Abstract

In 2020, the COVID-19 epidemic suddenly came to the world, and the world economy was seriously affected. At the same time, the digital economy showed strong development resilience and anti shock ability, realizing the growth of counter trend, and injected an important impetus for the global economic recovery. In the post epidemic era, digital technology is bound to further rapid development and innovation, and continue to reshape the world economy and society. Annual Report on the Development of Digital Economy (2020-2021), a comprehensive study based on comprehensively tracking the development of digital economy in various countries and regions, which focuses on the strategic policies, specific measures, and hot issues in the field of digital economy in 2020, analyzes the new features and highlights of the digital economy, and conducts a special study on the hot areas, which is highly comprehensive, systematic and forward-looking.

This report is divided into four parts, a total of 20 articles. The overall structure is as follows: the first part is the general report, including three articles, the situation of digital economy in 2020 and the outlook for 2021, the analysis of the development level of national digital economy in 2020, and the analysis of the evolution trend of digital economy issues of major international organizations in 2020;the second part is the field, covering digital infrastructure, data elements, digital industry, industry digitization, digital government, and digital trade;the third part is about countries and regions, including five articles on the development of digital economy in China, the United States, the European Union, Japan and ASEAN;the fourth part is about special topics, including the impact of the epidemic on digital economy, digital infrastructure, value evaluation of data elements, development of digital trade, digital business environment and development trend of large Internet enterprises. The fifth part are the appendices, including relevant policies and indexes in the field of digital economy, and the top ten events in the field of digital economy in 2020. This report is a comprehensive annual report on the research of global digital economy, which can be used for reference by leaders, experts, scholars and researchers in the field of digital economy.