Advancing digital transformation is the prevailing trend of industry development and an inevitable path for enterprise growth. When it comes to how to execute it, digital transformation requires both insightful thinking that grasps the essence and practical tools for solid implementation. From May 24 to 26, the China Digital Building Conference 2024 was held in Guangzhou. The conference brought together renowned think tank experts, academicians and scholars, heads of industry authorities, and entrepreneurs to discuss, from different perspectives and dimensions, topics such as AI in the construction industry, new quality productive forces, systemic digitalization, and digital construction sites, engaging in exchanges of ideas and in-depth discussions. The conference also released numerous brand-new research results and highly practical, well-targeted digital products and solutions.

Focusing on New Quality Productive Forces to Jointly Seek New Paths for Construction Industry Development

Han Dian, President of China Construction News

During this year's National Two Sessions, when General Secretary Xi Jinping participated in the deliberation of the Jiangsu delegation at the Second Session of the 14th National People's Congress, he emphasized that we must "firmly grasp high-quality development as the primary task and develop new quality productive forces in light of local conditions." From its first proposal during the inspection tour in Heilongjiang in 2023, to the deployment of "developing new quality productive forces" at the Central Economic Work Conference, to the systematic exposition at the Central Political Bureau's first collective study session this year, and to the discussion of "new quality productive forces" again at this year's National Two Sessions, General Secretary Xi Jinping's series of important expositions on new quality productive forces have provided scientific guidance for us to promote high-quality development on the new journey of building a strong country and national rejuvenation.

The construction industry is an important component of the national economy and also an important field for developing new quality productive forces. At present, digital technology is becoming the intrinsic core and an important driving force of new quality productive forces in the construction industry, as well as a key element for moving toward high-quality development. How to strengthen digital technology innovation and application has become a key question that must be answered in the stage of transformation and upgrading of China's construction industry, and it is also a major practical issue.

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