Original Title: Introduction by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Opening of the China-Shanghai Cooperation Organization Digital Economy Industry Forum
On August 24, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin presided over a regular press conference. A reporter asked about the successful opening of the China-Shanghai Cooperation Organization Digital Economy Industry Forum. Can you tell us about the forum activities?
Wang Wenbin introduced that on August 23, the China-Shanghai Cooperation Organization Digital Economy Industry Forum and the 2021 China International Intelligent Industry Expo opened at the same time in Chongqing. This is the first time that the SCO has held a high-level forum on the theme of the digital economy. China attaches great importance to this. President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the forum and the Smart Expo, pointing out that the world is entering a period of rapid development of the digital economy. New technologies, new formats, and new platforms such as 5G, artificial intelligence, and smart cities are booming, which profoundly affects global technological innovation, industrial structure adjustment, and Economic and social development. In recent years, China has actively promoted digital industrialization and industrial digitization, and promoted the deep integration of digital technology with economic and social development. President Xi Jinping emphasized that on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, China is willing to promote the “Shanghai Spirit” with all member states, deeply participate in international cooperation in the digital economy, and allow digitalization, networking, and intelligence to add impetus to economic and social development and create digital A new situation in economic cooperation.
The theme of this forum is “Developing the Digital Economy and Promoting Common Prosperity”. Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council Liu Hexian attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech. Vice Chairman of the CPPCC National Committee Wan Gang went to Chongqing to attend the opening ceremony. The politicians of the relevant SCO countries, the Secretary-General of the SCO, the envoys of relevant countries to China, and representatives of entrepreneurs attended the forum in a combination of online and offline methods.
Over the past 20 years since its establishment, the SCO has always maintained a healthy and stable development momentum for the purpose of maintaining regional security and stability and promoting the common development of all countries, and has played an important and constructive role in international and regional affairs. China is willing to work with all parties to continuously consolidate good-neighborly friendship and political mutual trust, join hands to respond to regional security threats and challenges, actively deepen pragmatic cooperation in the economic, humanities and other fields, and promote the SCO to achieve greater development from a new starting point. (CCTV reporter Zhao Jing Kong Luyuan)
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