CCTV News:According to the website of the National Bureau of Statistics on August 31, in order to dynamically monitor the changes of new kinetic energy of China’s economic development, the Institute of Statistical Science of the National Bureau of Statistics, based on the Statistical Monitoring System of New Industries, New Formats and New Business Models and the statistical index system of new kinetic energy of economic development, adopted the fixed-base index method to measure the new kinetic energy index of China’s economic development in 2021, and revised the historical index data. The results show that the new kinetic energy index of China’s economic development in 2021 (100 in 2014) is 598.8, an increase of 35.4% over the previous year. In 2021, all the sub-indices have improved compared with the previous year, among which the network economy index has the fastest growth and contributed the most to the growth of the total index.

First, the network economy index. In 2021, the index of network economy was 1963.6, an increase of 48.4% over the previous year, and the contribution rate to the growth of the total index was 81.9%.

Second, the economic vitality index. In 2021, the economic vitality index was 393.1, an increase of 18.8% over the previous year, and the contribution rate to the total index growth was 8.0%.

Third, the innovation-driven index. In 2021, the innovation-driven index was 293.5, an increase of 20.5% over the previous year, and the contribution rate to the total index growth was 6.4%.

Fourth, the knowledge and ability index. In 2021, the knowledge and ability index was 182.7, an increase of 11.6% over the previous year, and the contribution rate to the growth of the total index was 2.4%.

V. Transformation and upgrading index. In 2021, the transformation and upgrading index was 160.9, an increase of 7.0% over the previous year, and the contribution rate to the total index growth was 1.3%.

He Qiang, chief statistician of the Institute of Statistical Science of the National Bureau of Statistics, interprets the new kinetic energy index of China’s economic development in 2021.

Cultivating and developing new kinetic energy is an inherent requirement for optimizing economic layout, strengthening innovation and leading and maintaining stable economic operation. The National Bureau of Statistics recently released the new kinetic energy index of China’s economic development in 2021, and He Qiang, chief statistician of the Institute of Statistical Science of the National Bureau of Statistics, interpreted the characteristics of the index.

1. In 2021, the new kinetic energy index of economic development increased by 35.4% over the previous year.

The calculation results show that the new kinetic energy index of China’s economic development in 2021 is 598.8, an increase of 35.4% over the previous year. The new kinetic energy with new industries, new formats and new models as the main content has achieved steady growth, the economic vitality has been continuously improved, the innovation ability has been further enhanced, the network economy has continued to develop rapidly, the transformation and upgrading effect has appeared, and the development of new kinetic energy has been nurtured and strengthened, which has continuously injected new impetus into realizing the good start of the 14 th Five-Year Plan and promoting high-quality economic development.

Second, the sustained and rapid development of the network economy has promoted the continuous growth of new kinetic energy

With the strengthening of the construction of 5G network and Gigabit optical network, the construction of new technical facilities has achieved results, the information and communication service capabilities have been significantly improved, the industries such as Internet, big data and artificial intelligence have been growing, the digital economy and the real economy have been deeply integrated, the "internet plus" has developed rapidly, new consumption patterns have emerged, and application scenarios have become more abundant, which has continuously promoted the rapid growth of new kinetic energy. According to estimates, in 2021, the network economy index reached 1963.6, an increase of 48.4% over the previous year. From the main indicators, by the end of 2021, the number of mobile Internet users and fixed Internet broadband access users reached 1.42 billion and 540 million respectively, up by 5.0% and 10.8% respectively over the previous year. Mobile Internet access traffic reached 221.6 billion GB, an increase of 33.9%.

E-commerce services such as online shopping, online take-out, online video and online health have continued to develop rapidly. Internet platform enterprises have further expanded to offline, speeding up the digital transformation and upgrading of traditional formats. Physical businesses have expanded their sales scale through various forms such as live e-commerce, social marketing and community group buying. Personalized customization and flexible production are favored by users. Online and offline consumption are highly interactive, and new formats and new models lead new consumption expansion and upgrading. The data shows that the transaction volume of China’s e-commerce platform increased by 19.6% in 2021 compared with the previous year. The consumption scene in the online retail market continues to expand, and online consumption demand continues to be released. In 2021, the national online retail sales reached 13.1 trillion yuan, an increase of 14.1% compared with the previous year, of which the online retail sales of physical goods increased by 12.0%, accounting for 24.5% of the total retail sales of social consumer goods. The consumption experience of online shopping users has been continuously improved, the consumption potential has been effectively stimulated, and users’ acceptance of online consumption has been rising. In 2021, the national online shopping replacement rate was 81.2%, up 0.2 percentage points from the previous year and rising for seven consecutive years.

Third, the number of market players continued to increase, and the vitality of development was further enhanced.

Mass entrepreneurship and innovation have been promoted in depth, and new market players have maintained a good growth trend and their vitality has been effectively stimulated. The transformation of government functions has been accelerated, more government affairs services have been handled by one network, supervision has been strengthened and innovated, and the business environment has been continuously optimized. The "streamline administration, delegate power, strengthen regulation and improve services" reform has made new progress, further expanding the space for economic development and helping the new kinetic energy of economic development to replace the traditional kinetic energy. It is estimated that in 2021, the economic vitality index will be 393.1, an increase of 18.8% over the previous year. Judging from the main components, in 2021, the number of newly registered market entities in China was 28.872 million, an increase of 15.4%, an increase of 10.2 percentage points over the previous year; There were 25,000 newly registered enterprises every day, and the total number of market players reached 150 million at the end of the year. We will continue to promote high-level opening to the outside world, continuously increase efforts to attract foreign investment, and achieve a double improvement in the scale and quality of foreign investment in 2021, which fully demonstrates China’s strong economic development resilience, sufficient motivation and great market appeal. With the accelerated release of new consumer demand, the scale of the express delivery industry continues to expand. In 2021, the express delivery business volume reached 108.3 billion pieces, an increase of 29.9%.

Fourth, R&D investment continued to grow, and innovation-driven development achieved new results.

In-depth implementation of the innovation-driven development strategy, vigorously promote scientific and technological innovation, continue to strengthen basic research, consolidate the foundation of scientific and technological self-reliance, a number of major scientific and technological innovations have emerged, important progress has been made in tackling key core technologies, new breakthroughs have been made in manned space flight, Mars exploration, resource exploration, energy engineering and other fields, the national strategic scientific and technological strength has been accelerated, the dominant position of enterprise innovation has been continuously enhanced, and the cultivation of new kinetic energy has been accelerated. It is estimated that in 2021, the innovation-driven index will be 293.5, an increase of 20.5% over the previous year. From the main composition indicators, the ratio of national R&D expenditure to GDP, the proportion of basic research expenditure to R&D expenditure, and the R&D expenditure of enterprises have all improved to varying degrees, and the R&D investment has continued to increase. The transformation of scientific and technological innovation achievements was intensified, and 696 thousand invention patents were authorized throughout the year; The number of high-value invention patents per 10 thousand population reached 7.5, an increase of 1.2 over the previous year; The contract value in the technology market was 3,729.43 billion yuan, an increase of 32.0% over the previous year, and the construction of technology trading market and technology transfer mechanism achieved remarkable results.

Five, strengthen the training of highly skilled personnel, effectively improve the level of human capital.

Improving the skill level of human resources and strengthening the construction of knowledge and ability are important guarantees for cultivating new kinetic energy for development. According to estimates, in 2021, the knowledge and ability index will be 182.7, an increase of 11.6% over the previous year. From the main composition indicators, the proportion of highly educated and highly skilled population in China has further increased, and the proportion of economically active population with master’s degree or above is 1.29%, an increase of 0.21 percentage points over the previous year; Professional and technical personnel accounted for 15.64% of the employees in the "four-up" enterprises, an increase of 0.38 percentage points over the previous year; The proportion of information personnel in non-information departments was 1.98%, an increase of 0.11 percentage points over the previous year; The full-time equivalent of R&D personnel per 10,000 employees was 571.6 person-years, an increase of 9.2% over the previous year.

6. Accelerating the development of emerging industries and optimizing and upgrading the industrial structure.

While smoothing the national economic cycle and maintaining the safety and stability of the industrial chain supply chain, we will continue to promote the optimization and upgrading of the industrial structure, enhance the level of industrial development, and foster new kinetic energy for development. We will continue to promote the digitalization of manufacturing, service industry, agriculture and other industries, carry out pilot demonstrations on the integration and development of a new generation of information technology and manufacturing, implement the green and low-carbon transformation action of manufacturing and the special action for the development of advanced manufacturing clusters, continue to promote the work of national strategic emerging industrial clusters, and further optimize the industrial layout. According to estimates, in 2021, the transformation and upgrading index will be 160.9, an increase of 7.0%. Judging from the main constituent indicators, in 2021, the added value of strategic emerging industries accounted for 13.4% of GDP, up 1.7 percentage points from the previous year and up 5.8 percentage points from 2014. Among them, the added value of strategic emerging industries above designated size increased by 16.8% from the previous year, which was 7.2 percentage points faster than the growth rate of industrial added value above designated size; The added value of high-tech manufacturing industry increased by 18.2% over the previous year, 8.6 percentage points faster than that of industrial enterprises above designated size, accounting for 15.1% of the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size; The proportion of "four-up" enterprises selling goods and services through e-commerce trading platforms was 11.17%, an increase of 0.1 percentage points over the previous year; Natural gas, hydropower, nuclear power, wind power and other clean energy accounted for 25.5% of the total energy consumption, an increase of 1.2 percentage points over the previous year.