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SHIJIAZHUANG, China, Sept. 15, 2022 /Xinhua=KYODO JBN/--

China International Digital Economy Expo 2022 is scheduled to be held in

Shijiazhuang, capital city of north China's Hebei Province in mid-November.

This conference will provide exhibitors with a high-standard and high-level

exhibition platform and full chain services such as achievements display, new

launches, networking and matchmaking, forum speeches, media publicity and booth

services, according to the Industry and Information Technology Department of

Hebei Province.

In recent years, Hebei has taken China International Digital Economy Expo as an

important platform to promote digital industrialization and industrial

digitalization, facilitating the deep integration of digital economy and real

economy, and promoting the steady and high-quality development of economy.

The expo was held in Shijiazhuang in October 2019 and September 2021

respectively, which brought new impetus to digital economy, exhibition economy

and related industries in Hebei.

At last year's expo, more than 180 projects were signed with a total investment

of more than 120 billion yuan. The investment enthusiasm of market players

inspired people's imagination of the digital economy's growth potential. Many

industry experts held dialogues over 30 events held in three days, generating

new ideas that refreshed people's understanding of the digital economy's

development.

The China International Digital Economy Expo has provided strong impetus for

the rapid and high-quality development of Hebei's digital economy.

In 2020, Hebei's industrial digitalization index ranked 10th in the country,

with enterprises in steel, automobile, petrochemical and other fields rushing

onto the road of digital transformation.

The province's industrial Internet helped drive its economic growth index to

reach 73.5 in 2020, much higher than the national average of 48.8. The

application rate of industrial cloud-computing platforms increased by 10.5

percent, and the cloud-computing rate of enterprise industrial equipment was

15.94 percent, ranking second in the country.

Source: Industry and Information Technology Department of Hebei Province