The 2025 World Internet Conference Digital Silk Road Development Forum was successfully held in Quanzhou, East China’s Fujian province, a historic port city now re-emerging as a digital hub, on July 24.
Themed "Embracing the Digital and Intelligent Maritime Silk Road – Jointly Building a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace", the forum featured sessions on digital trade cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative, AI-driven private sector development, and sustainable transformation in international transport. It gathered representatives from international organizations, think tanks, governments, and enterprises to discuss technology sharing, joint rule-making, and mutual trust.
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.