The reporter learned from the press conference held by the State Council Information Office on April 21 that in the first quarter, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 6.1% year-on-year, and all 31 provinces achieved positive growth. The industry growth rate exceeded 80%, and the contribution rate of industry to economic growth was nearly 40%. The overall development of industry and information technology has achieved a good start. It is reported that in the next step, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will better coordinate development and security, focus on stabilizing growth, strengthening innovation, promoting integration, optimizing governance, and preventing risks, continuously improve the quality and efficiency of industrial economic operation, and achieve a good start to the 15th Five Year Plan. Since the beginning of this year, the overall industrial economy has shown a trend of new improvement and steady progress, effectively playing a 'ballast stone' role in stabilizing the macroeconomic situation. ”Zhang Yunming, Deputy Minister of Industry and Information Technology, introduced that from the perspective of industries, key industries have a significant driving effect, with 34 out of 41 industrial categories achieving year-on-year growth in added value; From a regional perspective, key areas play a prominent role in "lifting the beam", with the growth rate of industrial added value above designated size in 10 industrial provinces reaching about 7.2%. Positive momentum is also constantly accumulating. In the first two months, the profits of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 15.2% year-on-year, with a growth rate 14.6 percentage points faster than last year. Manufacturing investment has stabilized and rebounded, with a year-on-year growth of 4.1% in the first quarter, an increase of 3.5 percentage points compared to last year. However, Zhang Yunming also stated that currently, there is insufficient effective demand in China, cash flows for small and medium-sized enterprises and some industries are tightening, and the operation of industries such as petrochemicals is disrupted. Consolidating the positive momentum of the industrial economy still requires arduous efforts. Guan Bing, director of the Industrial Economics Research Institute of the China Electronics Information Industry Development Research Institute, told reporters that the next step is to consolidate growth momentum, strengthen planning guidance, rational layout, factor guarantee, and ecological optimization, and accumulate more synergy for cultivating new quality productivity. Supporting industrial provinces to shoulder the heavy burden, providing greater support in resource guarantee, reform and innovation, and stabilizing the basic foundation of industrial growth. On the other hand, it is necessary to resolve external shocks, strengthen the guarantee and scheduling of key materials such as crude oil and nitrogen, open up diversified logistics channels, and ensure the stable operation of the supply chain. This year's government work report proposed to "build an upgraded version of '5G+Industrial Internet'". Xie Cun, Director of the Information and Communication Development Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that China has built more than 25000 "5G+Industrial Internet" projects, built 1260 classified and distinctive 5G factories, and built 100 technologically advanced and benchmarking 5G factories. The average product quality has improved by 20.5% and the average production capacity has increased by 24.7%. It is reported that in the next step, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will focus on building an upgraded version of "5G+Industrial Internet" to promote the comprehensive improvement of "5G+Industrial Internet" in network facilities, technical products, integrated applications, industrial ecology, public services and other aspects. Among them, we will accelerate the issuance of the Implementation Opinions on Promoting the High Quality Development of Industrial Internet, comprehensively promote the construction of the five major functions of network, logo, platform, data and security, and focus on improving the development of the five major systems of policy, facilities, technology, application and ecology. Compile a number of application guides for the integration of industrial Internet and key industries, and promote the large-scale application of industrial Internet in various industries by taking scenario oriented traction as the starting point. Implement the integration and enabling action of industrial Internet and artificial intelligence, accelerate the upgrading of industrial Internet facilities, capability optimization, and application innovation, and provide a key base and basic support for the application of artificial intelligence in the industrial field. "Industrial Internet and artificial intelligence promote each other and empower each other. At the same time, sorting out typical application scenarios by industry can provide lightweight and replicable 'scene diagrams'. ”Zhu Hao, director of the Institute of Standardization Technology of China Industrial Internet Research Institute, told reporters that, facing the future, building a high-quality industrial data corpus, creating a dedicated model in the vertical field, carrying out innovative design, human-computer collaborative manufacturing and other new mode applications will continue to expand the deep integration of "5G+industrial Internet" in various production scenarios. At the same time, it is necessary to further implement the "chain network coordination" action between the industrial Internet and key industrial chains, develop a new batch of integrated application guidelines for equipment manufacturing, raw material industry, consumer goods industry and other industries, and continue to promote the large-scale application of the industrial Internet. It is worth noting that since the beginning of this year, the economic operation of small and medium-sized enterprises has been stable with progress, production has accelerated, and efficiency has improved. In the first two months, the production and efficiency of small and medium-sized industrial enterprises above designated size were higher than the average level of industrial enterprises above designated size; In the first quarter, the added value of specialized, refined, and new "little giant" enterprises in the industrial sector increased by 10.2% year-on-year. Tao Qing, Director of the Operations Monitoring and Coordination Bureau of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that in the next step, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will accelerate the construction of a mechanism to promote the development and growth of specialized, refined, unique, and new small and medium-sized enterprises. The focus will be on promoting high-quality development of small and medium-sized enterprises through innovation, environmental revitalization, and service assistance. Specifically, a three-year action plan will be implemented to cultivate high-quality enterprises in a gradient manner, and a special action plan will be launched to support the entrepreneurship of small and medium-sized enterprises in artificial intelligence and empower the development of small and medium-sized enterprises with inclusive computing power. Efforts will be made to support localities with conditions to explore and build specialized, refined, and innovative empowerment centers. Publish the "15th Five Year Plan" to promote the development of small and medium-sized enterprises, and establish the second phase of the National Small and Medium sized Enterprise Development Fund. Establish a national demonstration platform (base) for public services for small and medium-sized enterprises, carry out a special action for talent services for small and medium-sized enterprises, and promote more services directly to small and medium-sized enterprises. The stable operation of enterprises is the foundation for the steady improvement of the industrial economy. ”Guan Bing said that we need to further implement policies that benefit enterprises, expand coverage and inclusiveness, fully unleash policy effectiveness, and boost confidence in enterprise development. Deepen the rectification of "internal competition", strengthen the rectification of enterprise arrears, and create a fair competition market environment and compliant business atmosphere. (New Society)