Southern Metropolis Daily:

My question is about building a community with a shared future in cyberspace. What efforts and achievements have the CAC made in this aspect? With the establishment of the WIC organization in July, could you please give us a preview of the WIC's development direction and vision? Thank you.

Niu Yibing:

Thank you for your questions. We have already held the WIC for eight years in a row. As you mentioned, we also established an international organization of the WIC last month. I would like to invite Ms. Qi Xiaoxia to answer your questions.

Qi Xiaoxia:

Thank you for your questions. I'm delighted to answer them.

As we all know, the concept of a community with a shared future in cyberspace was put forward for the first time by President Xi Jinping in his opening speech at the Second WIC in December, 2015. Under the leadership of the widely recognized concept across the international community, we have enhanced the awareness of a community with a shared future and conducted our work from the following four aspects:

First, we have built a community of shared development. We have actively facilitated the construction of global information infrastructure and strived to build a digital development environment featuring openness, fairness, justice and non-discrimination. We have comprehensively implemented the APEC Internet and Digital Economy Roadmap and the Putrajaya Vision 2040, promoted the launch of the G20 Hangzhou Summit, put digital economy high on the agenda for the first time, and adopted the G20 Digital Economy Development and Cooperation Initiative. We have also jointly launched the Belt and Road digital economy international cooperation initiative with relevant countries.

Second, we have built a community of shared security. We have signed memorandums of cooperation on cybersecurity with the relevant authorities of Indonesia, Thailand and other countries, and established cooperative partnerships with 274 cybersecurity emergency response organizations in 81 countries and regions.

Third, we have built a community of shared responsibility. We have promoted international governance of cyberspace under the framework of the United Nations (U.N.) and deeply engaged in related activities such as the U.N. Internet Governance Forum. We have also conducted international exchanges and cooperation on cyberspace including hosting the China-U.K. Internet Roundtable and the China-Germany internet economic dialogue. We have also held the China-Africa Internet Development and Cooperation Forum, released the initiative of building a China-Africa community with a shared future in cyberspace and put forward the China-Africa Partnership Plan on Digital Innovation.

Fourth, we have built a community of shared interests. We have worked with the international community to jointly bridge the digital divide, helped developing countries to improve their level of access and contributed to poverty eradication in the Asia-Pacific region by hosting APEC. We have jointly released reports with UNICEF, and conducted international cooperation on cybersecurity for minors. We have continued to make positive contributions to the implementation of the U.N. 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Regarding the international organization, as Mr. Niu mentioned earlier, the founding of the international organization on the basis of the successful hosting of eight successive WICs is an important step to keeping abreast of trends of the information age and will deepen international exchanges and cooperation in cyberspace. As we have all noticed, President Xi Jinping expressed his hope that the WIC will encourage extensive consultation through dialogue and exchanges, promote the sharing of benefits through practical cooperation and contribute solutions and strength to the development and governance of the global internet in his letter congratulating the establishment of the international organization on July 12. The letter pointed out the direction and mapped out the vision for the future development of international organization. I would like to emphasize that the international organization of the WIC was started in China, belongs to the world, and acts as a shared platform for the international internet family. China, as the host country, is ready to provide continuous support and convenience for the high-level operation of the international organization. Thank you.

Shou Xiaoli:

Thank you Mr. Niu, and thank you to all of the speakers and friends from the media. Today's briefing is now concluded. Goodbye.

Translated and edited by Zhang Lulu, Zhang Rui, Yan Bin, Liu Qiang, Xu Xiaoxuan, Xu Kailin, Wang Wei, Huang Shan, Qin Qi, Zhou Jing, Wang Qian, Zhang Liying, Li Huiru, David Ball, Tom Arnsten, and Jay Birbeck. In case of any discrepancy between the English and Chinese texts, the Chinese version is deemed to prevail.

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