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Original title: Network coverage targets in poor areas were exceeded ahead of schedule
Connected to the “information highway”, poverty alleviation accelerates
Prepared by Xinhua News Agency reporter Qin Ying
Relying on the e-commerce service platform, Guangzong County, Xingtai City, Hebei Province, built 9 live streaming rooms to alleviate poverty in cities (districts). The image shows a local e-commerce anchor selling local produce live on the web. Photo of Zhang Chi (issued by Xinhua News Agency)
In Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang, staff are laying fiber optic cables for local farmers, Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Hu Huhu.
Liu Daowei’s work (broadcast by Xinhua News Agency)
In October 2016, the China Central Cyberspace Administration, the National Development and Reform Commission and the State Council’s Poverty Alleviation Office jointly issued the “Internet Poverty Alleviation Action Plan” to make comprehensive arrangements for China’s online poverty alleviation work, and formally implemented the network coverage project, rural e-commerce project and network intelligence support project, Information Service Project, Public Welfare Project in net. In the last four years, the implementation of the “Internet Poverty Alleviation Action Plan” has given more and more people the wings to get rid of poverty and get rich. This year is the year of decisive victory in the fight against poverty. As an important part of winning the fight against poverty, the results of online poverty alleviation actions have attracted a lot of attention. To this end, this newspaper launched a series of reports on “Focus on Internet Poverty Alleviation” to demonstrate the role of the Internet in poverty alleviation and present the substantial progress and obvious results of poverty alleviation in Internet in China in many respects.
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The closer to information, the further away from poverty
To be rich, first build roads. In the age of the Internet, the web-based “information highway” has become a “path to wealth” for people to escape poverty.
In August 2013, the “China Broadband” strategy was launched and broadband networks were included in the national strategic public infrastructure for the first time. After several years of development, China’s broadband level has improved significantly. But at the same time, the issue of the “digital divide” between urban and rural areas has become more prominent. In rural and remote areas, broadband development lags relatively behind, restricting local economic and social development and improving computerization.
“At the beginning of the 13th Five-Year Plan period, there were about 50,000 administrative villages without broadband access in China, and 150,000 administrative villages had broadband access, but the access capacity was less than 4 million.” Hearing of the Director of the Information and Communications Development Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Ku noted that there is a “digital divide” between urban and rural areas.
In October 2016, the Central Administration of Cyberspace of China, the National Commission for Reform and Development and the Office of Poverty Alleviation of the State Council jointly issued the “Internet Poverty Alleviation Action Plan”, which It formally proposed the execution of the “Network Coverage Project, Rural Electronic Commerce Project, Network Intelligence Project, Information Service Project, Network Public Welfare Projects” five major projects.
The network coverage project is an important foundation for network poverty alleviation. With the network, there is a window to communicate with the outside world. Experts say that the closer to the information, the further away from poverty. Building the “last mile” of network infrastructure will help fill network gaps in rural and remote areas and accelerate the reduction of the “digital divide” between urban and rural areas.
In response to insufficient investment in building communications in poverty-stricken areas, the state has established a universal telecommunications service mechanism to provide certain investment subsidies to companies that undertake universal service obligations. Currently, six batches of universal telecommunications service pilot projects have cumulatively supported the access to the fiber optic network of more than 130,000 administrative villages and the construction of tens of thousands of 4G base stations, of which approximately 1 / 3 are installed in poor villages. The current difference in Internet penetration rate between urban and rural areas in China is reported to be 24.1%, and it has shrunk to 30% for the first time since 2017. The digital divide between urban and rural areas it has continued to decline. A few days ago, Yang Xiaowei, deputy director of the Central Office for Cyberspace Affairs, stated that the poverty reduction of the network has achieved substantial progress and obvious results. Among them, the goal of network coverage in poor areas has been exceeded earlier than expected and the proportion of fiber optics in poor villages was less than 70% before the implementation of universal telecommunications services. Increase to 98%.
Urban and rural areas gradually realize “the same network and the same speed”
Cen Zhongsen is a cadre in Zhuchang Village, Zhuchang Township, Longlin Autonomous County, Baise City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. When he mentioned the days when there was no Internet, he frowned: “Before, there was no mobile phone signal and I couldn’t access the Internet. You can not charge it, you can only use the notebook to record first and then enter it when you have a signal or broadband network. It is very inconvenient and prone to errors. “In the past three years, Guangxi Telecom has invested a total of 4.5 billion yuan in the construction of rural basic networks, Cen Zhongsen The problems gradually disappeared.
To take full advantage of the role of the Internet in fighting poverty, not only make people in poverty-stricken areas “use” the Internet, but also “allow it” and “use it well.”
“Communication conditions in the deep mountains used to be very bad, but now they are different!” Said Sili, a villager from Shusong Village, Benzilan City, Deqin County, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province . Used mobile preferential packages at home, including airtime and internet traffic. Enough 300M fiber broadband is also provided, which is very convenient for children to take online lessons and adults to watch videos. Farmers in Ashaluo Village, Yongchun Township, Weixi Lisu Autonomous County, have used the “Language Poverty Reduction” app to greatly improve their Mandarin skills, creating convenience for migrant workers. China Mobile also donated Chinese-Tibetan bilingual mobile phones to poverty-stricken Tibetan households in Tibet, Sichuan, and Gansu that have been registered and registered to help local people overcome language barriers.
“With 4G connected, the internet speed is fast!” Said Tian Jinman, a villager from Zhangwan Village, Biyang County, Zhumadian City, Henan Province. In the past, most villages in the county did not have the Internet and agricultural products could not be sold. After connecting to the Internet, he found business opportunities and started e-commerce. “Now the county company Unicom has connected us with fiber optics and the speed of the network has increased significantly. Many people have taught us to do live broadcasts and more and more agricultural products are coming out of the field through the Internet,” Tian said Jinman.
With the deepening of the network coverage project, the era of “same network and same speed” in urban and rural areas is approaching. Dividends in commerce, entertainment, education, medicine, and other fields will be published in full.
Efforts to compensate for “network deficiencies”
This year is the year of decisive victory in the fight against poverty. Although the network coverage task was completed ahead of schedule, there is still a gap between the goal and people’s expectations for a better life. Most administrative villages across the country have access to fiber optics and 4G, and the rest are tough “tough bones.”
“There is only one month left until the end of the year. Time is very tight. All departments are actively researching and promoting work in their respective fields to ensure tasks are completed successfully.” Yang Xiaowei said that he will work hard to correct the deficiencies of the network and establish a stronger information base. Continue to lift the poor out of poverty and become rich.
For the poverty alleviation areas where the network infrastructure has been completed and the poverty alleviation effect of the network is beginning to show, how to further improve the quality of network coverage and consolidate and expand the Network poverty alleviation results has become the focus of work.
In July this year, the Central Cyberspace Administration and seven other departments jointly issued the “Notice on the Implementation of the National Digital Village Pilot Work”, which started the pilot work of China’s digital village. The “Notice” not only sets out the requirements to upgrade the new generation of information infrastructure in rural areas, but also sets out arrangements to explore new forms of rural digital economy and new models of digital governance.
The digital field is a strategic direction for rural revitalization and a relay upgrade for network poverty alleviation. “Currently, 117 digital village pilot counties (cities, districts) have been implemented across the country, including 27 statewide poor counties that have been limited.” Yang Xiaowei said that in the next step, the network will continue to help the poor through the construction of digital villages. Relevant work content, do a good job in seamlessly connecting online poverty alleviation actions and digital rural development strategies, and accelerate the digital transformation of agricultural and rural economic society. (Shi Zhipeng)
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