On August 4, Secretary-General Ren Xianliang attended Singapore's 58th National Day and Singapore Armed Forces Day Reception, and exchanged views with Peter Tan, Singapore's Ambassador to the People's Republic of China.
Ren Xianliang said that the government of Singapore has long supported the Wuzhen Summit and has sent representatives to attend the Summit for many years. The WIC is willing to work with the government and various sectors of Singapore to address new challenges in cyberspace and jointly build a community with a shared future in cyberspace.
He introduced the development plans of the WIC and invited Ambassador Tan to attend the 2023 Wuzhen Summit. Ambassador Tan said that he welcomes the WIC to strengthen exchanges with various sectors in Singapore and is willing to build a closer cooperation between the two sides.
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.