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STS587 Shujian X. et al.
3.2 Comparison of digital industry and product classifications
3.2.1 Industry classification of digital economy satellite account
framework

(1) Digitally enabled industrial sector
The OECD defines the digital sector as the ICT industry in the fourth edition
of the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), which includes the
ICT manufacturing industry, the ICT trading industry and the ICT service
industry. This paper compares the ICT industry in international standards with
China's National Economic Industry Classification (GB/T 4754-2017) and the
‘Three New’ Industry Statistics Classification (2018), and finds that in the ICT
industry group of ISIC, In addition to the "2680 magnetic and optical media
manufacturing", China's industry can correspond. At the same time, compared
to ISIC, China's National Economic Industry Classification for "2640 Electronic
Consumer Device Manufacturing", "4652 Electronics, Telecom Equipment and
Parts Wholesale", "61 Telecom" and "631 Data Processing, Hosting and
Related Activities; Portals The classification of the four categories of ICT
industries is more detailed.

(2) Digital intermediary platform
The OECD's research defines a digital intermediary platform as a unit
within the SNA production boundary that facilitates interactions between
multiple individuals or business users and collects intermediary fees. The
"Internet platform industry" (industry code 0502) in the "Three New" Industry
Statistics Classification (2018) can meet the construction needs. There are five
categories of “Internet platform industry”, including: “Internet production
platform” (05021), “Internet life service platform” (05022), “Internet technology
innovation platform” (05023), “Internet public service platform” (05024) and
"Other Internet Platforms" (05025).

(3) Corporate entities and unincorporated households that rely on the
intermediary platform
In China's digital economy, the digital platform has reduced the barriers
for SMEs to enter the market, making digital technology no longer limited to
the way that traditional large enterprises generate income. Therefore, such
industrial sectors should be listed as a type of digital industry in China's digital
economy satellite accounts. At the same time, it is necessary to separately list
the relevant household industry sectors. However, at present, domestic and
foreign methods have not been developed to accurately identify such
enterprises. This is because the proportion of enterprises that rely on the
platform to create output can only rely on strong technical and economic
assumptions, and this will bring many miscalculations in statistical accounting.

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