In April 2019, at the 2019 (first) Global Industrial Internet Conference held in Wuzhen, a manufacturing magnate once poetically remarked, "The Chinese industrial Internet is slowly turning from freehand brushwork to elaborate-style painting."

A forum: painting the structure of Industry of Internet

Focusing on SMEs, this is a new stage in the development of Industry of Internet. The development of Internet technology has made it possible for enterprises with weak economic strength and weak R&D strength to further apply the Industry of Internet. Taking this step means that the integration of the Internet and industry will be more thorough.

"It should be noted that the Industry of Internet is not equal to industrial intelligence. The changes brought by the Industry of Internet to SMEs should not be limited to mechanization and intelligence in production, but should be the deep integration of the whole industry chain, the whole value chain, and the whole factor." said Zhang Jianfeng, chief technology officer of Alibaba Group and president of Alibaba Cloud Intelligence.

For SMEs, empowering SMEs. It has painted the structure of the Industry of Internet - the empowerment of the Industry of Internet is irrelevant to the size and technical level of the enterprise, and it will eventually face the entire industrial field.

A contest: rendering technology

On October 19th, before the opening of the 6th World Internet Conference, the first China Industry of Internet Competition kicked off in Wuzhen. When talking about the original intention of the contest, the organizer told reporters that the Industry of Internet currently in China has developed rapidly. It has entered from the popularization of concept to the rooting stage of practice. The industry as a whole is blooming, in need of a large number of typical application cases to play a demonstration role.

At the "Light of the Internet Expo", the reporter saw the attempt of 5G at the Chuanhua Highway Port: the 5G-enabled Smart-eye Service "stares" every day at the trucks, goods and people getting in and out of the highway port. This is not a simple video surveillance or the cloud service on the Internet, but the ultimate goal of perception, interconnection and intelligence of all things, the new application of fully connected intelligent logistics based on visual simulation, speed transmission and artificial intelligence.

Communication operators are confident. This year is the first year of the commercialization of 5G. Ke Ruiwen, Chairman of China Telecom said at various occasions at the World Internet Conference: "5G is not only an upgrade of information and communication technology, but also a profound and far-reaching change, especially in the field of Industry of Internet."

An achievement: outlining securities

In the exhibition area of Zhejiang Lab at the "Light of the Internet" Expo, the reporter found an area with the theme of "Security of Industry of Internet". Among them, small boxes were neatly inserted on a circuit board, and the lights flashed one after another.

"This is an industrial controller that has its own immunity to network viruses." Zhang Ruyun, a senior researcher at Zhejiang Laboratory and an expert in the field of security of Industry of Internet, told reporters that these small boxes are parts of the series of devices of Industry of Internet with internal safety genes.

In the past, enterprises had the problem of “focusing on development while neglecting security”. On one hand, they actively carried out digital transformation and started to build an Industry of Internet. On the other hand, they lacked sufficient understanding of the safety of Industry of Internet and had low investment in security. This mentality of development is gradually abandoned.

Executive Editor: Ke Ye

Translation: Ke Ye, Wenjin Chen