The 2023 world internet conference Wuzhen Summit opened today.

The "world internet conference Wuzhen Summit" opened today (8th) in Wuzhen, Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Wuzhen Summit in world internet conference. In addition to focusing on the latest achievements of Internet technology, this conference will also launch new highlights.

The theme of this year’s conference is "Building an inclusive, inclusive and resilient digital world — — Join hands to build a community of destiny in cyberspace ",in addition to a plenary session, 20 sub-forums will be held around topics such as global development initiatives, artificial intelligence, computing network, and network protection for minors. Representatives from all walks of life around the world will discuss hot issues, reflect the forward-looking thinking of all walks of life on the development of the Internet, lead the trend of digital technology innovation, and show China’s plan to promote the development and governance of the Internet, China’s wisdom and China’s responsibility.

2023 is the tenth year of world internet conference Wuzhen Summit. On the basis of previous years’ characteristics, this year’s Wuzhen Summit will also award "Ten-year Commemorative Honor" and create world internet conference’s "Global Youth Leaders Program" and other new highlights. As one of the important activities of the conference, the "Light of the Internet" Expo took the lead in opening yesterday. More than 580 Chinese and foreign enterprises from 48 countries participated in the exhibition offline, and nearly 100 new products and technologies will be released, showing their cutting-edge scientific and technological achievements. In addition, more than 1,200 enterprises will release more than 10,000 new technologies and applications in the fields of artificial intelligence, meta-universe, big data and network security.

Since the first world internet conference Wuzhen Summit was held in 2014, Wuzhen Summit has continuously condensed the wisdom of all parties and deepened cooperation in the digital field, with nearly 12,000 guests attending, covering 172 countries and regions, becoming a high-end platform for exchanges and cooperation in the Internet field. In 2022, world internet conference developed from an international event in the Internet field to a permanent international organization. At present, nearly 130 enterprises, institutions and individuals in the Internet field from 25 countries and regions around the world have joined as members.

During the conference, a series of activities such as the release of the world’s leading Internet scientific and technological achievements, the release of the world internet conference Blue Book, and the finals of the "Direct Access to Wuzhen" Global Internet Competition were also held.

(CCTV reporter Zhang Gang)