In the first half of 2020, despite the impact of the novel coronavirus epidemic, the Chinese economy, thanks to a series of policies, stepped out of the curve of first decline, then rise, and steady recovery. Among them, the new forms and models of the digital economy, represented by online consumption, online office, online education, and telemedicine, have played a non-negligible role in hedging industry pressure, driving economic services, and supporting stable employment. Entering the second half of 2020, where is the “lasting strength” of the digital economy? Recently, the People’s Daily network reporter interviewed nearly 50 companies and institutions in charge of the relevant person, 23 from the launch of a series of manuscripts, from the industry examples to view the overall situation, look at the future, looking for the high-quality development of China’s economic momentum conversion code.

Sweep a shared bike, borrow a shared charging bank, park a shared parking space, use a shared office… In recent years, the sharing economy has emerged and penetrated into every corner of life.

With the continuous enrichment of the sharing economy, the extensive development of the industry has also made the reshuffle rapid and cruel. Many experts and scholars said in an interview with People’s Daily Online that with the advent of cutting-edge technology and disruptive innovation and digital and intelligent society, the sharing economy has entered the “second half” and entered a more rational transformation period.

Especially since the beginning of this year, in the face of the sudden impact of the novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic, idle assets have been revitalized to help the “six stability” and “six guarantees”, and the sharing economy has made great achievements.

The government work report pointed out that the development of platform economy and sharing economy will further stimulate social creativity. Recently, the National Development and Reform Commission more directly named the sharing economy, around the life, productivity, means of production, data and other four aspects of the content, in the 15 new forms of digital economy and new models of the final appearance, triggered the industry imagination.

“As new forms of business emerge in the digital economy, many old methods cannot keep up with new ideas.” Interviewed experts told People’s Daily Online that in the future, it is more necessary to break the inertia of thinking, go deep into the supply side and the production end, optimize the whole process configuration of production materials, turn the crisis into a fighter plane in the “post-epidemic era”, and rekindle the sharing economy “this fire”.

Opportunities: From “bicycle” to “machine tool” sharing formats more abundant

Xiao Fei, an operations manager at a state-owned enterprise in Beijing, commutes every day on a shared bike from her home less than four kilometers away. “I’m a big fan of this shared bike. It saves money and helps me lose weight.”

Akai owns a manufacturing company in Shenzhen. A few years ago, his company signed a contract with Shenyang Machine Tool to buy the processing capacity of “i5 intelligent machine tool” and began to use “shared machine tools” to undertake a large number of orders at home and abroad. Akai said, “To buy a machine tool needs hundreds of thousands of yuan, with the ‘shared machine tool’, a machine tool only needs to pay 5000-8000 yuan rent per month, the cost is greatly reduced.”

China’s sharing economy started early, has a large scale and has many innovations. From the provision of life sharing services such as online car hailing, charging banks, umbrellas, and kitchens, to the emergence of new business forms and new models such as shared machine tools, shared employees, and shared warehouses, the sharing economy has penetrated into more and more segments and markets.

According to the “China Sharing Economy Development Report (2020)” recently released by the Sharing Economy Research Center of the State Information Center, China’s sharing economy market transactions reached 3.28 trillion yuan last year, an increase of 11.6%.

During the epidemic, the sharing economy suffered from “ice and fire” : the nationwide “hardcore” epidemic prevention measures forced people to “stay at home”, which led to the demand for some platform services to drop to the freezing point, and the order volume and operating income of relevant platform enterprises fell sharply; On the contrary, it is precisely because of the migration of consumer activities to online, which has stimulated the vitality of local life services such as takeaway catering and online medicine purchase, and the development of the sharing economy has reached a small peak coexisting with the crisis of the epidemic.

Hungry me word of mouth launched the “Enterprise group meal peace of mind delivery”, for local governments, industrial parks and other units to return to work to send hot rice hot soup; Shanghai promotes “shared parking in the business district”, coordinates the mutual recognition of consumption preferential parking in the business district, gathers the popularity of the business district, and activates the consumption of the business district; Chongqing Trade Group builds a smart supply chain platform to promote the integration of “online + offline, goods + services, retail + experience” and the construction of new retail formats. Hema Fresh recruits employees of catering companies temporarily closed due to the epidemic to come to work…

It can be seen that the sharing economy is no longer stopped at the past “icing on the cake” surrounding services, but more in-depth industrial chain, integration and allocation of social and economic development of scattered resources and capabilities, reflecting greater social value.

Lu Benfu, a professor at the School of Economics and Management of the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, told reporters that if sharing life in the demand side to create the “last kilometer” of the digital economy, then sharing productivity and sharing the means of production is to revitalize social resources at the production end. With the deepening development of network technology in various fields during the epidemic and the cultivation of people’s online consumption habits, the sharing economy will achieve a multiplier effect and provide new momentum for social development.