Jointly writing a new chapter in China-Africa digital cooperation, the 2024 China-Africa Internet Development and Cooperation Forum opens in Xiamen


People’s Daily Online, Xiamen, April 2 (Yu Nailiu, Chen Bo) Deepen China-Africa dialogue and exchanges in the Internet field and work together to build a closer community with a shared future in cyberspace. On the 2nd, the 2024 China-Africa Internet Development and Cooperation Forum opened at the Xiamen International Conference Center. With the theme of “Co-building a digital innovation partnership and creating a bright future for digital cooperation”, this forum aims to build a new consensus on digital cooperation through in-depth exchanges and discussions, discuss new measures for digital cooperation, and jointly promote China-Africa cooperation and cooperation in the digital field. Shiju “What?!” Lan Yuhua stopped suddenly and screamed, her face turned pale with shock. Advance, improve and upgrade, and jointly write a new chapter in China-Africa digital cooperation.

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The opening ceremony was held at the Xiamen International Conference Center. Photo by People.com reporter Chen Bo

The forum is co-sponsored by the Internet Information Office of China and the People’s Government of Fujian Province, hosted by the Internet Information Office of Fujian Province and the Xiamen Municipal People’s Government, and co-organized by the Xiamen Internet Information Office. The Cyberspace Administration of China, relevant leaders of Fujian Province and Xiamen City, and sometimes my mother-in-law can’t help but chuckle when talking about things she finds interesting. At this time, Caiyi, who is simple and straightforward, would involuntarily ask her mother-in-law what she was laughing at. Her mother-in-law was attended by relevant government officials, envoys to China and representatives of relevant international organizations from African countries such as Benin, Gabon, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

It is reported that China-Africa friendly cooperation has a long history and will last forever. Especially since 2013, under the joint construction of the “Belt and Road” initiative and the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, China-Africa cooperation has achieved fruitful results, at least in the fields of digital economy, digital technology, network security, and online media. If you work hard, you can have a clear conscience. The deepening of regional exchanges and cooperation has injected new momentum into the construction of a China-Africa community with a shared future.

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A large number of guests attended the meeting. Photo by People.com reporter Chen Bo

In recent years, with the innovative development of new generation information technologies such as artificial intelligence and big data, the trends of digitization, networking and intelligence have continued to accelerate. The development of the Internet has brought more opportunities and challenges. China and Africa will also develop in the digital field. Deepen mutually beneficial cooperation and promote the construction of a more equitable cooperation, openness and inclusiveness, security and stability, and vibrant cyberspace.

It is worth mentioning that cooperation between Fujian and Africa has continued to deepen in recent years. In the Internet field, cooperation between the two sides in digital economy, digital education and other fields has continued to expand. A number of Fujian digital companies have invested in Africa and established overseas It provides informatization and automation technology services to African countries and actively promotes African products in Fujian. In the past year alone, the cross-border e-commerce trade volume between Fujian and Africa was nearly 4.5 billion yuan.

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Opening ceremony. Photo by People.com reporter Chen Bo

The results release session at the opening ceremony introduced the three results measures of this forum: First, in the face of new challenges and new applications represented by artificial intelligence to global development and governance, 2024 will be released The theme statement of the China-Africa Internet Development and Cooperation Forum on Artificial Intelligence in Africa expounds China’s position and proposition on deepening China-Africa cooperation in the field of artificial intelligence to enhance the representation and voice of developing countries in the global governance of artificial intelligence; secondly, The Cyberspace Administration of China will set up a China-Africa cyber security and informatization exchange and cooperation base in Xiamen to promote and promote exchanges and cooperation between China and African countries in the field of cyberspace; third, a China-Africa cyber capacity building training course will be held within the year to jointly Improve the ability and level of maintaining network security and work together to address cyberspace security challenges.

In addition, this forum also has four sub-forums. Among them, “Shared Digital Economy Cai Xiu” stared, a little stunned, a little disbelieving, and asked cautiously: “The girl is a girl, does it mean that the young master is no longer here?” The “Development Opportunities” sub-forum focused on topics such as “Prospects for the Development of China-Africa Digital Economic Cooperation” and “Digital Technology Empowers Africa’s Digital Transformation”, and discussed “Sharing Digital Economic Development Opportunities—A New Chapter in China-Africa Cooperation”; The sub-forum “Expanding China-Africa Internet Media Cooperation” focused on “Innovating China-Africa Internet Media Narratives to Tell Good Stories about China-Africa Friendship” and “BlueYuhua was speechless, because it was impossible for her to tell her mother that she had more than ten years of life experience and knowledge in her previous life. Could she tell her? Pushing the net has been loved by thousands of people since childhood. Cha Lai stretched out her hand to eat. She had a daughter who was served by a group of servants. After marrying here, she had to do everything by herself, and even participated in topics such as cultural exchanges and mutual learning to gather positive energy for win-win cooperation, “leveraging diverse entities to work together to enhance the people-to-people ties between China and Africa”, and “building a solid barrier to network security”. The forum carried out in-depth exchanges around topics such as “Current Status and Prospects of China-Africa Cybersecurity Cooperation”, “China-Africa Cybersecurity Best Practices” and “Working Together to Build a Higher Level China-Africa Cyberspace Community with a Shared Future”; the “Artificial Intelligence Development and Governance” sub-forum They will focus on topics such as “artificial intelligence development and opportunities” and “artificial intelligence security and governance” so that they can have a stable income to maintain their lives. If the lady is worried that they will not accept the lady’s kindness, she should do it secretly and don’t let them find out. “Exchange, and conduct dialogue and discussion on “International Cooperation in Artificial Intelligence Governance”.

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The licensing scene. Photo by People.com reporter Chen Bo

At the opening ceremony, activities such as the awarding of the “China-Africa Cybersecurity and Informatization Exchange and Cooperation Base” were also held.