DEPUTY Minister for Transport and Communications U Lu Mon attended the 2024 Global Internet Conference and China-ASEAN Information Harbour Forum held in Wuzhen, Zhejiang Province of China from 20 to 22 November.
The conference has been held yearly since 2014, and this year’s theme is “Embracing a People-Centred and AI-for- Good Digital Future - Building a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace”. Experts and entrepreneurs in the the field of digital technology attended the event.
The opening ceremony of the 2024 Global Internet Conference was on 20 November, and President Xi Jinping sent a video message to the event. Member of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Political Bureau Mr Ding Xuexiang, Vice-President of Honduras Mr Renato Florentino Pineda, Vice-President of Zambian Ms Mutale Nalumango, Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam Mr Le Thanh Long and other UN relevant officials and organizations made opening speeches.
The roundtable discussion of ministers from international countries was held in the evening, and Deputy Minister U Lu Mon attended the discussion.
On 21 November, the deputy minister attended the “China-ASEAN Information Harbour Forum” and made remarks, and attendees discussed matters related to narrowing gaps in technology in regional countries to accelerate China-ASEAN trading with the digital system under the topic of “Co-Building the Digital Silk Road, Sharing a Digital Future”.
During the visit, the deputy minister and delegation observed the booths of the Light Internet Expo, and attended the awarding ceremony of global youths, the opening ceremony of Global Elite Training of the World Internet Conference Digital Academy and “Construction of Trustworthy of Artificial Intelligence”. — MNA/KTZH
