(Excerpts from Building Up the Strength, Quality, and Size of China’s Digital Economy by Xi Jinping, Qiushi Journal, No. 01, 2022)

数字经济健康发展，有利于推动建设现代化经济体系

Sound development of the digital economy will help modernize our economic system

数据作为新型生产要素，对传统生产方式变革具有重大影响。数字经济具有高创新性、强渗透性、广覆盖性，不仅是新的经济增长点，而且是改造提升传统产业的支点，可以成为构建现代化经济体系的重要引擎。

As a new production factor, data will exert a major influence in the transformation of traditional production modes. The digital economy has a high level of innovation, a strong tendency to permeate other sectors, and an extensive reach. It is not only a new growth driver but a fulcrum of transformation and upgrading in traditional industry, and it has the potential to become an important engine of economic modernization.

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