Shoulder the mission and task of network information undertaking and push forward the construction of network power to take a new step.
Recently, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader made important instructions on network security and informatization, clearly put forward the mission of "holding a banner to gather people’s hearts, preventing risks and ensuring safety, strengthening governance to benefit people’s livelihood, increasing kinetic energy to promote development, and seeking win-win cooperation", clarified the important principles of "Ten Persistences", and raised the regular understanding of network information work to a new height. Accurately understanding and fully practicing this mission and the important principle of "Ten Persistences" is of great practical significance for thoroughly implementing the important thought of the Supreme Leader General Secretary on strengthening the network, grasping the correct political and strategic direction of the network information work, promoting the high-quality development of the network information business in the new era and new journey, and accelerating the construction of a network power.
1. Raise the banner to gather people’s hearts, and the party’s leadership ensures that the network letter business always advances in the right direction.
The development of network security and informatization is a systematic project that needs long-term struggle, and there must be a strong leadership core to take the overall situation into consideration and promote it as a whole. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed that "we must take a clear-cut stand and unswervingly adhere to the party’s management of the Internet, strengthen the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee over the work of online information, and ensure that the cause of online information always advances in the right direction". Adhering to the Party’s overall leadership over online information work is the key to managing and using the Internet well in the new era and situation.
Adhere to the party’s overall leadership over the work of online information, and the development of online information has a strong political guarantee. In the course of China’s internet from scratch, from small to large, from weak to strong, the party has always played a key role as a planner, organizer, promoter and leader. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, we have planned the network security and informatization work in the overall situation of the party and the state, earnestly strengthened the centralized and unified leadership of the party over the network information work, and provided a strong political guarantee for the development of the network information work.
Adhere to the party’s overall leadership over the work of online information, and form a new pattern in the construction of online public opinion positions. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader emphasized that "the Internet has increasingly become the main front, main battlefield and forefront of ideological struggle. Whether we can firmly grasp the leadership of ideological work depends on whether we can occupy online positions and win online dominance. " This thesis makes it clear from a strategic and overall perspective that the Internet is increasingly becoming the main position, the main battlefield and the forefront of ideological struggle, and it has also become an important position for spreading advanced culture, promoting the development of network culture industry and the construction of network civilization. The construction of online public opinion positions insists that positive energy is the general requirement, management is the last word, and good use is the real skill. It builds a new pattern of public opinion in which online public opinion releases positive energy and offline public opinion continues to stimulate social vitality, forming a strong synergy between online and offline, continuously purifying cyberspace, unblocking public opinion channels, condensing positive energy of online public opinion, and striving to create a soft environment for building a network power.
Adhere to the party’s overall leadership over online information work, and cyberspace has become a new space for our party to build consensus. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out that "where people are, the focus of propaganda and ideological work lies. Cyberspace has become a new space for people’s production and life, and it should also become a new space for our party to build consensus." In order to achieve the goal of building consensus, "concentric circles should be formed online and offline." In the era of global information network, cyberspace is the common spiritual home of hundreds of millions of people. If we want to draw a larger concentric circle, we need to accommodate more diversity and pay attention to the construction and maintenance of cyberspace, and the importance of online information business is increasingly prominent. We must embody the overall leadership of the party in all aspects of the network information work, so as to effectively shoulder the mission of raising flags and gathering people’s hearts and promote the high-quality development of the network information cause.
2. Prevent risks and ensure safety, and build a national network security barrier.
With the deep integration of Internet and economy and society, network security has become a major issue concerning the overall situation. As early as the first meeting of the Central Cyber Security and Informatization Leading Group in February 2014, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader clearly put forward the scientific conclusion that "there is no national security without cyber security, and there is no modernization without informatization", which reflects our party’s new understanding of the laws of modernization, thus opening a new journey for China to move from a cyber power to a cyber power.
Coordinate development and security, and realize the two-wheel drive of network security and information development. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out that "network security and informatization are two wings and two wheels of driving, which must be planned, deployed, promoted and implemented in a unified way". Paying attention to both development and security is the key to promoting China’s transformation from a network power to a network power. Security is the premise of development, and development is the guarantee of security. Correctly handling the dialectical relationship between network security and information development is the application and embodiment of Marxist world outlook and methodology in network information work.
Simultaneously promote open cooperation and independent innovation of network core technologies. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out, "We must make up our minds, maintain perseverance, find the right focus, and accelerate the breakthrough of core technologies in the information field". The breakthrough of network core technology is an important support for building a network power. By promoting the infiltration, integration and extensive use of network core technologies in various industries, changing the production management mode, resource allocation mode and industrial organization mode, promoting technological progress, model innovation and management innovation in various fields, and changing the economic operation mode and growth mode, we can lay a solid foundation for the development of network security and network information.
Network security is an important battlefield to achieve overall national security. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader proposed to establish a correct concept of network security, and profoundly summarized the characteristics of network security, emphasizing that network security is holistic rather than fragmented, dynamic rather than static, open rather than closed, relative rather than absolute, and common rather than isolated. The concept of network security is not only a profound grasp of the new changes and trends in the national security situation, but also a systematic response to the new challenges and threats facing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. To establish a correct concept of network security requires us to better grasp the laws and essence of network security, enhance the ability of dialectical thinking and strategic thinking, strengthen the linkage between various security fields and security elements from the overall situation of national security, and defend the important battlefield of overall national security. With the network security being promoted to the height of national security and social stability, the construction of China’s network power is also moving forward in the direction of network security for the people and network security relying on the people.
3. Strengthen governance to benefit people’s livelihood and let hundreds of millions of people share the fruits of Internet development.
At present, the number of netizens in China has exceeded 1 billion, and the development and governance of the Internet has become a major theoretical and practical issue in the development of Socialism with Chinese characteristics. China is forming a unique way to govern the Internet in China, so that hundreds of millions of people can share the fruits of Internet development.
The scientific system of network power has been continuously improved. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out, "To build a network power, we must have our own technology and excellent technology; There must be rich and comprehensive information services and a prosperous and developed network culture; It is necessary to have a good information infrastructure and form a strong information economy; There must be a high-quality network security and information talent team; It is necessary to actively carry out bilateral and multilateral international exchanges and cooperation on the Internet. Digital economy takes modern network technology as an important carrier, data as a key factor of production, and efficiency improvement and economic structure optimization as an important driving force, which constitutes a solid foundation for network power. We should actively advocate the use of network information to gather talents in the world, constantly condense and mobilize the enthusiasm, initiative and creativity of talents in all aspects, and consolidate the talent guarantee for building a strong network country. In addition, advocate a positive network culture and constantly enhance the soft power of network powers.
Adhere to the people-centered development thought and point out the direction for the construction of a network power in the new era. The starting point and end result of all the work of the party and the state lies in realizing, safeguarding and developing the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people. A main thread that runs through the practice process of network security and informatization in China is to always adhere to the people’s position. The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out that "the development of online information business must implement the people-centered development idea and take the promotion of people’s well-being as the starting point and the foothold of information development". Carrying out the people-centered development thought in the network letter business is reflected in the material satisfaction brought by resources, technologies and tools, the demand for network culture, and the sense of gain, happiness and security brought to the people by the overall construction of a network power. It is shown in the process of realizing the value of serving, relying on and protecting the people, which is the concrete application of Marxist mass view in the network letter work.
4. Increase kinetic energy to promote development, and information drive to lead high-quality economic and social development.
General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out that "we should cultivate new kinetic energy with informationization, promote new development with new kinetic energy, and create new glory with new development". The diffusion effect of information technology innovation, the spillover effect of information and knowledge, and the inclusive effect of digital technology release have made the driving and leading role of informatization increasingly prominent, providing new ideas for high-quality economic and social development, creating new engines and injecting new impetus.
Informatization promotes system innovation. At the Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee, the overall goal of comprehensively deepening the reform was to "improve and develop the Socialism with Chinese characteristics system and promote the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity". The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out that "the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity should be promoted by informationization". This requirement emphasizes making good use of informatization as a multiplier, aiming at the key and key points of deepening reform and opening up and accelerating institutional innovation, and incorporating informatization into the top-level design of comprehensively deepening reform as an important path to promote institutional innovation in key areas and key links; This requirement has also promoted the deep integration of information technology and government management service functions, starting from the most concerned, realistic and practical aspects of the masses, and promoting institutional innovation in various fields to improve quality, efficiency and smooth implementation by means of "four or two".
Informatization forms new kinetic energy for social development. The new data application system constructed by data, computing power and algorithm brought by informatization has brought great changes to people’s production and life. Data productivity has become a new ability for human beings to understand and transform nature in the information society. Through value co-creation, data elements can empower other elements, promote resource optimization and activate innovation, and form new kinetic energy for social development. Only by deeply understanding the new trend of accelerating the transformation of the world economy to economic activities with the network information technology industry as an important content can we better understand and grasp the driving and leading role of informatization in economic and social development. Promoting the development of digital industry by informationization, stimulating the vitality of digital economy, optimizing the digital social environment, creating a good digital ecology, and accelerating the creation and accumulation of social wealth will help promote the sharing and inclusiveness of social wealth and improve the balance, coordination and inclusiveness of the overall economic and social development.
5. Seek win-win cooperation and enhance the international discourse power of cyberspace governance in China.
The movement of Dapeng is not a feather; The speed of the horse is not enough. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out, "Cyberspace is a common space for human activities, and the future and destiny of cyberspace should be shared by all countries in the world. Countries should strengthen communication, expand consensus, deepen cooperation and jointly build a community of cyberspace destiny. " The community of cyberspace destiny provides a Chinese plan for the global Internet development and governance, and provides ideological guidance for China to participate in leading the international governance of cyberspace.
Emphasize respect for network sovereignty. Facing the world pattern of economic globalization, Internet development must adhere to the principle of mutual respect and trust, jointly build a peaceful, safe, open and cooperative cyberspace, and realize the interconnection, sharing and common governance of cyberspace. Respect for cyber sovereignty is a profound understanding of the changing and continuous development of national sovereignty with the development of technology and international relations, which has won the approval of most countries in the world. Extending national sovereignty to cyberspace is the basis of international cyberspace governance.
The community of cyberspace destiny has become the best model to realize global network governance. The destiny of mankind is more closely linked by the Internet, and win-win cooperation has become the common aspiration of the overwhelming majority of people in the world. We will build a community of destiny in cyberspace, devote ourselves to strengthening international cooperation, bridge the digital divide between different countries, regions and people, and promote the harmonious development of world economy, society and culture. In the process of jointly building a community of cyberspace destiny, China has joined hands with all countries in the world to give full play to the multilateral and multi-party participation of sovereign countries, established multilateral, transparent and inclusive international trade rules in the digital field, jointly created an international environment conducive to the development of the digital economy, and jointly created a new trend of economic development, providing an overall planning idea for promoting the in-depth development of the "Digital Silk Road" such as China-ASEAN and China-Central and Eastern Europe digital economic cooperation with high quality, and creating reciprocity for people all over the world.
(Author: Wang Yimin, Department of the Central Party School [National School of Administration] Supreme Leader New Era Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought Research Center researcher)