The World Internet Conference -- Internet Development Forum closed Tuesday in the river town of Wuzhen in east China's Zhejiang province.
Themed "Digital Empowerment for a Better Future: Building a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace," the two-day event attracted more than 500 representatives from over 20 countries and regions.
Two main forums, five sub-forums, an expo and other activities were held both online and offline, with the main forums focusing on new trends in cyberspace development including science-based anti-COVID-19 measures, and the sub-forums discussing international norms in cyberspace, the industrial internet and artificial intelligence.
Fifteen of the world's leading internet scientific and technological achievements, covering post-pandemic industrial recovery and coordinated development, digital social governance, global public crisis response, cloud life based on artificial intelligence and other internet-related fields were unveiled at the forum.
Two reports on Chinese and global internet development were also released. According to the reports, China's digital economy reached 35.8 trillion yuan (US$5.45 trillion) in 2019, accounting for 36.2 percent of the country's total GDP.
