Abstract:

Digital reform represents the values of our times in today’s political consciousness.This leading pursuit promotes the implementation of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era in Zhejiang province.It is a strategic choice meant to seize the opportunity of a new revolution of science, technology, and industrial transformation, to create a global digital transformation highland.This systematic remodeling will boost the first mover advantage of reform and opening up in Zhejiang Province; transform the economic system from development-oriented to common prosperity; and, become the fundamental driving force promoting modernization and common prosperity in the new development stage.Digital reform keeps pace with the times but also shapes change.It will uphold the leadership of the Party and strengthen Party building as the fundamental guarantee; adhere to the nation’s people first value orientation; meet the expectations of the masses; promote theoretical innovation and focus on system remodeling as the main direction of growth; remain on the Chinese road and create a global digital transformation highland; stimulate vitality as a distinct feature; and, inspire the self-revolution that reshapes cadres into the nation’s strategic fulcrum.Digital reform is system integration and multi department collaboration.The challenge is to grasp the omni-directional nature of digital reform that is systematic, relevant, and standardized.This will require the deepening and iterative upgrading of digital reforms with dynamic characteristics that allow for two-way interactions between top-down and bottom-up agents of change.Digital reform is based on platforms and guided by applications.The construction of public data platforms is the key foundation of digital reform.They will support the intellectualization of digital reform through the construction of a digital brain.It must reflect the public’s support as viewed through the use of applications, which will highlight the practical feasibility of digital reform.Ultimately, these efforts must strengthen the resource allocation effectiveness of digital reform by building multiple application scenarios.

Key words: digital reform, Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, Zhejiang province, reform and opening-up, common data platform