Why did the special ＂transformation＂ of ＂Shanghai Week＂ become a high-frequency topic in Shanghai？

Under the global epidemic, last weekend, the annual Shanghai Mayor’s International Entrepreneur Consultation Conference was held online as scheduled. Facing dozens of "foreign experts", Li Qiang, secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, said that the city will have a special "transformation"-

All-round promotionUrban digitalization transferType, vigorously develop the new online economy, build a digital life in an all-round way, speed up the construction of smart cities, focus on building new advantages in the future development strategy of cities, and comprehensively improve the modernization level of urban governance.

This is the third time in a week that Li Qiang talked about "digital transformation of cities" in public. Further back, this new idea has been put forward for some time.

On September 29th, when Li Qiang presided over the symposium of planning experts for the 14th Five-Year Plan, he put forward five topics on the 14th Five-Year Plan, the last of which was "digital transformation of cities", and said that he would actively adapt to and lead the transformation of production and lifestyle, and constantly improve the modernization level of mega-city governance.

On the same day, when meeting with Wang Xing, chairman and CEO of Meituan Review, Li Qiang also said that Shanghai is taking the development of online new economy as an important direction."Accelerate the digital transformation of economy and society"Focus on building a more concentrated industrial area, providing richer application scenarios and building a smarter consumption platform.

After the "Eleventh" holiday, the Shanghai Municipal Government signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Alibaba Group and Ant Group. When meeting with Ali and Ant executives, Li Qiang said that Shanghai will "fully promote the digital transformation of the city, vigorously develop the online new economy, build a digital life in an all-round way, and accelerate the construction of a smart city"-similarly, this is to "build a new strategic advantage for the future development of the city".

In fact, "digital transformation" appeared earlier in the vision of the secretary of the municipal party Committee. As early as February this year, Li Qiang conducted a round of intensive research on Internet enterprises in Shanghai, and regarded the "new online economy" as a new strategic industrial direction in Shanghai.

On many occasions at that time, the concept of "digital transformation" appeared frequently, but the proponents were more enterprises, and "digital transformation" was more aimed at specific industries, industries and application scenarios.

In April and May, Li Qiang said in many surveys and symposiums that the "new online economy" with digitalization as its core feature can not only "keep the new online consumption fever unabated, but also maximize the recovery and release of pent-up consumer demand" when offline consumption is temporarily weak, and can also be regarded as an important "new increase" to hedge the impact of the epidemic and incite economic recovery.

"The new online economy is a new reconstruction of deep integration of production and service consumption, deep integration of online and offline application scenarios, and deep integration of traditional industries and emerging industries. It is not only a model innovation of production and consumption, but also a profound change in production relations and lifestyles; It is not only the expansion and innovation of industries and fields, but also the revolutionary improvement of production capacity and production efficiency. " Li Qiang clearly stated that the new online economy is "a strategic area for present and future development".

A few months later, the word "city" was added before "digital transformation", and its connotation was undoubtedly further expanded, and it could even be considered as a symbolic leap.-For Shanghai, a megacity,"Digitalization" is not only the specific industrial direction, but also the direction of urban governance; It is not only the specific content of development, but also a basic state; It is not only a tool, but also a basic scene.

This means that the understanding and promotion of digital transformation can not only stay at the narrow industrial level, but simply be understood as the development of a certain type of industry-this is of course very important, but what Shanghai has to do is not only an industrial highland, but also an all-round, digital, intelligent and efficient development and governance highland.

This includes the overall transformation from urban infrastructure, industrial layout, governance system to institutional system, which requires not only the exploration of the market side, the guidance of industrial departments and planning departments, but also the party Committee and government to spend more energy to create conditions and shape the environment.

On the morning of October 13th, Li Qiang went to Shanghai Urban Operation Management Center to investigate the construction of "one network unified management" for urban operation. On the afternoon of the same day, he presided over a special consultation forum on democratic supervision to listen to the opinions and suggestions of democratic parties, the Municipal Federation of Industry and Commerce and personages without party affiliation on the construction of "one network running" and "one network managing" in Shanghai.

On the above two occasions, Li Qiang repeatedly stressed that "two networks" as the "bull’s nose" of Shanghai’s urban governance need to "more effectively promote the modernization of urban governance and support the digital transformation of the city".

The "one network unified management" that has been implemented for one year is similar to the "one network unified management" that has more than two years of experience. It has a similar original intention: to promote urban governance."From human-intensive to human-computer interaction, from empirical judgment to data analysis, from passive disposal to active discovery".

"Relying on traditional sea tactics and general technical means, many problems can’t be seen clearly, managed and handled." In April this year, Li Qiang said at a teleconference on promoting the work of "one network running" and "one network unified management" in the whole city. These three "transformations" summarized at that time are precisely the key to the digital transformation of cities at the governance level.

To realize this transformation, it depends not only on the continuous iterative updating of technology, but also on the all-round reform of ideas, systems and processes. Last week, Li Qiang emphasized that "one network should run" and "one network should manage".The foundation is "one network", and greater efforts should be made in "communication" and "unification"

"While encouraging all districts and departments to conduct personalized exploration according to their own characteristics and needs, we should strengthen overall planning for the formulation of important systems and standards, the development of important systems and scenarios, and the sharing of important resources and facilities."

This is also the problem of data resource sharing that it has always emphasized for many years. In other words, all districts and departments must get rid of the portal view that may exist in the past in the "two networks", form a joint force, open up scenarios, let data "run" as barrier-free as possible, and play a role in the flow.

When investigating "one network unified management", Li Qiang also said that it is necessary to comprehensively sort out and refine the "index system reflecting the vital signs of megacities", speed up the construction of urban "neuron system" and sensor layout, and make full use of modern technology to monitor and master the urban operation situation in real time; At the same time, it is also necessary to "continuously open up data barriers, improve data collection, optimize data applications, and effectively reduce burdens and increase energy for grassroots units."

At the same time, both "two nets" emphasize that"Application is important, and use is king"Emphasis is placed on "adhering to demand orientation, problem orientation and effect orientation, further expanding application scenarios, and focusing on high-frequency issues and key issues related to the vital interests of the people and market players" to optimize the disposal process and improve the effectiveness of disposal.

This is also the purpose of urban digital transformation."Digitalization" is not to build a beautiful shelf, nor is it to seek innovation and cutting-edge blindly. A city that truly realizes "digital transformation" will ultimately improve the development level and governance efficiency of the city through digitalization, and focus on improving the well-being of all kinds of people in the city.

Li Qiang specially reminded that the requirement of "unified management of one network" is actually a general expectation for the digital transformation of cities, which is to further deepen the data collection, system integration, functional integration, security and controllability, and constantly innovate and improve in actual combat applications.

To take the lead in digital transformation,Shanghai should not only take the lead in touching cutting-edge industries and cutting-edge models, but also embrace "hard core" technology, and also take the lead in dealing with "soft" issues including public safety and social ethics.

In the final analysis, a city that realizes digital transformation should be a better "people’s city".

Author: Zhu Minqi

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