronghui, Deputy Director of the NDA, was speaking at an Exchange Activity on 'Activating the Potential of Data Elements and Unlocking New Quality Productivity', a sideline event to the China International Big Data Industry Expo 2024 in Guiyang, the capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province.

Chen said that China's data industry is seeing rapid development, with the total national data production reaching 32.85 zettabytes in 2023, over 10 million times the digital resources of the National Library of China.

The country has developed a comprehensive data industry chain covering the entire life cycle of collection, storage, processing, management, and utilization.

Chen also said that the administration will enhance the data industry's development through strategic planning, fostering diverse business entities, enriching the data ecosystem, and optimizing the development environment.

"We support all localities in fostering and expanding the data industry according to their corresponding conditions, and guide all localities to gradually form a pattern of coordinated and complementary development with their own distinctiveness," Chen said.

The three-day China International Big Data Industry Expo 2024 officially opens on Wednesday with the theme of "smart digital technology shapes a thriving digital economy".

The expo has planned 25 supporting activities on topics including artificial intelligence, smart cities and international data space, providing platforms for more than 1,7000 registered guests and insiders to jointly initiate better solutions for the industry's future development.

China's data industry expected to maintain over 20 pct yearly growth rate: NDA official

China's data industry expected to maintain over 20 pct yearly growth rate: NDA official

China's top political advisor Wang Huning on Friday urged political advisors to intensify research and consultation to offer valuable suggestions for advancing the cause of people with disabilities.

Wang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), made these remarks while presiding over a biweekly consultation session of the national committee.

Wang underlined that ensuring a happy and fulfilling life for people with disabilities is an essential requirement for promoting Chinese modernization.

He called upon political advisors to focus on the new situations and challenges in advancing the cause for such individuals while urging more targeted and practical proposals based on thorough investigations and research.

Democratic oversight should be strengthened to ensure the effective implementation of policies supporting those with disabilities, Wang noted.

Several national political advisors also made their remarks during the session. They called for efforts to create unobstructed career development pathways for people with disabilities, advance research and application of assistive technologies, and enhance the quality of public services to continuously improve their quality of life.

China's top political advisor stresses boosting services for people with disabilities