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UK Digital Strategy每日免费获取报告1、每日微信群内分享7+最新重磅报告;2、每日分享当日华尔街日报、金融时报;3、每周分享经济学人4、行研报告均为公开版,权利归原作者所有,起点财经仅分发做内部学习。扫一扫二维码关注公号回复:研究报告加入“起点财经”微信群。This document is an edited, printer friendly version of the full, accessible policy paper on gov.uk.ContentsContentsMinisterial foreword and executive summary4Where we are today101. Digital foundations161.1World class and secure digital infrastructure161.2Unlocking the power of data181.3A light-touch and pro-innovation regulatory regime191.4Security and the digital economy242. Ideas and intellectual property292.1Supporting universities to develop new ideas and technologies292.2Incentivising businesses to innovate322.3Innovation in the NHS343. Digital skills and talent363.1Strengthening the digital education pipeline373.2Increasing awareness of pathways into digital occupations393.3Developing advanced digital skills403.4Lifelong digital skills413.5Collaborating with the private and third sector on digital skills443.6Attracting the brightest and best globally464. Financing digital growth564.1Seed investment574.2Early stage and scale-up investment574.3Making the UK the global tech IPO capital605. The whole UK: spreading prosperity and levelling up635.1Supporting the UKs businesses through digital adoption635.2Improving public services655.3Supporting access to public procurement opportunities665.4Levelling up our regional economies675.5Supporting net zero716. Enhancing the UKs place in the world746.1Global leadership: Governance and values746.2Promoting digital exports and inward investment786.3Achieving our priorities through internationalpartnerships79Annex - Summary of Key Actions83UK Digital Strategy3Ministerial foreword and executive summaryDigital technology has transformed our lives and will continue to do so. The UKs economic future, jobs, wage levels, prosperity, national security, cost of living, productivity, ability to compete globally and our geo-political standing in the world are all reliant on continued and growing success in digital technology. That is why the UK must strengthen its position as a global Science and Tech Superpower1 and why the Government is taking steps to achieve it.The UK starts with many advantages. Critical building blocks of the digital economy, from super-fast internet access across the UK to cyber security capabilities are already in place or being built. UK universities lead the world in fundamental and applied science.2 We already have comfortably more tech unicorns than any other European country3 more than France, and Germany combined and in 2021, a new UK unicorn was minted every 11 and a half days based on data from company tracking business Dealroom.4 We saw more private capital flow into UK tech last year than any other European country £27.4 billion around double the level of second-placed Germany, and more than triple the level of France in third place.These are not just impressive figures; they represent thousands of high-skilled, high-paid new jobs right across theUK. In emerging fields such as artificial intelligence (AI), advanced semiconductor design and quantum computing, the UK is a world leader. And our global network of partners and allies provide the foundation to act as a force for digital good on the world stage.1234Gov.uk, Global Britain in a Competitive Age: the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy, (2021), (https:/www.gov.uk/government/publications/global-britain-in-a-competitive-age-the-integrated-review-of-security-defence-development-and-foreign-policy/global-britain-in-a-competitive-age-the-integrated-review-of-security-defence-development-and-foreign-policy)Gov.uk, International comparison of the UK research base, 2019 (2019), (https:/www.gov.uk/government/publications/ international-comparison-of-the-uk-research-base-2019)Gov.uk, UK tech sector achieves best year ever as success feeds cities outside London (2021), (https:/www.gov.uk/government/ news/uk-tech-sector-achieves-best-year-ever-as-success-feeds-cities-outside-london)Dealroom (https:/dealroom.co/)4UK Digital StrategyMinisterial foreword and executive summaryAs the UKs Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy I want us to go further and to go faster.The UK should always enthusiastically celebrate the success of our digital businesses and champion our global leadership in areas such as fintech. The success and wealth created by investors and founders of digital business is a national success, to be applauded, encouraged and emulated not criticised.The UK will be the best place in the world to start and grow a technology business. The UK Digital Strategy sets out this vision and the actions required to deliver it. Estimates commissioned by the Government suggest that our approach to supporting and strengthening the digital economy could grow the UK tech sectors annual gross value added (GVA) by an additional £41.5 billion by 2025, and create a further 678,000 jobs.Digital foundationsOur mission starts with strengthening the foundations of our digital economy. We are rolling out world-class digital infrastructure across the UK, harnessing the power of data and using the freedoms conferred by Brexit to implement a light-touch, pro-growth regulatory regime that protects citizens while encouraging both investment and innovation. This will lead to regulatory competitive advantages in areas such as AI, data, and digital competition.We are also determined to ensure that the UKs tech and digital security is defended from hostile state threats, and that highly sensitive tech IP is appropriately protected.Ideas and intellectual property (IP)Ideas and intellectual property are at the heart of innovation which feeds digital businesses. Substantial and growing government investment in research and development (R&D) (up from£15 billion to £20 billion a year between 2020/21 and 2024/25)5, combined with enhanced R&D tax incentives to stimulate private investment will deliver this. We need to ensure that ideas can more readily be commercialised from the academic environment.We must also actively seek to grow the UKs existing expertise in the foundational deep technologies of the future, suchas artificial intelligence, next generation semiconductors, digital twins, autonomous systems and quantum computing.The NHS is globally unique as the largest integrated health system in the world. This provides substantial opportunities to undertake research and development based on rich data that reflects a large population cared for in one system, which leads to innovative new healthcare products.5 Gov.uk, Government announces plans for largest ever R&D budget (2022), (https:/www.gov.uk/government/news/government-announces-plans-for-largest-ever-rd-budget)UK Digital Strategy5Skills and talentThis Government will ensure that UK technology businesses have access to the skills and funding they need to innovate, develop and grow. We will work with schools, universities, further education providers, and businesses to deliver the digital skills that the real economy actually needs including apprenticeships and skills training throughout peoples careers in a framework that is understandable and recognisable.This Government is already funding 1,000 PhDs in artificial intelligence and1,000 scholarships for masters degree conversion courses in AI and data science,6 is backing apprenticeships and has introduced T Levels.7 Digital Skills Partnerships are being rolled out around England,8 and the new Digital Skills Council9 brings together business and government to make sure digital skills are being enhanced. But more needs to be done in all of these areas.It is also vital that the best and brightest from around the world can quickly and easily come to the UK. In addition to the comprehensive suite of visa routes already available to digital businesses, we are introducing the new High Potential Individual and Scale-up visas, so that UK digital businesses can easily recruit from anywhere in the world.Financing digital growthThe UK has fantastic venture capital investment incentives through schemes like the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS), Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) and Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) and many dynamic early-stage venture capital funds (VCs) which have helped embed a vibrant start-up sector. To continue the sectors growth, we need to ensure market failures inhibiting growth continue to be addressed.The UK has a strong domestic investor market for companies at seed and early stage, as UK companies grow and raise capital to scale up, but there is more that can be done to facilitate the investment of UK capital into the UKs digital economy. There is an opportunity to enable UK financial institutions, such as pension funds, to allocate more capital to pre-Initial Public Offering (IPO) technology, as their US cousins do. This will stimulate more productive innovation and offer the potential of greater returns for pension savers.This Government will encourage UK investors to increasingly take a long-term view and understand that growth investing does not often generate short-term dividend flow. We are supporting this through plans to remove well-designed performance-based fees from the listof charges which are subject to the regulatory charge cap.6789Gov.uk, £23 million to boost skills and diversity in AI jobs (2022), (https:/www.gov.uk/government/news/23-million-to-boost-skills-and-diversity-in-ai-jobs)Gov.uk, Introduction of T Levels (2022), (https:/www.gov.uk/government/publications/introduction-of-t-levels/introduction-of-t-levels)Gov.uk, Digital skills partnership (2018), (https:/www.gov.uk/guidance/digital-skills-partnership)Gov.uk, Digital skills council, (https:/www.gov.uk/government/groups/digital-skills-council)6UK Digital StrategyMinisterial foreword and executive summaryThis Government will continue to directly support innovation and growth financing through InnovateUK and the British Business Banks initiatives, including British Patient Capital, British Business Investments and Enterprise Capital Funds, and will seek to use these to maximise investment by third-party financial institutions in the UK and internationally.We will also continue to promote the London Stock Exchange (LSE) as the best place for our digital technology firms to list. There were 37 tech IPOs on the LSE in 202110, including world-leading firms such as Oxford Nanopore and Wise. With the changes to the rules to allow dual class shares, a reduction in the minimum free float to 10%, and special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) rules changes combined with planned prospectus rules changes to allow more forward-looking statements, we are determined that the LSE will be the go-to exchange for tech IPOs.The whole UK: spreading prosperity and levelling upWe are enabling better access to the benefits of digital technologies across the whole of the UK, improving productivity and inclusion by funding the adoption ofcutting-edge technologies by businesses in every region to accelerate productivity growth. This is supported by the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund11, which is investing over £500 million to boost small and medium businesses across the north of England. No one, and no place, should be left behind.We recognise that some policy areas relating to digital technology are devolved and are subject to the digital strategies of the Devolved Governments (Scotlands digital strategy12, the digital strategy for Wales13, and Northern Irelands digital strategy14). We are committed to working with the Devolved Governments to ensure that the benefits of digital technologies are felt across the UK. This Government has invested in providing skills for the existing workforce and for future generations to ensure that all can share in the success of our digital economy.The Cabinet Office (CO) has introduced wholesale reform to the UKs procurement legislation, which will allow public bodies, including the NHS, to take a more flexible and innovative approach to the waythey procure technology solutions. This will help drive innovation and provide opportunities to break down barriers for small businesses in bidding for public contracts.10 CityAM, UK tech IPOs raise record £6.6bn last year doubling 2020 figures (2022), (11 Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund, Chancellor pledges £660m for next phase of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (2021), (https:/www.npif.co.uk/chancellor-pledges-660m-for-next-phase-of-the-northern-powerhouse-investment-fund/#:text=Chancellor%20pledges%20%C2%A3660m%20for%20next%20phase%20of%20the%20Northern%20Powerhouse%20 Investment%20Fund,-Tags&text=Chancellor%20Rishi%20Sunak%20has%20announced,Bank%20in%20today%27s%20 Spending%20Review)12 Gov.scot, A changing nation: how Scotland will thrive in a digital world (2021), (https:/www.gov.scot/publications/a-changing-nation-how-scotland-will-thrive-in-a-digital-world/)13 Gov.wales, Digital strategy for Wales (2021) (https:/gov.wales/digital-strategy-wales-html)14 InvestNI, Digital Northern Ireland (2020) ( digital-northern-ireland-2020-report.pdf)UK Digital Strategy7Enhancing the UKs place in the worldWe will continue to work with our allies to develop systems of trade and governance that promote global digital trade and enshrine freedom and openness. We will work across the Government, particularly through the Foreign, Commonwealth& Development Office (FCDO) and the Department for International Trade (DIT), to promote digital exports, and seek to ensure that new free trade agreements have a digital chapter (including zero-tariff digital trade, cross-border data flows with trust, and IP and source code protection).Building on our current efforts, there will also be a cross-government effort to promote inward investment into UK tech and UK VC funds by focusing on key target geographies, such as the Middle East, the Asia-Pacific region and North America. We are promoting the UK as a place for global technology businesses to launch IPOs. The forthcoming International Tech Strategy will set a common set of democratic principles to frame the UKs international engagemen