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Preface
For more than a decade, China's economy has exhibited a "new normal" featuring a slower growth rate but improved quality, with high-quality development as the focus of the transformation of China's economic development.In this process, the digital economy, represented by the platform economy and the sharing economy, has thrived and become an important supporting force for the transformation of the drivers of China's economic growth, industrial restructuring and the.upgrading of consumption structure.In recent years, driven by a huge number of internet users in China, the rapid and iterative application of digital economy technology, and especially the active entrepreneurship and innovative spirit, Meituan and many other online platform enterprises in the country have thrived and formed a beautiful landscape in the global digital economy.In 2019, among the top 20 online platform enterprises by market values globally, eight are from China, while the remaining 12 are in the United States.The global digital economy presents a "two-giant" competition pattern between China and the United States.So far, the platform economy has become an important support for China to enhance its international competitiveness in the industry and to lead the global industrial transformation.
It is worth noting that with the rapid development of the digital economy, China has entered an era of the service economy.In 2012, the added value of China's service industry accounted for 45.5% of GDP.For the first Ume, the service industry became the largest sector of the national economy, surpassing the manufacturing industry.Since then, the proportion of the service industry in the national economy has continued to increase.In 2015, the proportion of the servicc industry exceeded 50% for the first time, and rose to 53.9%in 2019, contributing 59.4% to China's economic growth.The service industry has become the "locomotive" to drive China's economic growth, as well as the main force to boost employment.In most developed countries, the service industry accounts for more than 70% of the national economy Since China has just entered the post-industrial period with the service industry as the main component, there are vast prospects for the development of the service economy.As an online platform enterprise with the business model of "internet +service industry", Meituan's future development has great potential.it will play an important role in technological innovation, industrial progress and social development while also driving its continuous growth.