The digital transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises ushered in intensive policy benefits. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has said that it will provide digital transformation services for no less than 100,000 smes by the end of 2022, and promote 100,000 smes to go to the cloud. Recently, Jiangsu, Heilongjiang, Gansu and other places have intensively deployed relevant measures, increased support from financial support and service provision, and accelerated the cultivation of industrial Internet platforms to provide support for the digital transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises.

PW482-11 More efforts were made to promote the digital transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises

Recently, many countries have actively deployed digital transformation as an important strength point to enhance the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises. The “Several Measures to enhance the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises in Gansu Province” proposed that during the “14th Five-Year Plan” period, more than 10,000 small and medium-sized enterprises will be added to the cloud every year, and the cloud rate of “specialized and special new” small and medium-sized enterprises will reach more than 95%, promoting the digital transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises. The “Policies and Measures of the PW482-11 Dongguan Municipal People’s Government on Promoting the high-quality Development of the digital Economy” proposed that it will enhance the digital application capabilities of key enterprises such as “specialized and special new” and promote the digital popularization and application of small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises.

Initiatives to lower digital barriers and increase digital services are also being rolled out. Heilongjiang proposed the implementation of small and medium-sized enterprises digital empowerment action, organize the implementation of small and medium-sized enterprises on the cloud with cloud training services, guide small and medium-sized enterprises on the cloud equipment, management on the cloud, service on the cloud, data on the cloud, and promote the full coverage of PW482-11 industrial enterprises on the cloud. Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, through the “Intelligent Manufacturing Partnership Program” brings together four partners: government partners, demand partners, service partners, and collaborative partners to provide scene opening, supply and demand docking, evaluation and diagnosis services, and further help the intelligent transformation of manufacturing industry and the digital transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises.

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Many places come up with “real money” policy incentives. For example, Dongguan encourages small and medium-sized enterprises to use automated production equipment for technological transformation, and grants up to 1 million yuan for a single project. Heilongjiang proposed to subsidize the cost of cloud services such as storage, computing power, security and software for small and medium-sized enterprises every year.

PW482-11 “Digital transformation offers new options for smes to improve quality, increase efficiency and reduce costs and savings.” Lu Chuncong, president of the China Industrial Internet Research Institute, told the Economic Information Daily that small and medium-sized enterprises are mostly distributed in traditional industries and the low-end of the value chain, and are often the first to “lose blood” when facing big market fluctuations and risks. Digital technology can improve the automation and intelligent level of production and manufacturing process, reduce product development and manufacturing costs, improve production efficiency, achieve the combination of production and marketing, and reduce enterprise costs. By reshaping industrial processes and decision-making mechanisms, digitization also brings efficiency gains.

A series of medium – and long-term deployments are making solid progress. During the “14th Five-Year Plan” period, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will implement the digital promotion project for small and medium-sized enterprises to help enterprises PW482-11 transform from three aspects: promoting the digital development of small and medium-sized enterprises, networking collaboration and intelligent upgrading. By the end of 2022, more than 100 industrial Internet platforms and digital transformation service providers will be organized to provide digital transformation services for more than 100,000 small and medium-sized enterprises, and 100,000 small and medium-sized enterprises will be promoted to the cloud.