Union Minister for Information U Maung Maung Ohn attended the opening ceremony of the 2023 World Internet Conference WIC (Wuzhen Summit), held at the Wuzhen Convention Centre in China yesterday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed the opening ceremony via video and the summit was attended by over 1,000 participants from more than 100 countries.
During the plenary session, the Union minister said the summit is held with the theme of “Creating an Inclusive and Resilient Digital World Beneficial to All - Building a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace” featuring various events along with 20 sub-forums.
He added that while creating a resilient digital world beneficial to all, it will include various functions and there might be many requirements in making prosperity and progress for humanity. It should guarantee the access to digital world for all, create technology that is convenient for disabled people, and improve the digital literacy
Moreover, it should prioritize cyber security measures to prevent digital threats. It also needs to establish a firm digital infrastructure that is resilient to cyberattacks and natural disasters.
He also highlighted the need to develop technologies to support environmental conservation, and energy-saving hardware and to promote the awareness to dispose of the e-waste systematically, protect the data of each country and promote the responsible use of data.
The Wuzhen Summit is the 10th-anniversary annual meeting of WIC and has been held in the ancient town of Wuzhen in east China’s Zhejiang Province since 2014. — MNA/KTZH
