Open and interconnected logistics data effectively improves the efficiency of multimodal transport organization and reduces logistics costs; The General Administration of Customs relies on cross-border trade clearance data to help small and medium-sized enterprises reduce financing costs... Data elements are accelerating to "run", and the release path of data value is becoming more diverse. Data elements are becoming an important engine for developing new quality productivity. Entering the 14th Five Year Plan period of releasing the value of data elements, China's data resources are experiencing explosive growth, and the data industry is gradually expanding, becoming a new growth point for the development of the digital economy. Data shows that by 2024, the number of data enterprises in China will exceed 400000, and the scale of the data industry will reach 5.86 trillion yuan, an increase of 117% compared to the end of the 13th Five Year Plan. The per capita data production will reach 2.2 times that of the end of the 13th Five Year Plan. The 15th Five Year Plan proposes to improve the basic system of data elements, build an open, shared, and secure national integrated data market, and deepen the development and utilization of data resources. The National Data Work Conference to be held at the end of 2025 proposes to focus on smooth data flow and resource allocation channels, activate data market supply and demand, promote market ecology, further promote the "supply, flow, good use, and security" of data, promote the comprehensive integration of data elements into the process of economic value creation, and better empower economic and social development. 2026 is the "year of releasing the value of data elements". With the continuous advancement of "data elements X", the "data flywheel" is accelerating its rotation, and data is accelerating the release of various multiplier effects, driving the data industry to take off. With the release of multiple documents related to mining the value of data elements, such as the Guiding Opinions on Promoting the High Quality Development of the Data Industry and the Implementation Opinions on Strengthening Data Technology Innovation, the key to the development of the data industry in 2026 will be to deeply tap into the potential value of data, promote data technology innovation, and achieve high-quality development of the industry through the stimulation of kinetic energy. Technological innovation is the key to driving the release of data value. The National Data Administration has proposed to build a number of leading and supportive data technology innovation platforms by 2027, establish a preliminary data-driven industrial innovation system, and achieve phased breakthroughs in key technologies and equipment such as data supply, circulation, utilization, and security. The integration and innovation of artificial intelligence and data technology will give rise to a fusion effect that unleashes the value of data. On the one hand, the innovative development of technologies such as artificial intelligence and embodied intelligence provides technical support for massive data, and high-quality data provides "fuel" for the training and inference of artificial intelligence models. On the other hand, the widespread application of artificial intelligence provides more efficient means for the analysis and processing of massive, complex, multi-source heterogeneous data, which in turn contributes to data governance and the construction of high-quality datasets. The continuous supply of more high-value data will further stimulate the driving force and vitality of data supply and utilization, and better promote the marketization and value orientation of data elements. In terms of data standards, with the advantages of massive data and huge market application scale, China's development and application of data standards have consistently ranked first in the world. In 2025, China has developed 48 national standards and technical documents in the field of data, of which more than one-third of the standards were simultaneously validated during the development process. During the 15th Five Year Plan period, the development of standards will continue. According to the National Data Administration, by 2026, China will launch more than 30 national standards in cutting-edge directions such as intelligent agents and embodied intelligence. Empowering applications to accelerate the release of data element multiplier effects, large leading enterprises can shorten the high-end product research and development cycle, procurement and delivery cycle by more than 30% by aggregating industry chain data such as R&D, logistics, inventory, and price information; Planting enterprises have empowered the fertilization process with data, resulting in a comprehensive increase of 5.5% in yield; Civil and commercial satellite data has assisted in disaster prevention and reduction, serving more than 20 major disaster emergency responses at home and abroad... From improving industrial operation efficiency, promoting new models and formats, to serving people's livelihood development, data is accelerating the release of various multiplier effects. 2026 is the beginning year of the 15th Five Year Plan and the end year of the three-year action plan for "data elements x". A large number of "data element X" achievements will be released in a concentrated manner, and the breadth and depth of data element applications will be greatly expanded. A batch of typical application scenarios with strong demonstration, high display, and wide driving force will emerge one after another. According to the goals of the action plan, by 2026, China will establish a complete data industry ecosystem, significantly improve the quality and efficiency of data products and services, and the average annual growth rate of the data industry will exceed 20%. Open sharing, efficient circulation, and collaborative utilization are the core paths to unleash the multiplier effect of data elements. By 2025, the National Data Administration will release a total of 100 key public data "Run Up" demonstration scenarios, covering multiple key industries such as smart agriculture, healthcare, transportation and logistics; Deploy and implement actions to enhance the data efficiency of state-owned enterprises, promote data empowerment to enhance their core competitiveness, and promote collaborative innovation in the industrial chain. With the implementation of relevant policies, data applications will further expand into emerging fields such as satellite remote sensing, new materials, and green low-carbon, and extend into deep areas such as high-frequency livelihood services, characteristic industries, and grassroots governance. With the improvement of the data industry ecosystem, the data annotation industry is accelerating its development, and the construction of a trustworthy data space is constantly advancing... New forms of vitality are emerging in the data industry. By 2025, the National Data Administration has announced 63 pilot projects for innovative development of trusted data spaces, with an expected completion of over 100 trusted data spaces by 2028. The accelerated construction and application of a trustworthy data space will further unleash the value of data elements, stimulate the endogenous power and innovation vitality of the whole society. In addition, by 2025, China has established 7 data annotation bases, driving the related output value of the data annotation industry to exceed 8.3 billion yuan. The rapid development of the artificial intelligence industry has put forward new requirements for the data annotation industry, and the development of the data annotation industry has injected new momentum into artificial intelligence; The development and growth of the data annotation industry will further enhance the quality of data supply and provide important support for the innovative development of artificial intelligence. In 2026, with the completion of the action plan related to the development of data elements, data elements will accelerate into a new process of high-quality value release, and the "data flywheel" effect will be fully released. The new business model of value creation of data elements will become a new driving force for economic growth, and the role of data in empowering the economy to improve quality and efficiency will be more prominent. Data will contribute new and greater strength in high-quality development. (New Society)