Liu Liehong, Director of the National Bureau of Statistics: Speeding up the construction of high-quality data sets in the industry, and investing more in the data industry.

According to the WiseFinance APP, on September 20, Liu Liehong, Director of the National Bureau of Statistics, attended the 2025 World Manufacturing Industry Conference held in Hefei, Anhui and delivered a speech. Liu Liehong emphasized the need to increase investment in the field of data, urging manufacturing enterprises to treat data resources development and utilization with the same importance as technology research and development and equipment updates. Enterprises should increase investment in the entire process of data collection, storage, calculation, management, and utilization, accelerate the construction of high-quality industry data sets, and empower "artificial intelligence +" to be implemented in industries and enterprises. Efforts should be made to invest in the data industry, actively cultivate various types of data enterprises in resources, technology, services, applications, security, and infrastructure. Cultivate a market awareness for paying for high-quality data, forming a consensus of "paying for high-quality data" like purchasing advanced equipment and introducing high-end technology, allowing data to be used and value-added in circulation, and truly forming a good situation where data is available, flowing, used well, and secure. Efforts should be made together to prevent and eliminate "internal competition". Enterprises, especially leading enterprises with strong digital capabilities, should rely on innovation-driven and data-driven development.