The World Digital Economy Conference 2023 & the 13th Smart City and Intelligent Economy Expo will be held in Ningbo in Oct 13 to 15

October 13 21:42 2023

Deepen Innovation, the Merging of the Physical and Digital Worlds:

Abstract: The World Digital Economy Conference 2023 & the 13th Smart City and Intelligent Economy Expo on Friday will be held in Ningbo, a coastal city in Zhejiang Province from October 13 to 15, local media reported.

The three-day event, with the theme of “Deepen Innovation, the Merging of the Physical and Digital Worlds”, focuses on promoting a better cyber-physical integration for moving digital factories forward towards smart manufacturing, and building Ningbo into an exemplary city for the future digital economy and artificial intelligence. 

On the morning of 12 October, the municipal government held a press conference and announced that Ningbo will hold the “the World Digital Economy Conference 2023 & the 13th Smart City and Intelligent Economy Expo”(hereinafter referred to as the “2023 World Digital Economy Conference and the 13th Smart Expo”) from Oct 13 to 15. It is jointly held by several esteemed organizations, including the Ningbo municipal government, Economy and Information Technology Department of Zhejiang, China Academy of Industrial Internet, China Federation of Electronics and Information Industry, China Telecom, China Mobile, China Unicom and Chinese Institute of Electronics.    

At the Press conference, Xi Ming, party member of the Ningbo Municipal People’s government’s Leadership Team and Director of the administrative committee of Ningbo Economic and Technological Development Zone, outlined three major features of this conference:

Firstly, it promotes the establishment of a think tank which absorbs constructive ideas for high-quality development of the digital economy, and this is also known as the forward-looking leadership of the future technologies. The conference will be organized via a mode of “1+1+N+X”,

which is a hierarchical classification that includes 1 main plenary forum, 1 high-level expert advisory session, 6 high-level thematic forums, and 15 parallel forums (industry conferences). The scale, hierarchy and depth of discussion topics will be further enhanced compared to the previous events. During the opening ceremony, Peter Major, Deputy Chairman of the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development, and Academician Zhou ji, former President of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, will attend as keynote speakers. The main forum of the conference will feature four sub-categories: Academician’s Voice, Expert Perspectives, Results Release, and Industry Practices. In addition, nearly 10 forums (conferences) will have experts at the academician level attending and delivering keynote speeches.

Secondly, it is a strong presentation, creating a ‘grand stage’ for global smart innovation sourcing capabilities. The conference emphasizes the concepts of ‘internationalization’, ‘high-end’, and ‘immersive experiences’. It has invited a group of international and domestic enterprises, institutions, and industry organizations in the field of digital economy to participate in the exhibition. They will focus on showcasing new technologies, new products, new applications, and new achievements in the development of the digital economy, as well as exploring and nurturing new tracks for the future digital industry.

Compared to the previous session, the offline exhibition of this conference has gathered nearly 300 participating units in total, with an increase of over 30% in the number of participating companies. Additionally, the leading companies, such as Huawei, Alibaba, Tencent, Inspur, Anheng, and Geek+, show a high level of enthusiasm for the participation, which account for nearly 50% in the whole attending members. Furthermore, a batch of cutting-edge technologies, new products, new applications, new achievements in independent innovation will be showcased at the conference. This vividly demonstrates the vibrant development of the digital economy. For example, Alibaba Cloud will exhibit Feitian Cloud Computing Operating System, which is the only one developed domestically. More than 10 research institutes, including Northwestern Polytechnical University Ningbo Research Institute, Ningbo Institute of Digital Twin(East China University of Science and Technology), will collectively showcase 52 leading-edge technologies and applications.

Thirdly, it focuses on cooperation, creating a new engine for national digital economy integration. This year’s conference has continuously enhanced cooperation among regions, industries and sectors, thereby facilitating the deep integration of digital economy and the manufacturing world. At the same time, the conference is dedicated to opening up digital scenarios, creating a smart experience, and promoting inclusive sharing, with the aim of establishing a platform for the widespread dissemination and sharing of achievements in the development of the digital economy. This year’s conference will attract and implement a number of key projects. Currently, a total of 40 signed projects have been identified and summarized, with a total contract value exceeding 30 billion RMB. These projects primarily cover the fields of integrated circuits, software information services, new infrastructure, intelligent manufacturing, smart applications, and headquarters bases in the digital economy sector.

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