China will set up integrated computing network hubs across the nation to further boost the digital economy and provide new impetus for the sector's development, the nation's top economic regulator said on Wednesday.
The China International Big Data Industry Expo, or Big Data Expo -- the world's first expo themed on big data -- kicked off on May 26 in Guiyang, capital city of Southwest China's Guizhou province.
Guizhou has become the front runner of China's big data industry as the growth of the province's digital economy has ranked first in China for six consecutive years.
As a former educator, it surprised me to hear students from Xiuwen No 1 Middle School in Guizhou province gushing, not over a famous celebrity, but instead, over one of China's leading neo-Confucian philosophers, Wang Yangming.
Wang Shouren (1472-1529), more commonly known as Wang Yangming, a preeminent philosopher, thinker, politician and militarist during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), was one of the latter.
With more than 500 years of development, Yangming Culture is more than just a legacy of the treasure trove of Chinese history, rather it is a bridge for cultural exchange in the modern world.
A philosophical system in Confucianism that prevailed in China hundreds of years ago still carries weight in the modern world, shaping people's attitudes toward life, personal pursuits and social governance.
Like the status of Wall Street in New York as the financial heart of business in the United States, the Big Data Expo Avenue, also known as Shubo Avenue, is deemed as an engine for Guiyang's big data industry to stand out from its peers in the country.
Swiping a smartphone or a card for metro services is a common practice in major cities in China. But in Guiyang, Guizhou province, residents have one more option-they can simply use their faces to hop on the city's subway.
Designated as a key economic driver, Guian New Area is playing a major role in fulfilling Guizhou's construction of the Big Data Valley of China with its burgeoning industries.