Internet people among the two sessions representatives

The annual "two sessions" (referring to the "National People's Congress" and the "Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference") will officially kick off tomorrow. According to the known list of participants, this year there will be at least 28 representatives from the IT, home appliances, telecommunications, and Internet industries participating in the two sessions, among which the number of representatives from the Internet industry has increased to 6, reflecting that the influence or importance of this industry is gradually increasing.

The number of people in the Internet industry has increased significantly

It is understood that in 2015, there were 6 Internet representatives attending the two sessions, including 3 CPPCC members and 3 NPC deputies.

Before the NPC deputies changed in 2013, the only Internet industry representative to the National People's Congress was Chen Tianqiao, CEO of Shanda Group. After the NPC deputies changed in 2013, Baidu CEO Robin Li, Tencent CEO Ma Huateng, and Xiaomi Chairman Lei Jun became NPC deputies. The other two representatives from the Internet industry are Zhang Jindong, Chairman of Suning, and Liu Qingfeng, Chairman of iFlytek.

In the past, Zhang Jindong would be counted as a representative of the home appliance industry at the two sessions, but since Suning Appliance changed its name to Suning Cloud Commerce in 2013, Suning has been holding high the banner of entering the Internet. Therefore, in the inventory of representatives at this year's two sessions, Zhang Jindong was counted as a representative of the Internet industry.

In the Internet industry, more and more corporate bosses are participating in political meetings, but the number of them becoming representatives of the two sessions is still relatively small. For example, Ding Lei, CEO of NetEase, has been elected as a representative of the 11th Guangdong Provincial People's Congress since 2007, and Liu Qiangdong, CEO of JD.com, was also elected as a member of the 12th Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in 2013.

Among the three Internet giants BAT, Li Yanhong is a member of the CPPCC, Ma Huateng is a representative of the National People's Congress, but Jack Ma is neither a representative of the National People's Congress nor a member of the CPPCC. However, he often appears at meetings of some government departments and expresses his views on behalf of the Internet industry.

There are many old faces in the IT field

There are five IT industry representatives at this year's two sessions, all of whom are well-known corporate leaders. Among these five IT industry representatives, Lenovo Group Chairman and CEO Yang Yuanqing and Digital China Chairman Guo Wei are CPPCC members, while Inspur Group Chairman Sun Pishu, UFIDA Chairman Wang Wenjing and Vimicro Chairman Deng Zhonghan are NPC deputies.

In the IT industry, Lenovo founder Liu Chuanzhi and Loongson founder Hu Weiwu have also served as representatives to the two sessions in the past, but due to age and other factors, they have no longer served as representatives to the two sessions since 2013.

There are many local leaders in the telecommunications industry

The telecom industry representatives attending this year's two sessions include 11 operator representatives, including 8 from China Mobile, 2 from China Telecom, and 1 from China Unicom. Among these people, except for the heads of two operators, the rest are the heads of the operator's provincial companies.

China Mobile's representatives at the two sessions include China Mobile Chairman Xi Guohua, China Mobile Zhejiang General Manager Zheng Jie, China Mobile Sichuan General Manager Jian Qin, China Mobile Guangdong General Manager Zhong Tianhua, China Mobile Hebei General Manager Li Liangui, China Mobile Hubei General Manager Guo Yonghong, China Mobile Beijing Chairman Zhou Yi, and China Mobile Henan General Manager Wei Ming.

There is one person from China Unicom, namely Chang Xiaobing, Chairman of China Unicom; there are two people from China Telecom, namely Zhang Weihua, General Manager of China Telecom Shanghai Branch, and Liao Renbin, General Manager of China Telecom Hunan.

It is worth mentioning that among the three major operators, only the head of China Telecom is not a representative of the two sessions.

The number of representatives of the home appliance industry is decreasing

This year, six NPC deputies from the home appliance industry attended the two sessions, all of whom are active executives in the industry, including: Haier's rotating president Zhou Yunjie, Hisense chairman Zhou Houjian, Gree chairman Dong Mingzhu, Midea senior vice president Yuan Liqun, Changhong chairman Zhao Yong, and TCL chairman Li Dongsheng.

According to the list of past representatives of the two sessions, the number of representatives of the home appliance industry in 2015 was slightly less. For example, Li Xinghao, chairman of Chigo Air Conditioning, is no longer a representative of the two sessions. This also shows that the influence of this industry in economic development is gradually decreasing.

What are the hot spots this year?

At last year's two sessions, Internet finance, big data, e-commerce, information security, electronic invoices, and tax cuts became the main focus of science and technology representatives. This year, it is expected that market-oriented reforms, new technologies to transform traditional industries, Internet finance, tax cuts, and information security will still become hot topics. (Text/Luo Liang and Liu Can, illustration/Yao Liwei)

List of representatives of the two sessions in the field of science and technology, a total of 28 people:

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IT industry, 5 people:

Lenovo Group Chairman and Yang Yuanqing (CPPCC)

Sun Pishu, Chairman and CEO of Inspur (People's Congress)

Guo Wei, Chairman of Digital China (CPPCC)

Wang Wenjing, Chairman of UFIDA (NPC)

Deng Zhonghan, Chairman of Vimicro (People's Congress)

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Internet industry, 6 people:

Tencent CEO Ma Huateng (People's Congress)

Baidu CEO Robin Li (CPPCC)

Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun (NPC)

Shanda CEO Chen Tianqiao (CPPCC)

Suning CEO Zhang Jindong (CPPCC)

Liu Qingfeng, CEO of iFLYTEK (Renmin University of China)

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Home appliance industry, 6 people:

Haier Rotating President Zhou Yunjie (People's Congress)

Hisense Chairman Zhou Houjian (NPC)

Gree Chairman Dong Mingzhu (NPC)

Yuan Liqun, Senior Vice President of Midea (People's Congress)

Changhong Chairman Zhao Yong (People's Congress)

Li Dongsheng, Chairman of TCL (NPC)

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Telecommunications industry, 11 people:

Xi Guohua, Chairman of China Mobile (CPPCC)

Chang Xiaobing, Chairman of China Unicom (NPC)

Zhang Weihua, General Manager of China Telecom Shanghai Branch (People's Congress)

Liao Renbin, General Manager of China Telecom Hunan (People's Congress)

Zheng Jie, General Manager of China Mobile Zhejiang (People's Congress)

Jian Qin, General Manager of China Mobile Sichuan Company (People's Congress)

Zhong Tianhua, General Manager of China Mobile Guangdong Company (People's Congress)

Li Liangui, General Manager of China Mobile Hebei Company (People's Congress)

Guo Yonghong, General Manager of China Mobile Hubei Company (People's Congress)

Zhou Yi, Chairman of China Mobile Beijing Company (NPC)

Wei Ming, General Manager of China Mobile Henan Company (People's Congress)