At present, my country's industrial Internet innovation and development have entered a critical period. The three major areas of network, platform, and security have begun to penetrate into more industries, empowering the digital transformation of different industries, and the results are beginning to show. "China's Industrial Internet Industry Economic White Paper 2021" shows that the scale of added value of my country's industrial Internet industry has reached a new high. In 2020, the added value of my country's industrial Internet industry will reach 3.57 trillion yuan. It is estimated that in 2021, the added value of the industrial Internet industry will exceed 4 trillion yuan, becoming an important force in promoting the high-quality development of my country's economy.

  Promoting industry transformation and upgrading has a significant effect

  Industrial Internet, as a hub connecting all elements, all industrial chains, and all value chains, can connect production information and demand information, effectively realize the efficient allocation of resources, and promote the coordinated development of industrial ecology. In the post-epidemic era, new industrial and economic models based on the Industrial Internet have become the driving force for my country's production and economic recovery.

  Industrial Internet can deeply integrate with the real economy such as manufacturing, energy, transportation, construction, agriculture, etc., and promote the vigorous development of the real economy. In the power industry, access to real-time data from sources, networks, and loads through the industrial Internet platform, and the use of big data to analyze and model, can effectively solve the problems of remote maintenance of power equipment and grid integration and consumption of new energy.

  In addition, my country’s industrial Internet is accelerating its in-depth integration with various industries to promote the integration and development of primary, secondary and tertiary industries. The white paper shows that in 2020, the industrial Internet will drive the primary, secondary, and tertiary industries to add value of 0.056 trillion yuan, 1.817 trillion yuan, and 1.697 trillion yuan, respectively, driving the added value of more than 1,000 yuan. There are nine industries worth 100 million yuan. It is foreseeable that the industrial Internet will continue to increase the value-added scale of various industries in 2021, and the industrial Internet has become a powerful engine for promoting the transformation and upgrading of the industry.

  Provide new momentum for regional economic development

  Today, the Industrial Internet has become an important factor in promoting my country’s GDP growth. Data shows that the industrial Internet’s share of GDP has risen from 2.83% in 2017 to 3.51% in 2020. It has now expanded to 40 major categories of the national economy, involving manufacturing industries such as raw materials, equipment, consumer goods, and electronics. Fields, as well as key industries in the real economy such as mining, power, and construction, have formed a variety of integrated application practices, which are gradually becoming an important support for national economic growth.

  As the development of the Industrial Internet further deepens and becomes more practical, all parts of the country have issued development policies related to the Industrial Internet to guide the transformation and upgrading of local industries. Shanxi Province issued the "Shanxi Province Industrial Internet Innovation and Development Action Plan" to accelerate the in-depth development of Shanxi Province's industrial Internet; Guangdong Province formulated the "Guangdong Province "5G﹢Industrial Internet" Application Demonstration Park Pilot Program (2020-2022)", actively Promote the cultivation and construction of the "5G﹢Industrial Internet" application demonstration zone in Guangdong Province; the Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui economic and information departments signed the "Strategic Cooperation Agreement on Jointly Promoting the Construction of the Yangtze River Delta Industrial Internet Integration Development Demonstration Zone" to accelerate the promotion of the "Yangtze River Delta Industrial Internet Integration" Demonstration Zone for Chemical Development. Data show that in 2020, the added value of the industrial Internet industry in 11 provinces and cities including Shandong, Zhejiang and Henan will exceed 100 billion yuan.

       From the perspective of the industrial Internet industry's added value scale to GDP, the Yangtze River Delta region's industrial Internet industry has the highest proportion of GDP, reaching 3.76%; the Pearl River Delta region and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region are 3.75% and 3.72% respectively; the Yangtze River Delta region The Midstream, Northwest, Southwest, and Northeast regions followed closely behind. The white paper shows that in 2020, my country's main functional areas will maintain a relatively high growth rate. Except for the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, which is more affected by the epidemic, the rest of the key areas will remain above 10%, and the industrial Internet empowerment region has a significant effect.

  Promote the employment upgrade of professional talents

  While the industrial Internet continues to develop, the shortage of professional talents has become increasingly prominent. With the accelerated development of the Industrial Internet across the country, the demand for talents in the direct industry of the Industrial Internet has increased, and the knowledge and skills of employed personnel have been upgraded. In the "Catalogue of Vocational Education Majors (2021)" released by the Ministry of Education in March this year, a number of industrial Internet-related majors have been added. Including "Industrial Internet Engineering", "Industrial Internet Technology", etc., were included for the first time into the undergraduate majors of higher vocational education, and "Industrial Internet Application" and "Industrial Software Development Technology" were included for the first time into the specialties of higher vocational education, paving the way for the cultivation of industrial Internet professionals.

  With the increase in the scale and influence of the Industrial Internet, relying on technologies such as networks, artificial intelligence, big data, and industrial software, the Industrial Internet has promoted the improvement of industrial production efficiency and the optimization of labor division, creating many new cross-posts. Recently, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology jointly promulgated 7 national vocational technical skills standards including artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and industrial Internet, and officially announced that industrial Internet, intelligent manufacturing, big data and other engineering technical positions have officially become new professions in the industry.

  According to estimates, in 2020, the number of jobs driven by the direct industry of the Industrial Internet will be 6.0386 million, and the number of new jobs will be 387,900. The Industrial Internet continues to create new jobs and promotes the upgrading of employment in our country. The white paper predicts that in 2021, the industrial Internet will drive 2.9243 million new jobs and contribute to alleviating employment pressure and optimizing the employment structure. It is worth noting that in the manufacturing industry with the deepest application of the Industrial Internet, the Industrial Internet will directly drive 9,825,800 jobs in the manufacturing industry in 2020, and 1,113,600 new jobs will be created. It is expected that the number of jobs will reach 10,939,400 in 2021. people.

       During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, promoting the transformation and upgrading of my country's manufacturing industry is the only way to build a manufacturing power. The vigorous development of the Industrial Internet has provided new impetus for my country to transform its development mode, optimize economic structure, and transform growth momentum. However, we must also be soberly aware that my country’s industrial Internet still has a certain gap with developed countries in terms of underlying technology and industrial software. While accelerating the development of industrial Internet companies, they must increase their innovation efforts to solve the "stuck neck" problem as soon as possible, and better contribute to the high-quality development of the economy and society.