Media Coverage | President Xi Jinping Delivers Video Message to the Opening Ceremony of the Wuzhen Summit of the World Internet Conference 2023

The Wuzhen Summit of the World Internet Conference is the largest and highest-level Internet conference held in China, and it is also an unprecedented summit in the field of the world Internet. The theme of this year's conference is "building an inclusive, universal and resilient digital world - joining hands to build a community of destiny in cyberspace". Representatives from all walks of life around the world gathered in Wuzhen, China, to seek cooperation and win-win situation, and to jointly promote the construction of a fairer, more reasonable, open and inclusive, safe and stable, vibrant and dynamic cyberspace.

On Nov. 8, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a video message to the opening ceremony of the Wuzhen Summit of the 2023 World Internet Conference. President Xi Jinping emphasized,"The epochal trend of the information revolution is moving forward, and cyberspace carries mankind's infinite aspirations for a better future. Let us join hands to build a community of destiny in cyberspace, so that the Internet can better benefit the people of the world and jointly create a better future for mankind!"

Participating guests and people from all walks of life have said that President Xi Jinping's video message fully embodies a profound grasp of the laws of development of human society in the age of information, gathering consensus and synergy, and that all parties should strengthen dialogues and exchanges, deepen practical cooperation, and join hands to build a community of destiny in cyberspace.

The concept of building a community of destiny in cyberspace is widely recognized and positively responded to by the international community

President Xi Jinping pointed out,"In 2015, at the opening ceremony of the Second World Internet Conference, I put forward the 'Four Principles' and 'Five Propositions' for global Internet development and governance, and advocated building a community of destiny in cyberspace. community, a concept widely recognized and positively responded to by the international community."

"In recent years, in international exchanges and cooperation, we deeply feel that the idea of building a community of destiny in cyberspace is widely recognized by the international community." Xu Yamin, the relevant person in charge of the Tomorrow's City Institute of the Global Smart City Conference, said. As a platform for international exchanges and cooperation among more than 800 cities in more than 140 countries around the world, the Global Smart Cities Congress leverages the development of Internet technology to allow governments, enterprises, academics and others to better share exchanges and help build the city of the future.

Raphael Evangelista, board member of the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee, said that the concept of building a community of destiny in cyberspace is widely recognized. The Internet is common to all mankind, so the development of the Internet should be centered on the concept of "common". Only in this way can we build a common cyber society and join hands to solve Internet-related problems.

"The concept of building a community of destiny in cyberspace has evolved from a conceptual document to an action initiative to a practical case, and the ideological consensus has gradually been transformed into concrete actions. In Tongxiang, in Wuzhen, through the organization of each year's summit, we have witnessed the proposal and deepening of the concept of building a community of destiny in cyberspace, which has continued to take root in people's hearts." Yu Huiyou, secretary of Tongxiang Municipal Committee of Zhejiang Province, said that Tongxiang will work harder to build a good platform for Internet exchange and collaboration, and strive to continue to write the next wonderful chapter of the Wuzhen Summit.

In recent years, Internet platform enterprises in various countries have also been strengthening cooperation to promote development and lead innovation. "The concept of building a community of destiny in cyberspace points out the direction for the development of Internet enterprises. Through the international collision of technology and thought exchange, various sources of innovation have fully flowed." Guo Kaitian, senior vice president of Tencent Group, said that this year, under the guidance of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, the Dunhuang Research Academy and Tencent jointly created a participatory museum "Digital Cave of Sutras" was officially launched, and the "Digital Cave of Sutras (International Edition)" was released at the summit. Chinese Internet enterprises strive to make useful explorations for exchanges and mutual understanding among civilizations, and help build a community of destiny in cyberspace. Zhou Yuan, founder of Zhihu, said that he strongly felt at the Wuzhen Summit that the industry very much agrees with the concept of building a community of destiny in cyberspace, and hopes to continue to strengthen exchanges and cooperation, and continue to innovation-driven development and progress.

It is an inevitable choice to answer the question of the times, and also the common call of the international community.

President Xi Jinping has pointed out that, with the world in turmoil and the century-old changes accelerating, how to solve the development deficit, crack the security dilemma and strengthen mutual understanding among civilizations is a common issue of the times. The Internet has increasingly become a new driving force for development, a new frontier for security, and a new platform for civilizations to learn from each other, and building a community of destiny in cyberspace is not only an inevitable choice for answering the question of the times, but also a common call of the international community.

"President Xi Jinping's important statement that building a community of destiny in cyberspace is 'an inevitable choice to answer the question of the times' is high on the list." Wang Shuangyi, a researcher at the Institute of Automation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said that while cyberspace has brought new developments to mankind, it has also brought new topics and challenges. Nowadays, the digital divide between countries and regions continues to widen, and the Internet field has exposed problems such as unbalanced development, unsound rules and unreasonable order. Answering the relevant topics of cyberspace construction and creating a safe, stable and prosperous cyberspace is in line with the common interests of the international community as well as the common responsibility of the international community.

Jiang Zhonghui, deputy general manager of Zhongguang (Shaoxing) Cable Information Co., Ltd. said that the Internet has made the distance between people and people and countries break through the physical limitations, and as an Internet industry practitioner, he will start from himself to promote the construction of a community of destiny in cyberspace.

Fang Fang, Vice President of North China Electric Power University, said,"In today's world, the Internet has increasingly become a new driving force for development, a new frontier for maintaining security, and a new platform for civilization mutual learning. Nowadays, the development of information technology represented by artificial intelligence is in full swing, with great prospects and great potential. We need to keep up with the trend of the times, answer the issues of the times, continuously realize the safe and efficient use of technology, and better promote the building of a community of destiny in cyberspace."

Japan's Nagano Prefecture Komagane City Council Speaker Shigeyuki Obara said, very much agree with the concept of building a community of destiny in cyberspace, in the face of the new situation and new requirements of the current era, countries need to strengthen consultation and cooperation around the development and governance of the Internet, so that the Internet can better benefit mankind.

"At present, building a community of destiny in cyberspace has become an inevitable choice to answer the question of the times." Cheng Haibo, an associate researcher at the Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, said,"As researchers, we need to strengthen original innovation, deepen international cooperation, promote the achievements of China's industrial Internet development to more countries, and help build a community of destiny in cyberspace with practical actions."

Jointly promoting building a community of destiny in cyberspace to a new stage

President Xi Jinping pointed out that it is necessary to deepen exchanges and pragmatic cooperation, and jointly promote the building of a community of destiny in cyberspace to a new stage. Participants agreed to support the content of the statement.

"The important statement of 'jointly promoting the building of a community of destiny in cyberspace to a new stage' is full of wisdom and impressive." Zafar Mahmood, chairman of Pakistan's "Read and Understand China" Forum, said,"At present, the field of information technology is changing rapidly, the Internet is constantly updated, and the issues we need to pay attention to and think about are also constantly updated. Under the new technology and new situation, how to make the development of the Internet better benefit human beings instead of producing negative effects, and how to better promote the building of a community of destiny in cyberspace are issues that need to be thought about in particular. The theme of this year's World Internet Conference, 'Building an Inclusive, Universal and Resilient Digital World - Joining Hands to Build a Community of Destiny in Cyberspace', reflects the pursuit of the new stage."

Xue Feng, Head of IIOE Operation Center, UNESCO Innovation Center for Higher Education, said,"President Xi Jinping pointed out that 'we should deepen exchanges, pragmatic cooperation, and jointly promote the building of a community of destiny in cyberspace to a new stage', and we will uphold the principle of common cause and common sharing, and join hands with all parties to promote the digital transformation of higher education and build a community of destiny in cyberspace."

"President Xi Jinping's video message is an enrichment and development of the concept of building a community of destiny in cyberspace." Zhang Wenxian, member of the Party group and director of the Academic Committee of the China Law Society, said the call to "jointly promote the building of a community of destiny in cyberspace to a new stage" has pointed out a new goal and direction for the development of the world's Internet cause and the building of a community of destiny in cyberspace, and that it is necessary to further strengthen learning and make new explorations in Internet governance.

(Content reproduced from the World Internet Conference, image courtesy of Xinhua News Agency)