2018年，新技术的应用持续推动基础软件的发展。全球市场上，北美市场将继续保持领导地位，其在基础软件技术与市场两个方面均具有明显优势。以中国为主导的亚太市场，2017年保持较高增速（17.4%），已经成为了市场增长主力。

2017年中国人工智能核心产业规模超过700亿元，随着国家规划的出台，各地人工智能相关建设将逐步启动，预计到2020年，中国人工智能核心产业规模将超过1600亿元，增长率达到26.2%。

2017年，政府工作报告中明确提出要“推动‘互联网+’深入发展、促进数字经济加快成长，让企业广泛受益、群众普遍受惠“；同时，党的十九大报告中提出要加快建设创新型国家，建设“数字中国”，发展数字经济等新兴产业。未来数字经济将迎来重大发展机遇期。

The annual Single Day sale event in November 2017, once again, saw Alibaba shattering sales records. The estimated sales value in 2017 was posted at USD25.3bn, up by 39% y-o-y when compared to the previous record breaking Single's Day sales event in November 2016. Total Single Day sales value across all e-commerce Chinese platforms reached USD38.2bn. Despite the economic slowdown, the underlying market remains strong and Chinese consumer confidence remains high. Notebook PCs and high-end smartphones were the biggest sellers in 2016 and 9M17, with the latter exceeding expectations. Xiaomi saw an uptick in its sales in Q217, growing by almost 20% y-o-y after a dip in Q117. Its latest flagship Mi6 and low-tier models Redmi Note 4X were in high demand. Chinese smartphone vendors Vivo, Oppo, Xiaomi and Huawei have outperformed in 2017, owing to their aggressive price campaigns and innovative devices appealing to mid-range consumers across the country. In addition, Samsung's decision to recall all of its flagship smartphones amid growing safety concerns over the devices' batteries left a gap in 2016/17 that was filled by locally-made products. Apple registered slower growth in 2016 and 2017, but remains in China's top-5 vendors. The new Cybersecurity Law implemented in 2017 could also blunt demand for non-Chinese brands, particularly where data storage and retrieval is a key application for consumers.

The growing underwater threats increase the demand for the undersea warfare systems to perform underwater operations such as anti-submarine warfare, and underwater mine-hunting. Moreover, these systems also help in detecting and tracking underwater threats in order to protect the nation from underwater attacks. These systems are entirely used by the naval forces for locating and tracking the enemy submerged targets. This chapter of the report will provide an in-depth understanding of the direction towards which the market is heading by taking into the account several factors such as market drivers, market restraints, and market opportunities.

The cloud market has particularly strong growth potential, underpinned by government initiatives and major investment by vendors in infrastructure and human capital. A new cybersecurity law will protect local cloud and hosting players from growing international competition. Growing international concerns about Chinese companies' ability to disrupt and stifle competition will limit the potential growth trajectories of players such as Huawei and Inspur. Softening demand for tablet computers, mitigated by lengthening notebook replacement cycles and the power of smartphones as a computing alternative, weakens the outlook for devices and associated software and services. Low cost smartphones and phablet devices will continue to pose downside risks to household PC penetration in low income areas where price sensitivity remains high. • Improving levels of enterprise PC penetration by industrial sector and region in 2015 suggest that there were significant strides towards PC uptake made during the course of the 12th Five Year Plan (2011-2015). Strong government emphasis on technological development and innovative prowess will continue to keep IT services levels elevated over the short- and medium-terms.

The global augmented reality and mixed reality market is expected to grow at a healthy rate during the forecast period. The market is rapidly expanding, driven by continuous advancements in technology and innovation. It has been a home to changing market dynamics as the established players and new market entrants from various complementary industries try to capitalize on the gains from this lucrative market. This chapter will present a thorough analysis of the market dynamics, comprising of the factors which either enable or inhibit the overall market growth, along with potential opportunities which can be tapped in the future.

信息安全关乎国家安全，2015 年，中共中央 政治局就已明确信息安全是国家安全的重要组成部分。国家信息安全需要 两方面的保障：一是在 IT 建设初期，保障购买的软硬件符合自主可控的 要求；二是切实加强网络安全防护，保障系统安全和数据安全。近年来， 相关部门对这两方面的政策支持不断加强