WIC News
  • Heritage experts call for wider use of digital tech
    Heritage experts call for wider use of digital tech
    Digital technology should be more widely used to protect and raise public awareness of monuments and heritage sites, experts and scholars said at an event in Beijing on Tuesday to celebrate the International Day for Monuments and Sites.
  • China's 5G construction continues at rapid clip
    China's 5G construction continues at rapid clip
    China has built over 2.64 million 5G base stations as of the end of the first quarter of 2023, the country's top industry regulator said on Thursday.
  • Kenya seeks to enhance internet connectivity
    Kenya seeks to enhance internet connectivity
    Kenya's state-owned telecom institutions have signed an agreement on the deployment of last-mile fiber optic cable connectivity across 19 unserved and underserved counties across the country.
  • WIC submits proposals for Global Digital Compact to UN
    WIC submits proposals for Global Digital Compact to UN
    The WIC, along with 15 companies and institutions, submitted five proposals to the office of the UN tech envoy on digital connectivity, data protection, the governance of discrimination and misleading content, AI regulation and digital commons, under the framework of the GDC.
  • Video: Concern rises that AI can generate crimes
    Video: Concern rises that AI can generate crimes
    Critics argue that the rush to AI has been too fast, and have discussed how to prevent the technology from being used in crimes.
  • Video: Meta commences layoffs, pays $725m settlement
    Video: Meta commences layoffs, pays $725m settlement
    Facebook's parent company Meta has initiated a new wave of massive layoffs.
  • Influencers pool efforts to tell good China story
    Influencers pool efforts to tell good China story
    The China Storyteller Partnerships, which will give full play to the role of international influencers, was launched in Nanjing, capital of East China's Jiangsu province, on Friday.
  • Online platforms aid climate pledges drive
    Online platforms aid climate pledges drive
    Using a carbon ledger program called 88 Carbon Account, which was launched by the e-commerce giant Alibaba in August, the 22-year-old can win carbon credits to exchange for the drink by leading a greener lifestyle.
  • Young workers cast off big-city shackles
    Young workers cast off big-city shackles
    An increasing number of young people in large Chinese cities are choosing to become so-called digital nomads in the hope of striking a better work-life balance by operating remotely.
  • UN's World Data Forum to open in late April
    UN's World Data Forum to open in late April
    The fourth United Nations World Data Forum is scheduled to take place from April 24 to 27 in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, Kang Yi, head of the National Bureau of Statistics, said during a news conference in Beijing on Thursday.

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The World Internet Conference (WIC) was established as an international organization on July 12, 2022, headquartered in Beijing, China. It was jointly initiated by Global System for Mobile Communication Association (GSMA), National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team/Coordination Center of China (CNCERT), China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), Alibaba Group, Tencent, and Zhijiang Lab.