National Soft Science Research Latest Achievements: Information Society 4.0. New Strategies for Chinese Society Construction

Author: Xiong Chengyu
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Publish Date: 2002-11-01
Features: Information Society 4.0 is a theoretical new work written by Xiong Chengyu and published by Hunan People's Publishing House. As a new achievement in national soft science research, Professor Xiong formally proposes four stages of China's information society development in the book. Stage 1.0 of the information society is the germination period, primarily focused on infrastructure, characterized by significant hardware investment and basic construction, representing the application phase of information technology. Stage 2.0 is the initiation period of the information society, with its prominent feature being the development of self-owned software and hardware technologies, forming the information technology industry, marking the stage of information industry development. Stage 3.0 begins the widespread application of information technology in the socio-economic field, with its main characteristic being the integration of information technology and traditional industries, representing the economic advancement phase of the information society. Stage 4.0 is the advanced stage of the information society development, starting with e-government, where computer information processing technology expands into the realm of production relations and superstructure, marking the construction phase of the information society. New achievement in national soft science research. With a global perspective, focusing on China's territory, it creates a new strategy, constructs the information society, redefines individual coordinates, and seeks the positioning of the era. The Oracle Bone script symbolizes the formation of ancient Chinese states; Chinese characters enable residents of the vast East Asian continent with significant dialectal differences to establish a sense of "us." The widespread use of paper is the prerequisite for the historically most extensive civil service examination system—imperial examinations; Xiong Chengyu proves to us that new information dissemination will change China's social organization forms. Stage 4.0 of the information society will be an incremental process.