The World Internet Conference (WIC) Nishan Dialogue on Digital Civilization will hold discussions on how AI will promote the development of human civilization, and strengthen international people-to-people exchanges and cooperation, according to Ren Xianliang, secretary-general of the WIC.

A press conference on the World Internet Conference Nishan Dialogue on Digital Civilization is held in Beijing on June 16, 2023, during which the basic information, preparatory work, and highlights of the event are introduced. [Photo/wicinternet.org]

It is of special significance for the WIC to choose Nishan, Shandong province, the birthplace of Confucius and the origin of Confucianism, as host city of the dialogue on digital civilization, Ren said at the press conference on WIC Nishan Dialogue, which was held on June 16.

The Nishan Dialogue will be held in Nishan, Qufu, Jining, East China’s Shandong province, from June 25 to 27, 2023, according to the press conference.

Presided over by Liang Hao, executive deputy secretary-general of the WIC, the press conference was also attended by Bai Yugang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Shandong Provincial Committee and head of the publicity department of the CPC Shandong Provincial Committee, and Lin Hongyu, secretary of CPC Jining Municipal Committee and chairman of the Standing Committee of the Jining Municipal People’s Congress.