B[China urges to promote global development] On October 6, Sun Lei, China’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, spoke at the general debate of the Second Committee of the United Nations General Assembly on the 5th, urging the international community to promote global development.
He said that the current implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is seriously lagging behind, the development gap between the North and the South is widening, development resources are insufficient, and development momentum has declined. The international community needs to show its responsibility and inject new momentum into revitalizing global development. He made four points on this.
First, we must anchor the strategic direction, always put development at the center of the international agenda, closely integrate the tasks and goals of the 2030 Agenda with the actual conditions of each country, improve medium and long-term strategies, and maintain policy continuity and stability. To deepen the reform of the United Nations, all development agencies must improve quality and efficiency, help countries improve their development plans, and formulate long-term and stable implementation, supervision and evaluation mechanisms.
Second, we must respond to the people's expectations and increase investment in areas related to people's well-being such as poverty reduction, food and energy security, and environmental protection. Emerging fields such as artificial intelligence, digital economy, and green energy must adhere to a people-oriented and upward approach, so that the results of scientific and technological innovation can truly benefit the world. China launched the World Cooperation Organization on Artificial Intelligence with the purpose of supporting capacity building in the global South and bridging the digital and intelligence divide. China welcomes all parties to actively join and share the dividends of intelligence.
Third, we must adhere to pragmatic cooperation and action orientation, face difficulties, and solve bottlenecks and key issues that restrict global development cooperation. Developed countries must earnestly implement their commitments on development financing and climate finance. Promote substantial progress in the reform of the international financial architecture as soon as possible and expand the representation and voice of developing countries. It is necessary to restore the normal operation of the WTO dispute settlement mechanism and promote WTO rules to keep pace with the times.
Fourth, we must carry forward the spirit of helping each other and build a global development partnership that is united, equal, balanced and beneficial to all. We must oppose "decoupling and disconnection" and trade protectionism, and promote inclusive economic globalization.
He said that this year marks the fifth anniversary of the Global Development Initiative. China is willing to continue to work with other countries to promote cooperation on global development initiatives, support the 2030 Agenda, and make greater contributions to building a prosperous and beautiful world. (CCTV News) B[The 5th Global Digital Trade Fair concluded today with more than 50,000 professional merchants attending the fair for purchasing] On September 27, the 5th Global Digital Trade Fair concluded in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. This digital trade fair attracted more than 50,000 professional merchants to purchase at the fair, an increase of more than 20% compared with the previous session. This digital trade fair released major achievements such as the "China Digital Trade Development Report 2026"; there were 226 first-ever exhibitions, covering digital health, digital travel and other fields. Data show that this year’s digital trade fair attracted 51,000 professional purchasers, conducted more than 50 special trade matching activities, and signed an intention to sign cooperation related to the digital economy between China and Arab states worth US$255 million. B[Developing data cooperation for ASEAN, the World Data Organization establishes a new branch] On September 18, we learned from the National Data Administration that the China-ASEAN Data Cooperation Professional Committee of the World Data Organization was established in Nanning, Guangxi on September 17. The World Data Organization is the world's first professional international organization aimed at promoting data development and governance practices. It is headquartered in Beijing. Its newly established China-ASEAN Data Cooperation Professional Committee focuses on cross-border data flow, inclusive intelligent computing power, co-construction of rules and standards, member ecological construction, and industry cluster development for ASEAN. It is committed to bridging the data gap, releasing data value, and prospering the development of the digital economy. The National Data Administration stated that it will actively participate in global data governance, support the World Data Organization in giving full play to the professional advantages of its members in global regions and industries, and pragmatically promote international cooperation in vertical data fields. (CCTV News) B[New OTC Market’s innovation layer echelon iteration speeds up, and multiple capital paths help high-quality companies to improve.] September 17th, since this year, the New OTC Board’s innovation layer echelon iteration pace has accelerated, and high-quality companies have continued to gather. The National Equities Exchange and Quotations recently released the fourth batch of preliminary screening lists for the innovation level. 12 companies including Meitong Aromatherapy, Goodeng Machinery, and Bondi Intelligence were selected, covering high-end manufacturing, new materials, digital economy and other tracks. So far, a total of more than 220 enterprises have been planned to be transferred to the innovation level this year, five of which will become national-level specialized and new "little giant" enterprises, and manufacturing enterprises account for more than 80%, covering key fields such as electrical machinery, special equipment, auto parts, electronic communications, etc., which are highly consistent with the development direction of new industrialization and new quality productivity. As of September 15, the total number of innovative companies on the New Third Board reached 2,274. From the perspective of profit quality, the average revenue and net profit of new entrants in 2025 will maintain double-digit growth, and more than 40% of companies will see net profit growth exceeding 30%. They have both hard technological attributes and growth resilience, and the overall quality of the echelon continues to improve. (Shanghai Securities News) B[Hubei: Promote the expansion of "optical core screen terminal network" to "sensor memory transmission computing" and accelerate the construction of the "World Optical Valley"] On September 10, the Hubei Provincial People's Government issued the "15th Five-Year Plan for the Construction of Digital Hubei". The plan points out that the digital industry doubling project will be implemented. We will strengthen the pillar industry of optoelectronic information, promote the expansion of "optical core screen terminal network" into "sense memory transmission and computing", deepen collaboration with industries such as intelligent connected cars, and accelerate the construction of the "World Optics Valley". Cultivate emerging industries such as artificial intelligence, low-altitude economy, and space-time intelligence, and lay out future industries such as embodied intelligence, 6G, brain science, and brain-computer interfaces. Implement a new gradient cultivation plan for digital intelligence education and cultivate more than 500 innovative enterprises in the digital economy. Promote the upgrading of digital industrial parks and create five or more tens-billion-level digital industry clusters. B[The "15th Five-Year Plan for the Construction of Digital Hubei" is issued] On September 10, the Hubei Provincial People's Government issued the "15th Five-Year Plan for the Construction of Digital Hubei". The plan points out that by 2030, digital intelligence technology innovation will become the core driving force for high-quality economic development, the energy level of digital infrastructure will rise significantly, and the level of marketization and value of data elements will significantly increase. A highland for the development of the national digital and intelligent economy has been built. The digital transformation of primary, secondary and tertiary industries has achieved outstanding results, and a number of benchmark applications for digital and intelligent integration have been formed. An industrial base integrating storage and computing has been built. The level of trillion-level digital industry clusters such as optoelectronic information has jumped. The added value of the core industries of the digital economy has accounted for 13% of GDP. A comprehensive national computing and network hub has been built, Wuhan's national Internet backbone direct connection point has been expanded and upgraded, the national data infrastructure (Hubei) key functional facilities and the national (Wuhan) new Internet exchange center have been completed and put into operation, and the national top node for industrial Internet identification analysis (Wuhan) and the "Spark·Chain Network" blockchain super node (Wuhan) continue to enhance their service capabilities;
The computing power scale exceeds 100,000 PFlops, establishing a national computing power Internet regional node and building a national first-class computing power network. A national data element comprehensive pilot zone will be built, the data infrastructure system will be more complete, and a regional data element market with active supply and demand, smooth circulation, and security and controllability will be built. A number of "data element B[Beijing: Improve the energy level of high-speed communication networks and plan ahead for future communication networks] On September 9, the Beijing Municipal People's Government issued the "Beijing Digital Economy Development Plan during the 15th Five-Year Plan Period." It pointed out that the energy level of high-speed communication networks should be improved. Build the world's leading "double 10G" city and achieve continuous coverage of 5G-A and 10G optical networks across the entire region. Promote the construction and operation of the new national (Beijing) Internet exchange center and create an all-optical backbone intelligent network. Promote the deployment of Beijing's quantum metropolitan area network and cover key scenarios such as core government areas on demand. Accelerate the upgrade of Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) for infrastructure such as fixed networks, mobile networks, and the Internet of Things, and fully support IPv6. Plan ahead for future communications networks. Build a low-orbit satellite Internet system, promote the deep integration of 5G, 6G (sixth generation mobile communications) and satellite communications, and create an integrated air, space and ground network. Promote the deployment of 6G trial networks and cultivate a full-chain industry of R&D, testing, and operation. B[Beijing: Research and master cutting-edge chip technologies such as storage and computing integrated chips, silicon-based optoelectronics, advanced packaging and chiplets, and high-performance optical interconnections] On September 9, the Beijing Municipal People's Government issued the "Beijing Digital Economy Development Plan during the 15th Five-Year Plan Period." It pointed out that we should accelerate the development of quantum computing, lay out space computing, and break through the core technology of brain-computer interface. Promote the research and development of key metaverse technologies such as space computing, digital humans, and immersive rendering, and create consumption scenarios that integrate virtual and real reality. Research and master cutting-edge chip technologies such as storage and computing integrated chips, silicon-based optoelectronics, advanced packaging and chiplets, and high-performance optical interconnection. B[Beijing: Promote global competition in basic artificial intelligence models] On September 9, the Beijing Municipal People’s Government issued the “Beijing Digital Economy Development Plan during the 15th Five-Year Plan Period.” It pointed out that the level of scientific research on basic theories of artificial intelligence should be improved. Enhance the long-range reasoning, code generation, and intent understanding capabilities of large language models, tackle multimodal model understanding, generation, and alignment technologies, and achieve world-leading breakthroughs in basic models. Explore new model architecture, swarm intelligence, brain-like intelligence and other directions to seize the commanding heights of the next generation of artificial intelligence technology. Improve engineering levels such as model compression, efficient inference, and lightweight deployment. Construct a classification and grading model evaluation system with international influence. B["Beijing's Digital Economy Development Plan for the "15th Five-Year Plan" Period" Issued] On September 9, the Beijing Municipal People's Government issued the "Beijing Municipality's Digital Economy Development Plan for the "15th Five-Year Plan" Period. It pointed out that by 2030, the amplification, superposition, and multiplication effect of digital intelligence technology on economic development will be significantly exerted, the value potential of data elements will be fully released, the level of integrated development of the real economy and the digital economy will be greatly improved, the digital governance system will be more complete, a number of digital smart city benchmark application scenarios will be created, and a global digital economy benchmark city will be built. On this basis, we will accelerate the evolution of the digital economy to a new stage of intelligence and strive to build a global benchmark city for the intelligent economy. B[Ministry of Commerce: Mutual benefit and win-win results in China and ASEAN's production and supply chains will be promoted from three aspects] On September 1, Wang Liping, Director of the Asia Department of the Ministry of Commerce, said that in the next step, mutual benefit and win-win results in the production and supply chains of both parties will be promoted from three aspects. In terms of strengthening cooperation in emerging fields, we support the deepening of mutual investment in the digital economy, green development, blue economy and other fields, and rely on carriers such as "two countries, two parks" and cross-border industrial parks to promote efficient linkage in R&D innovation, production and manufacturing, scenario application and other links, and create an emerging industry ecosystem with complementary advantages and deep inter-embeddedness. In terms of strengthening regional connectivity, we should vigorously develop multimodal transport models such as "rail-sea" and "river-rail-sea" to continuously improve the efficiency of port operations, break up cross-border circulation chokepoints, effectively improve the efficiency of resource allocation, and promote the free flow of key products and services between China and ASEAN. Continue to promote mutual recognition cooperation in standards and conformity assessment, reduce compliance costs for enterprises, improve trade facilitation, and provide a stable and predictable market environment for enterprises to carry out cross-border cooperation. In terms of strengthening digital intelligence empowerment, digital intelligence upgrading is the only way to promote the modernization of the China-ASEAN regional production and supply chain. Enterprises on both sides are encouraged to actively use modern digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data, and the Internet of Things to promote information interconnection in all aspects of production, logistics, and trade, stimulate the vitality of data elements, and create a more resilient industrial and supply chain. A[The Cyberspace Administration of China and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs released the "China Digital Rural Development Report (2019-2025)"] On August 31, the Cyberspace Administration of China and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs released the "China Digital Rural Development Report (2019-2025)". The "Report" points out that 2025 is the final year of the "14th Five-Year Plan" and the year when the second phase goals proposed in the "Digital Rural Development Strategy Outline" are achieved. Over the past seven years, digital rural policy mechanisms have been continuously improved, the foundation for digital rural development has become more solid, important progress has been made in smart agriculture construction, new rural digital economy has accelerated development, rural digital culture has continued to prosper and develop, rural digital governance levels have continued to improve, rural information services have become more convenient and efficient, smart and beautiful villages have become more livable and suitable for work, and important progress has been made in promoting the construction of digital rural areas. A[Being an “initial teacher” for robots, the data annotation industry is accelerating its development] On August 31, the three-day 2026 China International Big Data Industry Expo concluded in Guiyang, Guizhou. At the Digital Expo, the display of data annotation-related scenarios and service products has become a highlight this year. At the Digital Expo site, relevant companies showed how robots perform data collection and annotation work, attracting many audiences. As an important support for the development of artificial intelligence, the data annotation industry is accelerating its development. In Huishui, Guizhou, lightweight video shooting equipment records working movements in factories and other scenes, serving as "initial teachers" for robots; in Gui'an New District, staff operate dozens of robots, record video data in scenes such as logistics and transportation through multiple sensors, and annotate them. At present, Guizhou regards data collection and data annotation as a new driving force and key industry for the development of the digital economy. It has gathered 135 data collection and annotation companies with more than 16,000 employees. (CCTV Finance) A[14 central state-owned enterprises will open more than 6 billion pieces of high-value data] On August 29, the 2026 China International Big Data Industry Expo is being held in Guiyang, Guizhou. 14 central state-owned enterprises have gathered more than 500 high-quality data resources, and the total amount of open data is expected to exceed 6 billion, covering more than ten industries such as electric power, oil and gas pipeline networks, logistics, automobiles, and agricultural machinery. In this process, the trusted data space provides a safe and controllable data circulation and development environment, and enables the implementation of a number of high-value scenarios through the integrated application of trusted data space and artificial intelligence. (CCTV News)
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