The fourth Digital China Summit-Digital Silk Road and China-ASEAN Smart City International Cooperati

The fourth Digital China Summit was opened in Fuzhou on April 25. Under the guidance of the National Development and Reform Commission of PRC and the Cyberspace Administration of China, the fourth Digital China Summit Digital Silk Road and China-ASEAN Smart City International Cooperation sub-forum was successfully held by the China Center for Urban Development, the Digital Fujian Construction leading Group Office and the Fuzhou Municipal people's Government.

Zhao Chenxin, Party Leadership Group Member, Secretary General of the National Development and Reform Commission of PRC

Zhao Chenxin, Party Leadership Group Member, Secretary General of the National Development and Reform Commission of PRC, Zhang Zhaomin, deputy secretary and vice chairman of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese people's political Consultative Conference, Ni Guangnan, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, attended the forum and spoke. Satvinder Singh, Deputy Secretary General of ASEAN, and Deng Xijun, Ambassador of China to ASEAN, delivered  video speeches. A number of leaders and experts from national ministries, local cities and well-known enterprises have also delivered speeches. Dozens of local government organized groups with nearly 240 government representatives, representatives of industries, experts and scholars attended the forum. More than 300 viewers participated in the forum through "online and offline" approach. 

As an important event of the 4th Digital China Summit, this Forum, with the theme of "Innovation, Cooperation and Common Development ", highlights the characteristics of digital silk road exchange and cooperation, comprehensively shares experiences of China-ASEAN smart city development, deeply discusses the future direction of smart city cooperation, and actively explores mechanism and platforms for cooperation in order to build the “digital silk road”. 

The forum actively promotes smart city international cooperation between China and ASEAN

Representatives from China and ASEAN provided guidance for deepening future cooperation. Zhao Chenxin proposed that the smart city, as an important grasp of developing the digital economy and promoting the sustainable development of cities, is a key area for cooperation between China and ASEAN. In the future, both parties will build a multi-level communication platform to deepen the partnership among cities, to promote market cooperation among enterprises, to stimulate diversified innovation elements, and to further promote China-ASEAN smart city cooperation.

Zhang Zhaomin, deputy secretary and vice chairman of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese people's political Consultative Conference

Satvinder Singh introduced the progress made by ASEAN in promoting smart cities and sustainable urbanization. He proposed to further deepen cooperation between China and ASEAN in smart city development, promote human capital and capacity building, and improve the quality of talents.

Satvinder Singh, Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN

Deng Xijun said that China and ASEAN countries have played an exemplary and leading role in global anti-epidemic efforts. In the future, the two parties will promote cooperation in urban smart transportation, smart power supply, smart city administration, smart medical care, smart education, smart home and other fields. Also, both parties will strengthen exchange in joint research and development, data processing, remote monitoring and other fields.

Deng Xijun, Chinese ambassador to ASEAN

Lin Zhiliang, Vice Chairman of Fuzhou Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Congress

Gathering for advice on development cooperation

Focusing on boosting regional trade and investment, promoting the construction  mechanisms, policies, platforms and applications, promoting Innovation for information industry, and building a "digital silk road" between China and ASEAN, Ni Guangnan, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering; Shi Yulong, director of China Center for Urban Development; Zhao Jixian, Counsellor, Department of International Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PRC; Chen Tongcai, Deputy Director of the Digital Office of Fujian Province; Foo Chi Hsia,  Assistant Chief Executive, International Info-communications Media Development Authority(IMDA) of Singapore; Madhurjya Kumar Dutta, Director of Trade & Investment Facilitation (TIF) Department at Mekong Institute for Cooperation and Development (MI) of Thailand; Supakorn Siddhichaithe, Executive Vice President, Digital Technology and Innovation Development, Digital Economy Promotion Agency, Thailand; Aleksander Sofic, Provincial Secretary for Regional Development, Interregional Cooperation and Local Self-Government of Serbia had delivered speeches.

Ni Guangnan, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering

Zhao Jixian, Counsellor, Department of International Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PRC

Chen Tongcai, Deputy Director of the Digital Office of Fujian Province

Foo Chi Hsia, Assistant Chief Executive, International Info-communications Media Development Authority(IMDA) of Singapore

Madhurjya Kumar Dutta, Director of Trade & Investment Facilitation (TIF) Department at Mekong Institute

Supakorn Siddhichai, Executive Vice President, Digital Technology and Innovation Development, Digital Economy Promotion Agency, Thailand

Aleksander Sofic, Provincial Secretary for Regional Development, Interregional Cooperation and Local Self-Government of Serbia had delivered speeches.

A number of well-known cities and enterprises shared wonderful cases

In order to promote technological collaborative innovation among China-ASEAN cities, share the achievements of smart city development, and discuss future cooperation plans, representatives from Sichuan Province, Shenzhen City, Nanning City, Lijiang City, Phuket Island, and other city representatives shared a number of smart city cases. Meanwhile, the forum has also invited representatives from Xiamen University, Huawei, NetDragon Websoft Holding Limited, Qi-AnXin, iSSTECH, Red Date Tech, Kingsoft Cloud, Longshine Technology, and BOS Winner to share China-ASEAN cooperation experience in areas such as marine remote sensing, big data technology, digital education, cyber security, carbon neutralization, block chain, smart parking and more. Zheng Mingmei, director of the Smart and Low Carbon Development, China Center for Urban Development, hosted the session.

Zheng Mingmei, director of the Smart and Low Carbon Development, China Center for Urban Development 

The forum released "Digital Silkroad" cooperation achievement

Four important achievements were published at the forum, including the “China Center for Urban Development and Mekong Institute Cooperation Plan”, the establishment ceremony of the “Belt and Road” Cyberspace Security Research Institute, the signing ceremony of “Marine Remote Sensing Application Technology Innovation Research Institute” by Xiamen University and its partners, and the “Teacher Electronic Library Cooperation Project” by UNESCO and Netdragon Websoft Inc. .

China Center for Urban Development and Mekong Institute Cooperation Plan

Official launch of the “Belt and Road” Cyberspace Security Research Institute

Signing ceremony of the “Marine Remote Sensing Application Technology Innovation Research Institute”

Teacher Electronic Library Cooperation Project launched

by UNESCO and Netdragon Websoft Inc.

China and ASEAN, which are linked by common mountains and rivers, have a long history of good-neighborly relations. All parties participated in this forum have shared their experiences, constructed consensus, strengthened cooperation and will advanced hand in hand. This will add a strong impetus to the economic and social development of China and ASEAN and create a closer China-ASEAN community of shared destiny!