The 2021 World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit was held from September 26 to 28 both online and offline. Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the 2021 World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit, noting that digital technology is being fully integrated into the economy, politics, culture, society and building an ecological civilization with new ideas, new forms and new models, having an extensive and profound impact on humankind.
Xi emphasized that China is willing to work with other countries to shoulder the historical responsibility of promoting human progress by stimulating the digital economy, enhancing the government's digital efficiency, optimizing the digital social environment, setting up a digital cooperation structure, and building a strong digital security shield. China is also willing to work with other countries to make digital civilization benefit people of all countries, and promote the building of a community with a shared future for humankind, he added.
The conference, themed "Towards a New Era of Digital Civilization—Building a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace," set up 20 sub - forums focusing on hot topics such as 5G, artificial intelligence, and open-source ecology, as well as major topics of cyberspace governance and development, aiming to build an international platform of interconnectivity between China and the world.
This year's leading Internet scientific and technological achievements, along with a section showcasing projects on jointly building a community with a shared future in cyberspace, were also on display at the summit.
More than 1,000 online attendees watched the conference in real time for the first time through the Online Conference Video System. Nearly 2,000 representatives from more than 80 countries and regions attended the conference both online and offline, said Zhao Zeliang, vice -minister of the Cyberspace Administration of China.
Located in the core exhibition area of the World Internet Conference with a total construction area of about 30,000 square meters, the Wuzhen World Internet Science and Technology Museum is planned to be unveiled in 2023. It will present Internet technology in a panoramic view with four functional sections including "History Review," "Leading Technology," "Composite Space" and "I Future."
Two reports titled World Internet Development Report 2021 and China Internet Development Report 2021 were also released during the event.