WIC Nishan Dialogue on Digital Civilization held in Qufu, Shandong

　　The World Internet Conference (WIC) Nishan Dialogue on Digital Civilization opened in Qufu, Jining city, East China’s Shandong province, on June 26. The Nishan Dialogue is the first thematic event held by the WIC as an international organization. Zhuang Rongwen, Minister of Cyberspace Administration of China and Chair of the WIC, attended the opening ceremony and delivered a keynote speech. Lin Wu, Secretary of the CPC Shandong Provincial Committee and Chairman of the Standing Committee of Shandong Provincial People’s Congress, and John Hoffman, CEO of Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA), attended and addressed the opening ceremony. Zhou Naixiang, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Shandong Provincial Committee and Governor of Shandong province, attended the opening ceremony and gave a speech at the main session. The opening ceremony was moderated by WIC Secretary-General Ren Xianliang.

　　After the opening ceremony, guests held discussions on such topics as "Building a Secure and Trusted AI", "AI Empowering Industries", and "Where Human Civilizations Go in the AI Era", in a bid to explore the value of history and culture in the digital age, enhance international cultural exchanges and cooperation, open new paths for the development of AI technology, and promote the development and progress of human civilization.

　　Zhuang Rongwen attends MWC Shanghai 2023

　　At the invitation of the GSMA, Zhuang Rongwen, Minister of the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), attended the opening ceremony of the Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2023 (MWC Shanghai 2023), delivered a speech and toured the exhibition area on the morning of June 28.

　　In his speech, Zhuang Rongwen said that President Xi Jinping attaches great importance to the development of science and technology in the field of information and stresses the need to jointly explore new technologies, new formats and new models, and explore new growth momentum and development paths. This fully reflects President Xi Jinping's profound insights into the epochal trend of the information revolution and his sincere wish to join hands to promote global scientific and technological development. At present, the scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation are undergoing rapid changes. The new generation of information technologies such as 5G, AI and big data is developing innovatively, and the trend of digitization, networking and intelligence is accelerating. It has become common aspirations of the international community to seize new opportunities and promote new development in science and technology. Therefore, the international community should pursue win-win development and share the opportunities of the times; seek shared benefits and deepen scientific and technological innovation; adhere to shared responsibilities and build a solid security shield; insist on mutual learning among cultures, make digital civilization prosper, and work together to create a bright future for mutually beneficial and win-win scientific and technological development.

　　WIC holds symposium for member representatives in Nishan

　　The WIC Member Representative Symposium was held on June 25 in Nishan, China, with the theme of "Confidence &Recovery: Challenges and Opportunities for Digital Cooperation". Entrusted by Chair Zhuang Rongwen, Secretary-General Ren Xianliang moderated the symposium, which was attended by nearly 40 invited member representatives. High-level representatives from GSMA, AICTO, Alibaba, Baidu, China Tower, 360, Pinduoduo, DiDi, IBM, Qualcomm, Cisco, and Intel held in-depth discussions and stated that digital cooperation and technological innovation could create more opportunities for the business community of various countries, and called on all stakeholders around the world to work together and take action to bridge the digital divide, establish and improve international digital cooperation mechanisms, and promote the ethical use of technologies, thus contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

　　WIC holds the Symposium on Artificial Intelligence

　　The WIC Symposium on Artificial Intelligence was held on June 26 in Nishan, China. Moderated by Secretary-General Ren Xianliang, the symposium brought together 13 experts and scholars in the field of AI from IBM, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the European Committee for Standardization (CEN), Bell Labs ofNokia Shanghai Bell, ZTE, Alibaba Cloud, Weibo, Fuxi Institution, Zhejiang Lab, 360, Tencent Research Institute, Yinxiang Biji, and Arm China to share their experience and provide their inputs for WIC’s future work on AI.

　　WIC organizes a ceremony for the launch and release of the “AI for Social Good” program

　　The WIC held a ceremony for the launch and release of the “AI for Social Good” Program on June 26 in Nishan, China. The WIC AI for Social Good Action Plan (2023-2025) was released at the ceremony and four action plans were put forward, which includes establishing a global coordination mechanism for AI for Social Good activities, promoting global project cooperation and sharing the dividends of AI technologies, carrying out AI for Social Good training and bridging the global digital divide, and enhancing the global communication and publicity of AI for Social Good activities.

　　Ren Xianliang attends MWC Shanghai 2023

　　Secretary-General Ren Xianliang attended the MWC Shanghai 2023 on invitation and delivered a speech at the “Digital Everything: Building Digital Nations” session on June 28. Ren Xianliang pointed out that countries should explore a path of digital transformation that meets their own needs and adhere to the following five common principles: people-centered development, multi-stakeholder engagement, innovation-driven development, secure and orderly development, and win-win cooperation, with an aim to build digital nations. He said that WIC attaches great importance to the best practices of countries in building digital nations, and is willing to offer a platform to further promote experience sharing and win-win cooperation.

　　WIC unveils Zhejiang Office, a first in its history

　　The WIC Zhejiang Office was officially unveiled on June 15 in Wuzhen Town, Tongxiang City, Zhejiang Province, China. Secretary-General Ren Xianliang and Lu Shan, Vice Governor of Zhejiang Provincial People's Government, jointly inaugurated the office. The inauguration ceremony was attended by officials from Zhejiang Province, Jiaxing City and Tongxiang City, WIC member and media representatives. Ren Xianliang said that this is the first representative office formally established by the WIC as an international organization, marking that the construction and development of WIC has begun to bear fruits and move forward.

　　WIC organizes the Member Day Activity

　　The WIC Member Day Activity was held on June 15 in Wuzhen Town, Tongxiang City, Zhejiang Province, China. Led by the WIC Secretariat and the officials from Zhejiang Province, Jiaxing City and Tongxiang City, the WIC member representatives visited the "Light of Wuzhen" Supercomputing Center and the "Straight to Wuzhen" World Internet Industrial Park to learn about the current situation and future development trend of the local digital industries and explore new opportunities for the development of the digital economy.

　　WIC attends the APEC Seminar on Collaborative Transformation and Development of Digitalization and Greenization on invitation

　　On June 21, Liang Hao, the WIC Executive Deputy Secretary-General, attended the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Seminar on Collaborative Transformation and Development of Digitalization and Greenization, and delivered a speech at the thematic discussion on "Leveraging the Driving Role of Industry Green Transformation in the Digital Industry". He pointed out that the WIC international organization is willing to build a platform of international exchanges and cooperation to jointly promote the collaborative development of digitalization and greenization.

　　WIC attends WBBA Shanghai Summit 2023

　　On June 29, Liang Hao, the WIC Executive Deputy Secretary-General, attended the World Broadband Association (WBBA) Shanghai Summit 2023 on invitation and delivered a speech on the topic of "Bridging the Digital Divide and Contributing to Sustainable Development". He said that the WIC will strengthen exchanges and cooperation with WBBA and other international organizations to jointly promote the penetration of global digital infrastructure such as 5G, IPv6, cloud computing and AI, promote global and regional digital training and exchanges, bridge the global digital divide, and contribute to the achievement of the UN SDGs by 2030.

　　WIC holds a cross-border e-commerce seminar

　　The WIC seminar on cross-border e-commerce was held in Beijing on June 30. Nearly 40 representatives from cross-border e-commerce regulators in Hangzhou, members engaged in the sector and the research on related international rules such as Alibaba Group, Pinduoduo, Ant Group, JD.com, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), as well as experts and scholars with solid research foundation and extensive experience in international cooperation in the field of cross-border e-commerce, attended the event and held in-depth exchanges and discussions on topics related to cross-border e-commerce.

　　2023 "Straight to Wuzhen" Global Internet Competition opens online registration

　　Online registration for the 2023 “Straight to Wuzhen” Global Internet Competition is now open for global scientific research institutions, universities, technology communities, enterprises and innovation teams. As one of the highlights of the WIC Wuzhen Summit, the competition is an important platform for the cooperation in Internet projects, technologies, talents and capital by exploring new technologies, new models and new formats of Internet development. The competition is committed to promoting global Internet cooperation and innovation, stimulating the vitality of Internet entrepreneurship, bringing together young Internet talent, promoting the high-quality matchmaking in the Internet industry on a global scale, and contributing to the vibrant development of the global digital economy.

　　Special thanks to

　　GSMA, China Unicom, Lenovo,

　　Honor, Tencent,

　　Nokia Shanghai Bell,

　　Qualcomm, Intel and Cisco

　　for their contributions.

　　Organized by the GSMA, MWC Shanghai 2023 was successfully held from June 28 to 30 and attracted nearly 37,000 attendees from 115 countries and regions, representing over 8,000 companies. It showcased the latest technologies, the most innovative products and services, and key concepts that will shape the future of the entire mobile industry. The "Future Ecosystem" and "Digital Shanghai" exhibitions were established for the first time this year to highlight the vitality of the diverse, intelligent and innovative ecosystems and the achievements of Shanghai in developing digital infrastructure.

　　During the MWC Shanghai 2023, China Unicom released Honghu Graphic AI Large Model 1.0. According to China Unicom, Honghu Graphic Model is the first AI large model targeted at operator value-added services. Two versions are currently available: one with 800 million training parameters and the other with 2 billion training parameters. They can provide functions such as text-to-image generation, video editing and image-to-image generation.

　　On May 24, Gartner released the results of its annual Global Supply Chain Top 25, the world's most renowed annual ranking of supply chains. LenovoGroup was shortlisted once again, achieving the highest ranking in its history at No. 8, and surpassing multinational companies such as Walmart, Tesla and Siemens. This is also the second consecutive year that Lenovo Group has been ranked No. 1 in the Asia Pacific region. Since the publication of the ranking, Lenovo Group has made the list nine times, making it the Chinese company with the most appearances on the list.

　　On May 25, HONOR announced the official launch of HONOR Talents Global Design Awards 2023. The Awards is divided into two streams: Visual Communication Design and Art &Technology, and will include five categories such as Wallpapers and Themes. The jury has professors from Academy of Arts and Designs of Tsinghua University, School of Design of Politecnico di Milano, and other domestic and international universities. It has a total of 97 awards, including the Global Championship. HONOR Talents Global Design Awards encourage young people to use their creative thinking and talents to promote innovative development, social progress and cultural exchanges through technology and art.

　　Recently, China Soong Ching Ling Foundation (CSCLF) and Tencentupgraded the public welfare program "Master Lectures for Children", which is customized for teenagers, and launched the "Master Lectures - Campus Tour" program, which offers a face-to-face offline teaching mode between scientists and children and is now open for call for expression of interest. It would allow young people to immerse themselves in the teachings of masters and build their dreams in science. Primary and secondary school teachers or parents of students in various provinces and cities would have the opportunity to invite scientists to give lectures and communicate with children in schools after receiving the support of their schools and registering on the official website or official WeChat account.

　　During the 31st PT Expo China held from June 4 to 6, Nokia Shanghai Bell released a white paper on 800GE routing application analysis, presenting for the first time the huge advantages of its 800GE routing solution over the existing 400GE routing solution with quantitative data. Its new-generation 7750 SR-s series of routing platforms, based on 7nm FP5 network processors, are capable of supporting the mature commercialization of 800GE optical modules, enabling more efficient and power-saving network connections at higher speed. They have been verified by customers such as BT and Vodafone.

　　QualcommTechnologies recently released a white paper titled "Hybrid AI is the Future of AI", which deeply elaborates on the leading advantages of hybrid AI architecture, how on-device AI can enable scalable expansion for generative AI, and how the company can make hybrid AI a reality by leveraging its technology leadership in on-device AI, global scale, and ecosystem enablement. A hybrid AI architecture distributes and coordinates AI workloads among cloud and edge devices, which deliver more powerful, efficient, and highly optimized AI applications.

　　Dr. Wang Rui, Senior Vice President ofIntelCorporation and Chairman of Intel China, attended “Powering Up the Industrial Metaverse” session at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of the New Champions, which was held from June 27 to 29, 2023. Through government meetings and media interviews, Dr. Wang conveyed to government and business elites, industry partners and the media Intel's confidence to continue to take roots in China and how its technological strengths will help AI, the industrial metaverse and the digital economy flourish.

　　On June 28,CiscoEngage Greater Bay Area 2023, Cisco's annual event, was held in Hong Kong. This event brought together Cisco executives and industry experts to discuss key topics of interest in the Greater Bay Area such as network connectivity, security resilience, digital transformation, and sustainable development. Iris Feng, General Manager of Cisco Hong Kong, Macau and South China, said that Cisco has built a solid foundation in the industry and has a long history of delivering innovative solutions to customers and partners, and hopes to continue to play a key role in helping enterprises seize the opportunities in the Greater Bay Area.

　　（编辑：曾震宇、穆子叶）