This year’s summit is particularly extraordinary.

At the scene, I heard Lei Jun’s emotion: I am very encouraged

I believe that this is his heartfelt words at the 2024 World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit. Encouraged, it should not be just Lei Jun.

In total, the Wuzhen Summit has entered its second decade, which has been an extraordinary decade of hard work; This year is also the 30th anniversary of China’s full-featured Internet access, and how many 30 years are there in your life?

The Wuzhen Summit at this critical moment is naturally extraordinary.

The top leader sent a video speech. He said that the theme of this summit, “Embracing a people-centered, intelligent and good digital future – Joining hands to build a community with a shared future in cyberspace,” is of great significance.

The next paragraph is even more important.

He pointed out that we should grasp the trend of digitalization, networking, and intelligence development, take innovation as the first driving force, security as the bottom line requirement, and inclusiveness as the value pursuit, accelerate the development of innovation, security, and inclusiveness in cyberspace, and work together to move towards a better digital future.

Three pieces, each one is crucial.

Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang, who was present at the scene, talked about the major changes brought about by the Internet to China in his keynote speech.

He said: China has built the world’s largest and technologically leading network infrastructure. The Internet penetration rate has reached 78%. Innovative achievements in cutting-edge fields such as artificial intelligence and quantum technology have been emerging. The total scale of the digital economy has ranked second in the world for many consecutive years, promoting the accelerated development of new quality productivity.

The Internet has changed China.

Without the Internet, everything is unimaginable.

He also said that China insists on sharing the opportunities of modernization development with other countries, promotes the orderly expansion of opening up of telecommunications, the Internet and other fields, and jointly leads the direction of digitalization, networking and intelligence, which has injected strong impetus into the modernization of the world.

Please note: orderly expansion of opening up should lead the way forward and inject strong impetus into the modernization of the world.

This is the ambition and confidence of the Chinese people.

Of course, he also mentioned issues and challenges.

He said that the digital divide in today’s world is still widening, and the situation of cybersecurity is becoming more severe. The international community needs to join hands more than ever before to jointly promote the construction of a community with a shared future in cyberspace and move towards a new stage, building a better digital future.

The policies are inspiring, and the prospects are even more promising.

I think this may be the reason why Lei Jun is very encouraged.

In his speech at the Wuzhen Summit, Lei Jun said with emotion: As an industry representative, I have the honor to experience all stages of China’s Internet, and I deeply feel that China is a fertile land for continuous reform and innovation of Internet technology

It’s really fertile soil.

Wuzhen is a magical example on this fertile land. In my personal opinion, this year’s Wuzhen Summit has at least three major differences.

Firstly, there are more people.

I haven’t counted the number of people, but from the scale of the live audience and the crowded streets in Wuzhen, I have a clear feeling that there are more people, more intensive meetings, and more lively discussions this year.

The ancients used to say that on the mountain vagina, there is no one to keep up; Perhaps we can make some changes here. It’s overwhelming on Xizha Road.

Secondly, the specifications have been raised.

The top leader delivered a video speech, the Vice Premier of the Standing Committee visited the scene, and there were also many foreign leaders, such as Vice President Florentino of Honduras, Vice President Nalumango of Zambia, Deputy Prime Minister of the Vietnamese government Le Chan Long, as well as many ministers and deputy ministers from other countries and well-known political figures.

Why?

The world is paying more and more attention to Wuzhen and China’s voice in the Internet field.

Secondly, focus more on the future.

For example, AI is a hot topic in the Wuzhen Summit.

But there are also many cold thoughts.

For example, Comrade Li Shulei pointed out in his speech that some deep-seated ethical issues brought about by the rapid development of technologies such as generative AI are increasingly attracting attention and reflection. In reality, the use of AI technology for information fraud, copyright infringement, rumor fraud, and privacy infringement is not uncommon, which damages public interests and social morality. Therefore, it is urgent to stand up for machines.

We not only talk about development and achievements, but also focus on problems and challenges.

The Wuzhen Summit is an open platform for all parties to discuss. Entering the second decade, the Wuzhen Summit is shining with new brilliance and charm.

Finally, there is a bit of emotion.

The Internet has changed both China and us. Without the Internet, it is impossible to imagine China’s progress today and our current life.

Why can China succeed?

I always think that it is open or actively embracing innovation, which has greatly stimulated the intelligence of Chinese people; China’s super large unified market provides the widest space for Internet innovation.

The Internet is still evolving rapidly.

The biggest historic opportunity in the world today should be AI. I always feel that this will be a major innovation that will change the fate of a country, a nation, and even our entire human race.

I saw that at the Wuzhen Summit, Ant Group Chairman Jing Xiandong exclaimed: AI is an unprecedented revolutionary technology that will bring a whole new world.

It is somewhat gratifying that at least this time, China did not fall behind without taking a step forward, and we even have advantages that many other countries do not possess.
After all, in the field of AI, the two most recognized leading countries in the world today are the United States and China.

But we need to be more aware of the double-edged sword consequences of AI. In addition, there is still a gap between us and the world’s most advanced technology, and some countries are still digging holes. It cannot be ruled out that sometimes they will also stab us in the back
In this imperfect world, no one can easily succeed. More unity, more cooperation, more openness, seizing historical opportunities, working together, such a China has an unlimited future.
In the words of leaders, let the Internet better benefit the people and the world.
Just like Wuzhen, this is indeed a water town and ancient town; But bold innovation, old trees and new flowers, now become the most shining trendsetter in the Internet world.
This summit has more fully demonstrated the Chinese people’s ability to organize and operate, and also let the world see the Chinese people’s innovative potential and cultural self-confidence.
I always have a feeling that if we follow this path, when the world talks about the Internet and AI, we must talk about Wuzhen and the Wuzhen Summit.
Lei Jun said he was very encouraged. I believe that this is also the biggest feeling left by many guests, besides seeing the beautiful scenery of Wuzhen.