On the sidelines of the Second China International Import Expo (CIIE), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) launched its Industrial Development Report 2020 during a CIIE side event organized jointly with China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), with participation of senior policymakers and representatives of academia and enterprise.
Titled ‘Industrializing in the Digital Age’, the report presents new analytical and empirical evidence on the future of industrialization in the context of the present technological paradigm shift. A striking finding is that a large number of countries are still far from utilizing advanced technologies and have yet to enter the era of advanced digital production technologies; the report also provides several examples of specific policies and some strategic policy directions.
“The emergence and diffusion of advanced digital production technologies (ADP) of the fourth industrial revolution are radically altering the nature of manufacturing production”, said UNIDO Managing Director Philippe Scholtès. “Developing countries and their firms require appropriate industrial policies, digital infrastructure and skills to take full advantage of the fourth Industrial Revolution to further increase productivity and strengthen the capacity to export”.
UNIDO supports the event through various activities as, through the CIIE, it hopes to strengthen the export capacity of developing counties and therefore contribute to accelerating inclusive and sustainable industrial development.
Original source: UNIDO
Published on 06 November 2019
