President Xi Jinping called on Wednesday for joint efforts to take forward the building of a community with a shared future in cyberspace to enable the internet to better benefit people of all countries.
Zhao Houlin, former secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union, outlined the Digital Silk Road's mission to modernize the traditional Silk Road using digital technologies.
Nii Quaynor, a Ghanaian professor and web pioneer often known as the father of the African internet, sees great promise in the Digital Silk Road for bridging global divides.
With the theme "Connectivity and Shared Prosperity", the World Internet Conference (WIC) Digital Silk Road Development Forum was held on April 16 in Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi province.
The World Internet Conference (WIC) Digital Silk Road Cross-border E-commerce Training was held in Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi province, from April 16 to 18.
The World Internet Conference (WIC) hosted the Seminar on Competitiveness Assessment of Cross-Border E-commerce in Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi province on April 16. It is a highlight event of the WIC Digital Silk Road Development Forum.
In an interview ahead of the event, Francis Gurry, vice-chair of the WIC, said that digital technology has allowed the world to communicate much more easily and enlarged the market for everyone.
