Jinbei: Balancing the dual effects of industrial technology upgrading welfare | technology | effects
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently stated that the country is promoting 5G upgrades and 6G technology research. China's 5G technology has reached a global leading level and will continue to seize the high ground of information and communication technology innovation. "5G+Industrial Internet" is in the stage of technological breakthrough, evolving and upgrading in many aspects such as infrastructure layout and construction, penetration fields and application scale of technology applications, application scenarios and terminal product expansion. Under the 6G vision, an integrated network of "air sky sea ground" will be built across regions, airspace, and sea areas, achieving truly seamless global coverage.
Faced with tempting prospects, leaders must have their mission. China's "5G+Industrial Internet" technology is leading in the world, and bears social responsibility for the development of global industrial informatization. In particular, the response of the "5G+Industrial Internet" to major social concerns will determine the evolution selection and actual effect of technology upgrading.
The main concerns of economic issues have always been in both economic and social aspects. For example, Adam Smith's book "The Wealth of Nations" answers the fundamental question of whether the maximization of national wealth can be achieved based on individual self-interest behavior. Subsequently, the main question answered by macroeconomics is whether it is possible to adopt aggregate control measures to achieve full employment. This is all attributed to social concerns, which are not just about how individuals or businesses can efficiently "make money" or "become rich", but more about whether their profit seeking behavior can achieve national wealth growth and social welfare enhancement.
The social effects generated by the Industrial Revolution and the evolution of industrial technology have always been of great concern, and some practical contradictions have also caused confusion. For example, will the widespread use of machines squeeze out employment opportunities for workers and lead to more unemployment? While believing that technological progress has a powerful role in enhancing social welfare, we cannot ignore the complexity of social effects. After all, technology is a tool, and the driving force of a market economy is also dominated by instrumental rationality. Therefore, it is necessary to use scientific thinking and rational behavior to maximize the use of "tools" in a desirable and positive orientation, avoiding or limiting their costs and risks.
Industrial technology also has two orientations: economic effects and social effects. The economic effect manifests as having instrumental rationality, promoting productivity improvement, and mainly contributing to the enhancement of indirect welfare, namely exchange value; The social effect is manifested as the direct welfare that the public can obtain, that is, the value of use. The former has a strong incentive effect, but may lead to an widening income gap; The latter has a broad benefit sharing effect, but may lead to insufficient innovation incentives. In practice, if the two can interact harmoniously and complement each other, it can effectively promote technological progress and promote sustainable economic and social development.
"5G+Industrial Internet" is one of the keys to contemporary industrial technological progress, and it is inevitable to face the above profound relationship. The upgrade of this technology can empower numerous industrial sectors and fields, promote the general improvement of productivity, increase economic benefits, nurture leading enterprises, enhance capital strength, and enhance the international competitiveness of the industry. The popularization of this technology can also promote knowledge sharing and the popularization of skills. As long as one has a general level of knowledge, high-tech equipment can be used. Many new job opportunities have been created, such as the extensive development of express delivery and ride hailing industries, which have attracted many practitioners.
Another important manifestation of industrial technology upgrading is the popularization of prices, even high-tech products can be obtained at lower prices. For example, despite the advanced technology used in mobile phones, almost everyone has the means to use them. For example, with the increasing automation and informatization of automobiles, even with the application of "5G+" technology, they still have a price level that ordinary households can afford. Having the ability to pay can increase effective demand and provide market conditions for the development of high-tech products. Popularization and popularization are pro social manifestations of industrial technology upgrading. High technology enhances the welfare of the people, and conversely, high technology also requires the people to "feed" and "strengthen". If we exceed our ability to pay and cannot generate mass consumption, it will be difficult to sustain the supply of nutrients for technological upgrading. This is the only way for technological iteration and upgrading in industrialization, especially in the era of new industrialization.
In short, the technological upgrading characteristics of "5G+Industrial Internet" are highlighted as follows: on the one hand, attracting more capital investment and more enterprises to participate, promoting technological progress, and forming a production capacity and profit model. On the other hand, the "5G+Industrial Internet" technology will be integrated into more industries, transportation, services and other fields, especially in areas that can directly benefit people's livelihood, such as medical care, education, pension and so on. The more insufficient the supply of people's livelihood and welfare, the more useful the "5G+industrial Internet" will be. Through disruptive technological changes, it will be shared by the whole people.
It should be noted that the upgrading orientation of "5G+Industrial Internet" should also be concerned about the national conditions and realities. Our country has a huge overall economic scale and strong national strength, but the per capita income level is not high and still belongs to developing countries. Therefore, industrial technology upgrading should reflect the strategic balance and path selection of economic and social effects with Chinese characteristics.
