In April 2023, the 6th Digital China Summit was held in Fujian. A series of data indicators released at the summit outlined the latest achievements in the construction of Digital China. In 2022, China's data output reached 8.1ZB, with a year-on-year growth of 22.7% and a global proportion of 10.5%, ranks second in the world. The blue ocean potential of digital economy is unlimited.

In February, 2023, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the overall layout plan for the construction of Digital China, which clearly stated that the construction of Digital China was arranged according to the overall framework of & ldquo;2522 & rdquo, consolidate the digital infrastructure and data resource system & ldquo; Two foundations & rdquo;, and promote the construction of digital technology and economic, political, cultural, social and ecological civilization & ldquo; five-in-one & rdquo; Deep integration, strengthening digital technology innovation system and digital security barrier & ldquo; Two capabilities & rdquo;, optimizing digital development at home and abroad & ldquo; two environments & rdquo;. As the core component of the digital infrastructure, data storage facilities are facing great benefits.

In March 2023, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council explicitly proposed to set up the national data Bureau to integrate, share, develop and utilize data resources, and promote the planning and construction of Digital China, digital economy and digital society as a whole. The establishment of the national data bureau will also strengthen the supervision and regulation in the field of data storage, providing a more stable and reliable environment for the development of the entire data storage industry.

With the rapid development of emerging industries such as 5G network, artificial intelligence, autonomous driving, cloud computing and industrial internet, the demand for data storage has shown explosive growth. In order to meet this demand, the construction of Digital China is based on the construction of national data centers and vigorously promotes the construction of storage and computing power. ChatGPT is accelerating the use of data elements. According to statistics, the algorithm model of ChatGPT already has 175 billion parameters, and the amount of data used for pre-training also reaches 45TB. With the iteration of ChatGPT, the model parameters and the amount of data are also multiplying, this will require larger storage capacity and faster access speed. The development of these emerging industries will further drive the booming data storage industry.

The data storage industry has become the cornerstone of national data sovereignty and digital economy.

Strategically, the data storage industry is of great significance to national data sovereignty. China has become one of the countries with the fastest growth in data production and storage in the world. Data storage capacity has become a powerful tool for economic development and social management in many regions. Data storage has been widely used in government, medical care, education, electricity, oil and gas, manufacturing and other national economy and people's livelihood industries, bearing the core data of the country and enterprises.

Chen Guoliang, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, pointed out: & ldquo; Massive amounts of data cannot be lost, stopped, or waited. The importance of data storage makes it a frontier under innovation and competition in various countries, including scientific research on key technologies such as non-volatile storage, quantum storage, DNA storage, etc, it has become an important part of the national strategic scientific and technological force. & rdquo; It is reported that the United States has regarded data storage as a strategic key technology related to technological competitiveness and national security. The innovation and competition law passed by the United States in February 2022, the main purpose of investing US $350 billion in core technologies including data storage is to maintain its global leading position and dominant position in data storage.

Economically, the data storage industry is an important cornerstone of the digital economy. The white paper "data storage, the digital cornerstone of high quality development" released by Roland Berger points out that to realize the digital transformation of thousands of industries, it is necessary to have strong data storage capabilities, the results of quantitative research on the value of data storage show that 1 yuan storage investment can support 5 yuan direct value, 8 yuan indirect value and 30~40 yuan derivative value.

Therefore, we must start from safeguarding data sovereignty and promoting economic development, and promote the construction of data storage industry from a strategic perspective. Storage is indispensable for the entire lifecycle of data from generation, processing, and final extinction. Data has become a basic and strategic resource. Without a strong enough data storage industry, data sovereignty closely related to national security is impossible.

The data storage industry is in a golden period of rapid development.

China's data storage industry has developed into a storage medium and a set of software and hardware integrated system construction behind it, covering storage chips, media particles, memory, storage network, storage machine, data governance, data transactions and other fields are one of the key factors to test a country's digital software and hardware integration level and industry's ability to develop efficiently and cooperatively.

Guided by the construction of Digital China, all links in the data storage industry chain are facing better development opportunities. On the one hand, domestic enterprises have increased their research and development investment in storage devices, storage systems, storage software and other fields, continuously improving their technical level and product quality. On this basis, Chinese storage equipment manufacturers have developed rapidly in the global market, gradually replacing some international brands. On the other hand, the innovation and progress of data storage technology provide a broader development space for enterprises. New generation storage technologies, such as flash memory storage, optical storage, and DNA storage, not only improve the capacity and speed of data storage, but also enhance the security and reliability of data, helping enterprises realize digital transformation.

Under the background of vigorous development, leading star enterprises such as Huawei data storage, Changjiang Storage and Hefei Changxin have emerged in China's data storage industry. With its excellent technology and global layout, Huawei data storage has become one of the world's leading providers of storage devices and solutions. Gartner's "2022 global main storage Magic Quadrant report" was released, with the excellent performance of OceanStor Dorado full flash storage and hybrid flash memory, Huawei has once again become the only Chinese manufacturer selected in the report & ldquo; Leader quadrant & rdquo, this is the seventh consecutive year that Huawei has been included in this quadrant. According to the latest report of IDC in 23, Huawei ranked second in the global market share in 2022, second only to Dell EMC.

In addition, enterprises such as Changjiang Storage and Hefei Changxin have also made important breakthroughs in the field of storage chips and become important participants in the domestic and foreign markets. The 3D flash memory chip technology launched by Changjiang Storage has made significant breakthroughs in storage density, performance and energy consumption. Hefei Changxin has actively invested in research and development resources in the storage field, continuously launched storage products with independent intellectual property rights, and gained a good market share in the domestic market. Its products are widely used in finance, telecommunications, government, enterprises and institutions and other fields.

Looking ahead, China's data storage industry will usher in a golden decade of rapid development:

1. Technological innovation and breakthrough: data storage technology will continue to usher in a new round of innovation and breakthrough. China's data storage industry will increase investment in technology research and development, strengthen close cooperation and collaborative innovation between upstream and downstream of the industrial chain, promote the innovation and breakthrough of storage technology and form a more internationally competitive industrial chain.

2. Emerging Application Requirements: With the rapid development of big data, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things and other technologies, diversified storage requirements will continue to emerge, requirements for reliability and energy consumption will continue to increase. China's data storage industry will launch more diversified storage products and solutions to meet the needs of different users according to different needs.

3. Accelerating the expansion of the international market: With the continuous improvement of Chinese enterprises in technological innovation and product quality and the continuous improvement of production capacity, they will aggregate industrial energy and expand overseas markets, strive for more market share. China's data storage industry will play an increasingly important industrial role in the global IT market, sending out more Chinese voices.

China's data storage industry has made remarkable achievements in technological innovation, the rise of leading enterprises, the increase of global market share and the coordinated development of industries. These achievements have not only promoted the development of China's data storage industry, it also provides important support for the construction of Digital China and the upgrading of digital economy. With the deepening of the construction of Digital China, the data storage industry is ushering in a golden period of rapid development.