The 2024 World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit will be held in Wuzhen from November 19 to 22. On October 24, the International Organization of the World Internet Conference held a press conference in Beijing, introducing the basic situation, highlights and characteristics of the Summit and the overall progress of preparations. The theme of this summit is "Embrace a people-oriented, intelligent and good digital future - work together to build a community of shared future in cyberspace". It is hosted by the World Internet Conference, hosted by the People's Government of Zhejiang Province, and supported by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the World Intellectual Property Organization, the Global Mobile Communications System Association and other international organizations. Ren Xianliang, Secretary General of the World Internet Conference, said that this year's summit has entered its 11th year, opening a new chapter in the "next decade". In addition to hosting the opening ceremony and main forum, the summit will hold 24 sub forums on topics such as global development initiatives, digital economy, open source ecological development, data governance, artificial intelligence technology innovation and governance, and youth and digital future; The World Internet Conference Leading Science and Technology Award and the "Jointly Building a Community of Shared Destiny in Cyberspace" release show stage was comprehensively upgraded, and the use of naked eye 3D, CNC stage and other technologies to create a scientific, innovative, cutting-edge audio-visual feast; The final of the "Direct Access to Wuzhen" Global Internet Competition is coming. This year, the new focus will be the AI+Innovation Application Featured Competition, which has attracted many AI enterprises and scene application units to participate; The "Light of the Internet" Expo focuses on artificial intelligence, sets up "five major activities" such as exhibition, release, intelligence introduction, cooperation and promotion, and promotes the debut of innovative achievements in the global Internet field; The 2024 Global Youth Leaders Program has selected 18 global youth leaders from 17 countries and regions to participate in this year's Wuzhen Summit and make their voices heard at sub forums. On the basis of the characteristics of previous years, this summit will continue to bring forth new ideas: a new "World Internet Conference Outstanding Contribution Award" will be set up to commend individuals and enterprises who have made outstanding contributions in the global Internet related fields. During the summit, an award ceremony will be held; The World Internet Conference AI Professional Committee was established, which will actively build an AI international exchange and cooperation platform; Launch the Think Tank Cooperation Plan of the World Internet Conference, and it is expected that about 60 international high-end think tanks in the global Internet field will participate together; The World Internet Conference Digital Research Institute was established, and the Global Internet Talent Excellence Program seminar was held. In addition, a report on cross-border e-commerce competitiveness research in terms of country, platform, and logistics dimensions will be released during the summit; The Data Working Group will also release a report on promoting open, collaborative, and win-win international cooperation in data. (New Society)