Legal Support for Strategies to Increase Digital Literacy: the Experience of China

In recent years, digital technologies represented by the Internet, big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, blockchain, metaverse, etc. have developed rapidly and are widely used in social production and public life. The development of the digital economy is changing both the professional structure and the structure of knowledge and skills. In this regard, digital literacy is becoming one of the basic skills that allow people to adapt to professional and social life in the digital era. Increasing the digital literacy and skills of the entire population can facilitate the innovative use of technology and allow to take full advantage of the new benefits of technological development. Recognizing the need to improve digital literacy, in 2021 the Central Leading Group for Internet Security and Informatization of the People's Republic of China published the "Action Plan for Improving Digital Literacy and Skills for the Whole People" until 2035, which became the legal foundation of the Digital China project. This document focuses on creating a universal, equitable and accessible systemic digital infrastructure, increasing the level of awareness of digital citizens, their level of technological thinking, the ability to constantly learn and a sense of social responsibility in the modern digital world.