On December 2nd, the National Development and Reform Commission, the National Data Administration, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Organization Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee recently issued the "Opinions on Strengthening the Construction of Data Element Disciplines and Digital Talent Teams", aiming to strengthen the construction of data element disciplines and digital talent teams, and promote the integrated development of the education chain, talent chain, industry chain, and innovation chain in the data field. Clear opinions, using application scenarios as carriers to promote collaboration between industry, academia, research, and application in the field of data. Suggestions are put forward to optimize the disciplinary and professional settings. The education and data management departments will strengthen the construction of disciplines related to data elements, support degree granting units with conditions to establish disciplines related to data elements such as data science and engineering, digital economy and management, and guide and encourage data enterprises and research institutions with conditions to actively participate. Establish and improve a talent training mechanism that connects undergraduate, master's, and doctoral programs in disciplines related to data elements. Support vocational colleges to adjust data related majors in a timely and dynamic manner according to the needs of industrial development, and research the addition of relevant majors that are close to market demand, such as data collection and cleaning, data annotation, data compliance, and data operation. Accelerate the research on the main direction of attack. Targeting the major issues of market-oriented allocation reform of data elements, we will systematically carry out strategic research in the field of data. Focus on key issues such as data property rights, pricing, and transactions, and conduct in-depth research on the basic theory, policies, and laws of data elements. Keep up with the development trends of cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, and privacy preserving computing, and conduct in-depth research on the common theory and technology of data foundation. Highlight the research on data application technology in key industries and fields such as intelligent manufacturing, transportation, financial services, and healthcare. Build a practice based independent knowledge system and scientific research system for Chinese data elements, providing theoretical support for the high-quality development of Digital China. Clear opinions and the construction of typical application scenarios. Promote the deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation in the field of data, build an enterprise led collaborative innovation system for industry, academia, research and application, and construct a number of typical application scenarios for digital talent cultivation. Strengthen the leading role of enterprises in the construction of application scenarios, identification of technical requirements, and implementation of results, support universities, research institutions, science and technology associations to delve into the forefront of scenarios, and accelerate the cultivation of a group of composite, innovative, and practical digital talents. Explore joint development of technology patents, promote the sharing of intellectual property benefits among all parties, and accelerate the marketization of technology. Encourage localities to use computing power coupons, model coupons, data coupons, and other methods to provide convenience and discounts in computing power, algorithms, data, and other aspects. Build a technology innovation platform. Following the "unveiling the list and leading the way" model, relying on advantageous universities to build and operate a data element industry education integration innovation platform. Cultivate emerging interdisciplinary directions and create a highland for cultivating digital talents. Establish interdisciplinary and cross disciplinary research teams, accelerate the research and development of key common technologies, cutting-edge leading technologies, modern engineering technologies, and disruptive technologies in the field of data, and produce high-quality research results. Encourage leading and innovative enterprises to open up their technology platforms and application scenarios, entrust relevant national platforms to undertake various talent training projects, enhance students' scientific research capabilities and professional competitiveness, and collaborate to cultivate composite application talents urgently needed by national strategies. The opinion proposes that the National Data Administration, together with the Ministry of Education, the National Development and Reform Commission, and the Ministry of Science and Technology, strengthen the organization and promotion of the construction of data element disciplines and digital talent teams, establish a normalized work contact mechanism, and jointly create a good environment for the collaborative cultivation of digital talents among government, industry, academia, and research institutions. The organizational department strengthens overall coordination, fully leverages the roles of industry regulatory departments and other parties, and forms a working force. (New Society)