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CHINA DAILY Thursday, November 8, 2018 13
WORLD INTERNET
CONFERENCE
What they say
By CHENG YU and MA SI in Wuzhen, Zhejiang
China will push forwardglobal efforts in internet infrastructure, digital economy and cyberspace security, so as to benefit people across the world with the latest internet achievements, a top official said on Wednesday.
“The nation will increaseinvestments and technology support for constructing internet infrastructure, including submarine and transborder land optical cables,” said Huang Kunming,a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee.
“We aim to build a newcyberspace that is interconnected with the world and that its internet development can bring more benefits to people across the globe,” said Huang at the Fifth World Internet Conference, which kicked off in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, on Wednesday.
Efforts will also be made inpromoting digital economy asartificial intelligence, big data, quantum information and other forefront technologies are gaining momentum and are speeding up to integrate with industries, he said.
In China, the digital economy is moving forward at an unprecedented speed and is playing an increasingly important role in driving the country’s economic growth.
Driven by the comingofagemobile payment technologies, healthcare, education and entertainment sectors have all benefited greatly from the booming digital wave.
According to the NationalBureau of Statistics, the size of China’s digital economy hit 27.2 trillion yuan ($3.93 trillion) last year, accounting for 32.9 percent of the country’s gross domestic product, up 2.6 percentage points yearonyear.
“(During the process), weare expected to support different kinds of innovation based on the internet and enlarge support to innovative small and mediumsized enterprises or SMEs in the early stage, to inject fresh impetus to the digital economy,” said Huang.
Huang’s remarks are in tandem with the country’s ongo
ing moves, epitomized by the country’s telecom companies which are already working ona number of crossborder network infrastructure projects.
A case in point is the AsiaAfricaEurope1 cable system, a 25,000kilometer submarine cable system linking Asia, Africa and Europe, that entered service last year. China United Network Communications Group, or China Unicom, the country’ second largest telecom carrier, is a key participant of it.
As the world’s largest submarine cable system built in more than a decade, it will provide the lowest latency express internet route among dozens of countries and
regions across Asia and Europe, according to China Unicom.
At the conference, Huangalso called for global trust andcooperation in protecting data safety to further promotethe construction of cybersecurity systems and safeguard global network security.
Eugene Kaspersky, CEO ofKaspersky Lab, a worldlead
ing Russian computer security firm, appreciated the country’s foresight in safeguarding cyberspace security.
“China, as one of theworld’s largest IT markets, boasts huge amounts of data. China’s information and technology market is also growingat a rocketing speed,” said Kaspersky.
“The Chinese governmenthas been paying high attention on cyberspace security and protection of key information infrastructure. This is extremely important when internet becomes a vital infrastructure,” he said.
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From President Xi Jinping’s congratulatory letters and speeches at World Internet Conferences
China is striving to transform itself into a cyber power. Efforts are being made to facilitate deep integration of the internet, big data and artificial intelligence with the real economy.
In a congratulatory letter to the Fourth World Internet Conference on Dec 3, 2017.
China is willing to workwith the international community for the common welfare of all people, to uphold the concept of cyberspace sovereignty and to make the global cyberspace governance system fairer and more reasonable.
In a speech via video at the opening ceremony of the Third World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, Zhejiang, on Nov 16, 2016.
Cyberspace is the common space of mankind. The future of cyberspace should be in the hands of all nations. Countries should step up communication, broaden consensus and deepen cooperation.
At the opening ceremony of the Second World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, Zhejiang, on Dec 16, 2015.
Xi’s thoughts on internet development
Eugene Kaspersky, CEO of Kaspersky Lab
I agree withwhat President Xi has said in his congratulatory letter that countries and economies across the world shared the need to promote the digital economy and cooperate to create a “community with a shared future in cyberspace.” We are living in a world that is highly dependent on internet, more than we can think of. I think it is of crucial importance that different countries and economies can work together, between network security service providers, to bring more benefits to the whole of society.
Kevin Collins, managing director of Accenture
From the letter we can tell that it is clear that the entire country is behind this push (internet development) and it is very nice to see one official after another get up and say effectively the same thing that brings everyone together, that puts together a construct across the world that works for the benefit of all. It is really amazing to see the similarity of the message across everyone that we saw today. It is amazing for me to beable to come here and see all what’s going on, especially considering how fast and how dynamically China is changing.
Muhammad Shehu, strategy analyst at Central Bank of Nigeria
The congratulatory letter was really enlightening. We are living in a world where there’s a booming outreach of internet right now and there’s a need for mutual collection of data around the world. So we need to all come together collectively and ensure that we are proactive in getting into the world of fast moving internet. We should come together and form a guideline for ourselves and have a mutual interest whereby we all drive at the same pace.
Zhou Hongyi, chairman of the board and CEO of 360 Security Technology Inc
Particularly,I noticed President Xi stated in the congratulatory letter that countries across the world share the interests in handling challenges to cybersecurity. I am deeply touched by that. The internet has become the infrastructure of the human society. Embracing the era of the internet of everything, the internet actually breaks the boundaries between the physical world and the virtual world. So, cybersecurity is not only related to the internet but involves national security, social security, infrastructure security and even personal safety. That is why we are now entering the new big security age.
Dong Qi, cofounder and CEO of internet financial services provider FinUp Fintech Group
President Xi’s congratulatory letter highlighted mutual trust, which I think is the most important word in this era. The letter called for building mutual trust between enterprises, customers and regulators in the internet sector, which could go a long way toward reducing cost and enhancing efficiency. It also gave us the expectation that the regulators will do more to build mutual trust in the sector, strengthening our confidence in the sector’s prospects.
Zhang Yaqin, president of Baidu Inc
President Xi stated that participants can work for a sustainable digital world and create a vigorous “community with a shared future in cyberspace”, shedding light on the development of tech companies such as Baidu. Embracing the new digital wave, artificial intelligence will be the future. Powered by AI, cloud computing, big data, 5G and other technologies, Baidu will continue to keep an open mind, actively develop the AI sector and drive further exploration and practice in various industries.
Raymond Tang, CEO of Yinxiang Biji
What’s trulyinspiring for me is that the internet is set to benefit all the people, which was emphasized by President Xi. After all, the fundamental purpose of all scientific and technological innovations should be about seeking the wellbeing of all mankind. This also encourages Yinxiang Biji to remain true to our initial vision, and continue to be entrepreneurial with a broader vision and mind.
Hans Uszkoreit, scientific director at German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence
Internet governance is a very touchy issue, as some communities are in favor of less control, while others want more. To find the right balance is extremely difficult. I think President Xi found the good balance to talk to both sides. He likes opening up more and more information flow, as well as preventing misuse and abuse. He is right to say no country alone can strike the balance and trust is the main issue, because the only reason why people are afraid of the internet is that they cannot trust it. So I think if we proceed on working with trust and finding solutions together, for instance holding conferences of this type, there will be the right way of finding a good balance.
Sylvain Laurent, president of AsiaOceania region at Dassault Systemes
President Xicalled for deeper international cooperation on cyberspace. This openness attracts an increasingly large number of foreign companies to seek chance of cooperation in China. After establishing presence in China for over 10 years, Dassault Systemes, as a leading 3D software company, is always following the development of internet in China, as internet becomes more extensive and starts to have impact on more industries including manufacturing.
Robert Lawrence Kuhn, chairman, KuhnFoundation
President Xi’scongratulatory letter set the tone and gave the overarching vision of a new world. (The World Internet Conference) exemplifies what President Xi is saying that mutual trust and collective governance are needed in cyberspace and in creating a vigorous “community with a shared future in cyberspace”, that countries across the world share the interests in handling challenges to cybersecurity. Without network security in today’s world with so much dependence on the internet, there is no national security, there is no economic development as well as the social development, there’s no social security, economic security, even personal security unless you have network security, because so much is dependent upon the network today.
Hans Uszkoreit (center) from the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, talks with other guests before the opening of the Fifth World Internet Conference, which kicked off in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, on Wednesday. ZOU HONG / CHINA DAILY
27.2 trillion yuan
the size of China’s digital economy last year
Web advances to benefit globe Nation to lead renewed efforts in security ofcyberspace
The nation will increase investments and technology support for constructing internet infrastructure.”Huang Kunming, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee
Turing Laureate Whitfield Diffie meets with reporters after the opening ceremony of the Fifth World Internet Conference, which kicked off in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, on Wednesday.XU JINGXING / CHINA DAILY
John Hoffman, CEO of GSMA, addresses the opening ceremony of the Fifth World Internet Conference, which kicked off in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, on Wednesday. CHEN ZEBING / CHINA DAILY