Seminar on Advancing the Building of a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace to a New Stage

September 12, 2024

Infographic III: Selected quotes from the Seminar on Advancing the Building of a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace to a New Stage

Following the successful conclusion of the Seminar on Advancing the Building of a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace to a New Stage, let’s revisit the key insights shared by prominent industry experts and industrial leaders at the seminar —— Xu Bu, Shing Chow, Huang Zhixiong, and Colin Mackerras.

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September 12, 2024

Infographic II: Selected quotes from the Seminar on Advancing the Building of a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace to a New Stage

Following the successful conclusion of the Seminar on Advancing the Building of a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace to a New Stage, let’s revisit the key insights shared by prominent industry experts and industrial leaders at the seminar —— David W. Ferguson, Li Junru, Kilnam Chon, Zeng Yi, and Jovan Kurbalija.

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September 11, 2024

Infographic I: Selected quotes from the Seminar on Advancing the Building of a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace to a New Stage

Following the successful conclusion of the Seminar on Advancing the Building of a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace to a New Stage, let’s revisit the key insights shared by prominent industry experts and industrial leaders at the seminar —— Wu Hequan, Ke Ruiwen, David Gosset, and Wu Jianping.

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September 07, 2024

Video | Kilnam Chon: Coordinating on using AI

While generative AI has become a profit-driven tool due to commercial interests, Kilnam Chon, the 'Father of the Internet in South Korea', has called for global coordination to establish regulations to ensure companies use generative AI responsibly.

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September 07, 2024

Video | David Gosset: Technology to transform museums

Museums are being transformed by technology in the digital age, said David Gosset, founder of the China-Europe-America Global Initiative. In an interview at the Seminar on Advancing the Building of a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace to a New Stage, he noted that people should be aware of the rapid change of AI and technology, leveraging its power to transform museums while preserving their humanistic and artistic dimensions.

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September 07, 2024

Video | David W. Ferguson: AI is also a concern

With the rapid advancement of technology, the risks linked to AI have also grown. David W. Ferguson, honorary chief English editor of Foreign Languages Press, CICG, shared his confusing stories about “smart” AI. The Seminar on Advancing the Building of a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace to a New Stage hosted by the World Internet Conference, called on global cooperation, ensuring that AI will serve humanity and society better. Experts and scholars at the seminar emphasized the importance of proper AI regulation to avoid potential misuse.

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September 06, 2024

Colin Mackerras: Cooperation in managing cyberspace will bring cybersecurity and stability

"I don't want to have competition. I think cooperation in managing cyberspace is a very good outcome. It will bring cybersecurity for all and it will bring stability, " said Colin Mackerras, fellow of the Academy of the Humanities of Australia, at the Seminar on Advancing the Building of a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace to a New Stage, which was hosted in Beijing on Sept 3.

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September 06, 2024

Huang Zhixiong: Long-term prosperity depends on rule-based governance

While the internet thrives on innovation, long-term prosperity depends on rule-based governance. In the new stage, efforts must be grounded in rules and adhere to the principle of extensive consultation, joint contribution, win-win results, and shared benefits. Continuously improving global internet governance rules is essential to consolidate the legal foundation for building a community with a shared future in cyberspace, said Huang Zhixiong, professor of the International Law Research Institute, vice dean of the Law School, and director of the Institute for Cyberspace Governance, Wuhan University, at the Seminar on Advancing the Building of a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace to a New Stage, which was hosted in Beijing on Sept 3.

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September 06, 2024

Shing Chow: Creating a cyberspace of openness, inclusiveness, interconnectivity, and shared development is our common goal and aspiration

"Creating a cyberspace of openness, inclusiveness, interconnectivity, and shared development is our common goal and aspiration. We will persist in our efforts, harnessing the driving power of the digital economy to build a more open and interconnected cyberspace for common development," said Shing Chow, CEO of Lalamove, at the Seminar on Advancing the Building of a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace to a New Stage, which was hosted in Beijing on Sept 3.

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September 06, 2024

Xu Bu: The development of the internet transcends national and sectoral boundaries

The development of the internet transcends national and sectoral boundaries. The sound use, development and governance of the internet calls for more communication, extended consensus, ensured peace and security, further opening-up and cooperation, and a stable order established among all countries, said Xu Bu, member of the UN Secretary-General's High-level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism and chairman of the Institute for Global Development, Jiangsu University, at the Seminar on Advancing the Building of a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace to a New Stage, which was hosted in Beijing on Sept 3.

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September 06, 2024

Jovan Kurbalija: Global digital governance is rooted in the political interests of societies at all levels

Decision and need for global digital governance is not just a nice thing to do, It is anchored in real politics interests of societies worldwide, from the individual to global level, said Jovan Kurbalija, head of the Geneva Internet Platform, executive director of the DiploFoundation, former co-executive director of the secretariat of the UN High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation, at the Seminar on Advancing the Building of a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace to a New Stage, which was hosted in Beijing on Sept 3.

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September 06, 2024

Zeng Yi: AI risk prevention and safety governance are not about countries competing for international influence

Al risk prevention and safety governance are not about countries competing for international influence. Instead, they are driven by the need to address the risks that each country faces and cannot fully anticipate, said Zeng Yi, member of the UN High-level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence, director of the International Research Center for Al Ethics and Governance, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, at the Seminar on Advancing the Building of a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace to a New Stage, which was hosted in Beijing on Sept 3.

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September 06, 2024

Kilnam Chon: Living with the ecosystem and pay good attention to the future

"We have a digital ecosystem which may not be ideal and causing many problems, too. But we have to live with the ecosystem and pay attention to the future of the digital ecosystem we live under," said Kilnam Chon, professor emeritus of Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and "Father of the Internet in South Korea", at the Seminar on Advancing the Building of a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace to a New Stage, which was hosted in Beijing on Sept 3.

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September 06, 2024

Li Junru: Jointly building an online cultural exchange platform

Jointly building an online cultural exchange platform and promoting mutual learning among civilizations is the path of civilization to advance the building of a community with a shared future in cyberspace to a new stage, said Li Junru, former vice-president of the Party School of the CPC Central Committee, at the Seminar on Advancing the Building of a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace to a New Stage, which was hosted in Beijing on Sept 3.

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September 06, 2024

David W. Ferguson: Modern connectivity is very much the domain of the young

Modern connectivity is very much the domain of the young. Younger people have a more positive outlook than their elders. They won't start looking for reasons for conflict; instead, they start finding ways to communicate and build friendships, said David W. Ferguson, honorary chief English editor of Foreign Languages Press, CICG, at the Seminar on Advancing the Building of a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace to a New Stage, which was hosted in Beijing on Sept 3.

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September 06, 2024

Wu Jianping: Achieving breakthroughs in core technologies is a tough and protracted battle

The drive to achieve breakthroughs in core technologies in the internet field is a tough and protracted battle, said Wu Jianping, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and director of the Zhongguancun Laboratory, at the Seminar on Advancing the Building of a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace to a New Stage, which was hosted in Beijing on Sept 3.

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September 06, 2024

David Gosset: Making use of technologies to enrich cultural traditions

"We should make good use of cyberspace and emerging technologies, not to diminish our cultural traditions, but to enrich and amplify them, reaching a broader audience," said David Gosset, founder of the China-Europe-America Global Initiative, at the Seminar on Advancing the Building of a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace to a New Stage, which was hosted in Beijing on Sept 3.

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September 06, 2024

Ke Ruiwen: Digital economic growth key to global economy

Driving the innovative development of the digital economy is a key pillar in building a community with a shared future in cyberspace. The rapid pace, broad reach, and profound impact of digital economic growth have turned it into a powerful new engine for the global economy, said Ke Ruiwen, chairman of China Telecom, at the Seminar on Advancing the Building of a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace to a New Stage, which was hosted in Beijing on Sept 3.

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September 06, 2024

Wu Hequan: Strategic thinking on digital technology development

The concept of building a community with a shared future in cyberspace and the call for jointly advancing it to a new stage represents strategic thinking on the questions of our times related to digital technology development, and serves as a guide for action in response to historical shifts in global competition, said Wu Hequan, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, at the Seminar on Advancing the Building of a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace to a New Stage, which was hosted in Beijing on Sept 3.

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September 03, 2024

From vision to mission: Cyberspace community comes to new stage

In line with Chinese President Xi Jinping’s call to jointly advance the building of a community with a shared future in cyberspace to a new stage at the opening ceremony of the 2023 World Internet Conference (WIC) Wuzhen Summit, the WIC hosted a themed seminar in Beijing on Sept 3.

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