BEIJING, July 3, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- The opening ceremony of the 2024 Global Digital
Economy Conference (GDEC) was held on the morning of July 2 at the China National Convention Center in
Beijing. Nearly 1,000 people from
both China and beyond, including
more than 300 distinguished guests from over 50 countries and
international organizations, attended the opening ceremony of the
conference.
Yin Li, a member of the Political
Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and secretary of
the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee, attended the opening ceremony
and delivered a speech. Zhuang Rongwen, vice minister of the
Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, director of the
Office of the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission, and minister
of the Cyberspace Administration of China, Liu Liehong, a member of the leading
Party members' group of the National Development and Reform
Commission (NDRC), and secretary of the leading Party members'
group and head of the National Data Administration (NDA), Xin
Guobin, a member of the leading party members' group and vice
minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
(MIIT), Shasa Fatima Khwaja,
minister of Information Technology and Telecommunication of
Pakistan, Sameer Al Ansari, CEO of Digital Asset Oasis in
Ras Al Khaimah, UAE, and
Stephen Orlins, president of the
National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, also addressed the
opening ceremony, which was presided over by Yin Yong, deputy secretary of the CPC Beijing
Municipal Committee and mayor of Beijing Municipal People's
Government.
At the 2023 GDEC, Beijing
issued the Global Digital Economy Partner City Cooperation
Initiative. Over the past year, with the joint efforts of all
parties, digital economy cooperation among global cities has
transformed from vision to reality, and from concept to action.
Today, with cities joining the Initiative, and the "circle of
friends" of the global digital economy partnership has once again
expanded, continuing to promote practical cooperation in the
digital field.
As a national science and technology innovation center and an
international exchange center, Beijing is striving to build a benchmark city
for the digital economy with its unique resource endowment. At
present, the city's new infrastructure such as 5G base stations and
intelligent computing centers is improving rapidly, its data
element ecosystem has taken shape, and digital industries such as
artificial intelligence and autonomous driving are booming.
As a window for the display and exchange of achievements in the
construction of benchmark cities, the GDEC provides a high-end,
international, and professional exchange and cooperation platform
for building an inclusive, balanced, innovative and inclusive
global digital economy paradigm characterized by win-win
cooperation and common prosperity.
The 2024 GDEC was approved by the State Council of China and hosted by the Beijing Municipal
People's Government and the Cyberspace Administration of
China. Themed on "Opening Up a New
Era of Digital Intelligence and Sharing a New Digital Future", the
event set up a "1+6+3+N" organizational framework, including an
opening ceremony and main forum, six high-level forums, three brand
activities, and a number of themed forums and side activities.
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