On May 27th, the Big Data Forum on Public Resources Trading 2021 (hereinafter referred to as the Forum) was held in Guiyang, co-hosted by the State Information Center (SIC), the Guizhou Provincial Public Resource Trading Center, etc. As one of the sub-forums of the China International Big Data Industry Expo 2021, under the theme of “Foreseeing The Future”, the Forum aims to facilitate high-quality development of public resource trading in the new stage in the way of experience sharing on digital transformation and data governance of the public resource trading. Cai Chaolin, Vice Governor of the People’s Government of Guizhou Province, and Du Zunya, Deputy Director-General of the Department of Laws and Regulations of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), attended the Forum and delivered speeches respectively. Zhou Min, Vice President of the SIC, gave the keynote speech on the theme of “Digital Transformation and Governance Innovation in Public Resource Trading Driven by Digital Technology”.

In his speech, Zhou Min said the Party Central Committee, with Xi Jinping at the core, attaches great importance to digital development, and made a series of major strategic decisions on building the Digital China and promoting digital economy. Public resource trading, which is a comprehensive window connecting both the government and market players in all aspects of economic and social development, is a key element for improving the business environment, allocating public resource and providing public services. Zhou Min also said it is necessary to acclerate the digital transformation for the innovation in governance of public resource trading. Digital technology shall be conducive to building a new governance model that combines government regulation, industry self-discipline, platform guidance, and social supervision, to improving the efficiency and fairness of factor and resource allocation as well as to activating the value of public resource trading data.

Zhou Min said that the SIC has thoroughly implemented the Guiding Opinions on Deepening the Integration and Sharing of Public Resource Trading Platforms, as well as promoted the development and application of the national public resource trading service platform. With the joint efforts of local governments and relevant departments, achievements have been made in integrating trading platforms via the digital technology across the country. In the future, the SIC will issue the guiding standards for the digital transformation of trading platforms, activiate the value of data factor by consolidating various data, and explore the innovation in the governance of public resource trading.

Jiang Xiaojuan, member of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, President of Chinese Public Administration Society, and Dean of the School of Public Policy & Management of Tsinghua University; and Zhang Jun, Dean of the School of Economics of Fudan University also attended the Forum and delivered keynote speeches respectively.

At the Forum, an industry salon was held where parties from fields of industry, academia, research and application engaged in in-depth exchanges on topics as “the innovation model and practice of data governance of public resource trading” and “the exploration of innovative paths on digital application of public resource trading in the new era.”

Moreover, the Exhibition of Innovation and Reform Achievement of National Public Resource Trading Platform 2021 also has been held during the Forum. 14 provincial-level, provinical capital and sub-provincial level public resource trading institutions and industrial enterprises exhibited their latest innovation and application achievements.