China’s Digital Economy repotedly Hit $2.3 Trillion in H1
China's digital economy hit 16 trillion yuan ($2.3 trillion) in the first six months of 2018, which accounted for 38.2 percent of the country's overall GDP growth.
Lu Chuncong, director of the academy, said despite booming growth, China's digital economy suffers from unbalanced and inadequate development. Data shows that in 2017 the province with the biggest digital economy was 64 times the size of the most underdeveloped province.
Lu also mentioned that the service sector has undergone the biggest digital transformation in China, but that the industrial and agricultural sectors have been less affected by the inevitable trend.
Development of the digital economy is listed as an important task for building a modern economic system in China and achieving high-quality development. In...