Hard technology refers to various information devices and their functions, such as microscopes, telephones, communication satellites, multimedia computers, etc. Soft technology refers to all kinds of knowledge, methods and skills related to information acquisition and processing, such as language technology, data statistical analysis technology, planning and decision-making technology, computer software technology and so on.
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The development of information technology:
In today's world, information technology innovation is changing with each passing day, and digitalization, networking and intelligence are developing in depth, which plays an increasingly important role in promoting economic and social development, modernizing the national governance system and governance capacity, and meeting people's growing needs for a better life.
The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China described the grand blueprint of building a well-off society in an all-round way, starting a new journey of building a socialist modern country in an all-round way and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and made strategic arrangements for building a network power, a digital China and a smart society. To speed up the construction of digital China is to adapt to the new historical orientation of China's development, fully implement the new development concept, cultivate new kinetic energy with informationization, promote new development with new kinetic energy, and create new glory with new development.
The development of information technology has promoted economic and social development. Accelerate the process of economic and social informatization, give full play to the important role of informatization in promoting industrial structure adjustment, improving the utilization efficiency of production factors, accelerating the research and application of high and new technologies, innovating management methods and concepts, and improving the quality of workers, so as to cultivate new economic kinetic energy and promote new economic development.
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