2021 Tencent Digital Ecology Conference: Industrial Internet accelerates "digital and real integration"

On November 3, 2021 Tencent Digital Ecology Conference opened in Wuhan. The conference was guided by the Wuhan Municipal People's Government, hosted by Tencent, and co-organized by the Wuhan Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology, Wuhan Municipal Services and Big Data Administration, and the Management Committee of the East Lake New Technology Development Zone.

The theme of the conference is "Integration of Data and Reality, Blooming of New Machines". Ma Huateng, Chairman and CEO of Tencent, Tang Daosheng, Senior Executive Vice President of Tencent and CEO of the Cloud and Smart Industry Group, and heads of various Tencent Industrial Internet businesses shared the integration of data and reality, industrial Internet strategy, technology trends, and industry best In practice, Tencent Research Institute also jointly released the "Digital Transformation Index Report 2021" in conjunction with Tencent Cloud.

You Zheng, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and President of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wang Yiming, Vice Chairman of China International Economic Exchange Center and Member of the Economic Committee of the 13th CPPCC National Committee, Chen Hao, Deputy General Manager and Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of Dongfeng Motor Group Co., Ltd., Chief Digital of China Merchants Group Official Zhang Jian, Director Yang Guoliang of Wuhan Health Information Center, Zhang Wei, Director of Intelligent Manufacturing Department of Ningde Times, Guo Wei, Chairman and President of Digital China Group Co., Ltd., and Yang Jian, General Counsel of Tencent Research Institute, and other industry experts and leaders. Participate in the conference through video and offline methods to discuss new trends and new opportunities in the integration of data and reality.

Ma Huateng believes that "the integration of data and reality" requires the development of industry, practical work, and hard work. We must combine scientific spirit with entrepreneurial spirit to cultivate China's innovative highland; more importantly, we must combine digital craftsman spirit with Chinese traditional craftsman spirit to establish the "great country craftsman spirit" of the new era. He said that computing power will revolutionize human production and living standards like the electricity that was born a hundred years ago. Tencent must have the confidence and preparation for long-distance running and strive to be a “digital assistant” to the real economy.

At the meeting, Tencent and the Wuhan Municipal People's Government formally signed a strategic cooperation agreement. In the future, Tencent will give full play to its technological innovation advantages and industrial capabilities to accelerate the industrial upgrading and transformation of Wuhan City and the high-quality development of the digital economy. Tencent has also signed contracts with more than 20 projects in various cities and key enterprises in Hubei Province, administrative districts at all levels in Wuhan City, and key enterprises, injecting strong impetus into the digital construction of Hubei Province and Wuhan City at all levels and fields.

The integration of data and reality has become a "must-answer question" in the industry, and Tencent will build four engines in the future

"Integration of number and reality" is changing from "selected answer questions" to "required answer questions" that every industry has to face.

Tang Daosheng believes that the development of digital technology and industrial Internet is providing a stronger boost to social and economic development from three aspects. With the continuous development of social public services, HPization and immediacy have become a trend. Industrial Internet can help improve the efficiency and potential of public services, help rural revitalization, urban governance, emergency response and other fields; use cloud, AI, big data and other tools to produce , Each link of manufacturing becomes measurable and optimizable, helping China's manufacturing to upgrade to high-end smart, green and low-carbon; in the consumer market, the "inner loop" provides the soil for rapid development of local brands, and digitalization helps the consumer industry to understand users better. Promote the rise of Guochao brands.

(Tang Daosheng, Senior Executive Vice President of Tencent and CEO of Cloud and Smart Industry Group)

"The value assistance to the physical industry is an important criterion for measuring the development of the industrial Internet." Tang Daosheng introduced that Tencent has embraced the industrial Internet for more than 1,000 days, and has been engaged in more than 30 industries, agriculture, government affairs, medical care, education, travel, finance, and retail. Industry, with 9,000 partners, created more than 400 industry solutions. In the future, Tencent will build on its superior capabilities to build four engines for users, technology, security and ecology to help all walks of life and discover new momentum for digitalization.

Specifically, first, create a user engine that introduces user understanding into industrial R&D, production, marketing, and service to help companies serve people and activate growth; second, create a technology engine that integrates cutting-edge digital technology and industry implementation. Industrial upgrading provides better and easier-to-use tools; third, build a security engine, with cloud-native and zero trust as the core, shape the security base of the industrial Internet era, so that where there is data, there is security guard; fourth, build The ecological engine, through the inclusive opening of digital technology and resources, allows "digital nutrients" to nourish the entire ecological chain of the industry.

Among them, in terms of ecology, Tencent will invest more than 20 billion resources in the next three years to cultivate more than 1,000 partner companies with annual revenues exceeding 10 million.

All-true interconnection consolidates the foundation of digital-real integration technology, safe and co-construction to safeguard the beauty

With the vigorous development of the consumer Internet and the industrial Internet, the era of true interconnection in which online and offline integration and digital technology merge with the real world is accelerating.

Qiu Yuepeng, vice president of Tencent, COO of the cloud and smart industry business group, and president of Tencent Cloud, believes that there are three major technological trends in the era of true interconnection that require attention. First, computing power will extend to every corner of the network and become ubiquitous; secondly, the importance of cloud native will be further highlighted, and developers and enterprises need to know more about using the cloud to achieve efficient digital transformation; finally, ultra-high-definition, Ultra-low latency network transmission is the basis for ensuring the immersive experience of users.

At present, Tencent Cloud is continuously consolidating the technical foundation of true interconnection in the three directions of massive computing power, real-time analysis, and extreme transmission. Among them, the chip is the core infrastructure of the industrial Internet. Qiu Yuepeng revealed that for the three scenarios where there is strong demand for AI computing, video processing, and high-performance networking, Tencent's chip research and development has made substantial progress. It has launched AI reasoning chip Zixiao, video transcoding chip Canghai, and smart network card chip Xuanling .

Qiu Yuepeng also believes that low code will become a key tool for digital application development to reduce costs and increase efficiency. In addition, the importance of SaaS applications as a connection tool will be further highlighted.

Security is a key element of the integration of digital and real. Ding Ke, Vice President of Tencent and President of Tencent Security, pointed out that security is the basic guarantee for the healthy and sustainable development of the digital economy, and it is also a “must-answer question” for all enterprises and governments. Only through the joint construction of security can we contribute to the sustainable development of the economy and the beauty of people. Life provides the most solid guarantee.

Ding Ke believes that security co-construction is divided into three dimensions: security vendors and customers co-construction, enterprise business development and security co-construction, and security ecosystem co-construction. Tencent Security is willing to rely on its accumulated technology, talents and industry security construction experience to reduce network The damage and harm that threats may bring will link all sectors of the industry to defend the beauty together.

Stimulate new performance in the industry, Tencent explores a new path for digital and real integration

At the summit, the business leaders of Tencent Industrial Internet shared new thinking about Tencent's future development.

Qiu Yuepeng separately introduced Tencent Cloud's business progress in the Internet, finance, education, and government affairs. At present, Tencent Cloud serves more than 90% of domestic audio and video companies, more than 80% of head game companies, and most e-commerce platforms; customers cover various segments such as banking, insurance, securities, consumer finance, and industrial finance; Helping digital transformation of more than 30 ministries, 20 provinces, and 500 cities and counties; helping over 100,000 universities to build smart campuses.

As a typical scenario of digital and real integration, smart transportation is also an important landing area of the industrial Internet. The vice president of Tencent and the president of Tencent Smart Transportation and Mobility said at the meeting that Tencent will follow the collaborative development trend of smart cars, smart transportation, and smart cities. , One cloud and co-construction, one yard of traffic" to promote the efficient operation of transportation and logistics, help the efficient governance of the city, and realize the sustainable development of the society."

In terms of digital technology to help the real economy, the core essence of a company's long-distance running is to create value for its service objects. In this process, Tencent has always adhered to the long-term principle. "In the post-epidemic era, digital technology is becoming a new engine for corporate growth. The accelerated integration of the real economy and the digital economy is not only a new economic growth point, but also a fulcrum for the digital transformation of traditional industries", Tencent Vice President, Tencent Smart Industry and Services Industry President Li Qiang said that Tencent will support the digitalization of physical enterprises from four aspects: organizational efficiency, production intelligence, process optimization, and supply chain collaboration.

In the field of smart retail, Jiang Jie, vice president of Tencent and president of Tencent smart retail production and research, introduced that last year, the GMV of self-operated small programs of merchants increased by 255% year-on-year, and Tencent smart retail partners also appeared in small program GMV of tens of billions of merchants. "Based on the experience of helping hundreds of companies to upgrade their digitalization in the past three years, we believe that the key to digitalization in the consumer retail industry is to focus on consumers and do a good job of integrating online and offline global operations. In order to achieve this goal, Tencent Smart Retail will Committed to promoting the transformation of the industry model, building a solid product matrix and developing ecological partners."

Huang Tieming, vice president of Tencent's WeChat business group and head of enterprise WeChat, shared his thoughts on the connection of enterprise WeChat. He said that connection can bring trust, innovation and development. For example, the connection and opening up of information not only improve the satisfaction rate of customer service, but also improve the production efficiency of enterprises; connection means insight into market demand and capture innovation inspiration; and in agriculture and government scenarios, from information officers to farmers, to Grid members serve residents, and connection is also helping the development of society.

"Digital Transformation Index Report 2021" is released, presenting new features of digital and real integration in all aspects

At the summit, Tencent Research Institute and Tencent Cloud jointly released the "Digital Transformation Index Report 2021". The report shows that under the premise that the integration of data and reality has become a major national medium and long-term strategy, the national digital transformation index continues to rise, reaching 307.26 in the first quarter of 2021, a year-on-year increase of 207.4%. The national cloud usage (cloud computing index) and wisdom The volume (AI index) continues to grow, with annual growth rates reaching 57% and 93% respectively.

In addition, Guangdong, Shanghai, and Beijing are the top three provinces and cities in the national digital transformation index. Henan, Hubei, and Hunan have all ranked among the top ten in terms of index scale and growth rate in the country, becoming the “double-strong” provinces. Among them, in the first quarter of 2021, Hubei ranked among the top ten in the country for the first time due to the outstanding achievements of digitalization in helping the anti-epidemic recovery.

(Partial screenshots of "Digital Transformation Index Report 2021")

In terms of industry, the report shows that the digital scale of the digital native industry is clearly ahead of traditional industries. Among them, the three sub-sectors of e-commerce, finance, and cultural and creative industries are the largest and most typical, becoming the backbone of the digital development of central cities. However, with the accelerated popularization of new infrastructure, the digital transformation of traditional industries is also showing a trend of rapid growth. Among the top ten industries in terms of growth rate in the past year, traditional industries such as radio and television, medical, manufacturing, education, retail, and energy accounted for 6 seats. Among them, the scale of the radio and television industry increased by nearly 300% year-on-year, ranking first among all industries.

A brand-new conference format and participation experience that deeply integrates digital technology

In addition, this digital ecology conference also opened 40 industry and product special sessions, covering many Tencent star businesses such as finance, smart education, smart healthcare, smart retail, smart transportation, and smart manufacturing. Partners to share new opportunities in the industry and carry out in-depth cooperation. In the tide of integration of data and reality, Tencent is braving the wind and waves with partners in various industries to help China's economy take off.

This year's Tencent Digital Ecology Conference also deeply integrated Tencent's related digital technologies, allowing the audience to experience the brand new experience brought by digital technologies while attending the conference.

Tencent Electronic Sign has customized and developed an online signing tool for this conference, allowing participating companies to experience digital signing. Tencent Cloud core cooperation signings and special signings for carbon neutrality, smart real estate, smart terminals and smart media are all completed through Tencent Electronic Signature. Both parties sign on the iPad, and the electronic contract is automatically archived without the need to sign paper documents.

In addition, online audiences can also feel the charm of the on-site exhibition area through the immersive cloud exhibition hall created by the cloud rendering solution. Because of its low end-to-end latency of 60-80ms, users can enjoy high-definition high frame rate experience through lightweight terminals such as mobile phones and WeChat applets anytime and anywhere.

It is worth mentioning that this conference will be held in the Tencent Conference Webinar (webniar). Users can watch the 40 forums of the Ecological Conference in real time through the Tencent Conference Webinar function online. Tencent conference webinar (webniar) up to 50,000 people are online, ensuring a stable participation experience for users in various complex environments. Users can view the overall conference agenda in the conference software terminal, reminding before the meeting, and interacting during the meeting. There are more new experiences. There is also the ability implantation of Tencent Cloud AI Digital Homo sapiens, Tencent Simultaneous Interpretation, and Tencent Cloud Enterprise Point. Tencent uses a conference to directly show us the new efficient work and convenient life brought about by industrial digitalization.