The opening forum of the Shanghai International Fair and the Technology Trade Summit Forum were held, empowering the future with technology and opening up the global AI | Technology | Forum
On the morning of June 15, the 9th China International Technology Import and Export Fair opened at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition Hall. The opening forum and technology trade summit forum with the theme of "opening up the world, technology empowering the future" was held at the same time. Zhang Xiangchen, Deputy Director-General of the World Trade Organization, Zhou Hanmin, Member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and Dean of the Shanghai Institute of Socialism, and Chen Xudong, Chairman and General Manager of IBM Greater China, served as keynote speakers.
Digital technology is reshaping the global value chain
"Digital technology is reshaping global value chains. Countries should accelerate digital transformation to better adapt to the digital evolution of global value chains." Zhang Xiangchen said: first of all, we should continue to narrow the digital divide, which exists not only between developed and developing countries, but also between different social groups in a country. For example, the elderly face many difficulties in using digital technology. Secondly, we should do a good job in the global governance of the digital economy. Digital technology has not only dismantled the cross-border barriers of traditional goods and services, but also led to a vacuum of international rules in this field, the international community should coordinate to produce new international rules.
Therefore, he called on governments, entrepreneurs, social groups, and international organizations to continue to strengthen their investment in digital infrastructure and education in relevant countries. "Human society is a community with a shared future, and the digital divide and development divide will ultimately affect everyone. Helping these countries board the train of digitalization and the new global value chain will ultimately benefit all participating governments, businesses, and individuals."
He also pointed out that there are few other developing countries in the world that have strong production capacity and a complete industrial system like China; "We believe that China can share its experience in the digital economy with other countries, especially developing countries, and promote the transformation of the global economy and trade towards a more digital, green, resilient, secure, and inclusive direction."
Calling for the improvement of intellectual property legislation related to technology trade
Zhou Hanmin delivered a keynote speech on the theme of "Strengthening Technology Trade Legislation and Promoting Digital Economy Development". He introduced that Shanghai is currently deepening the construction of an international trade center and a globally influential science and technology innovation center, gathering first-class scientific and technological facilities, a sound market for technological elements, and a rich body of technological trade. During the 13th Five Year Plan period, the total registered value of technology import and export contracts in Shanghai increased from approximately 11 billion US dollars to approximately 15.3 billion US dollars, an increase of 39%.
In the era of digital economy, technology trade legislation needs to keep up with the times. He suggested that Shanghai should actively promote the establishment of relevant legal systems for cross-border data flow, including clarifying standards for cross-border data in technology trade, defining data types, evaluating cross-border data security standards, and promoting the scope of application of personal information standards. By actively exploring the "Shanghai Plan" for the open development of digital trade, it can provide experience for China to carry out international negotiations in the future. In addition, it is necessary to accelerate the construction of a digital trade regulatory policy system, and consider introducing necessary tests for privacy protection, data sharing, data rights confirmation, etc.
He believes that it is particularly necessary to improve intellectual property legislation related to technology trade. "We can learn from the legislative practice of other countries on technology trade, improve the laws and regulations for the protection of proprietary technology, such as improving the protection of digital intellectual property rights such as Internet information and the fair competition system, promoting the promotion of patent review system in new areas and new formats of technology trade, building an international intellectual property risk early warning and prevention and control system in key technology trade fields and key enterprises, giving play to the role of diversified dispute resolution mechanisms, and promoting international cooperation in the field of intellectual property."
Chen Xudong's speech revolves around "Artificial Intelligence Leading Technological Innovation". He stated that after decades of accumulation of quantitative changes in algorithms, computing power, and data, the "qualitative moment" of AI is accelerating. From the enterprise perspective, the usage rate of AI has increased by nearly 2.5 times from 2017 to 2022 in the five years. It is expected that by 2030, versatile and multimodal artificial intelligence will be further popularized, and human production and life will enter a new era of human-machine collaboration.
Artificial intelligence is one of the three key leading industries deployed in Shanghai. Currently, Shanghai has released a series of related institutional support and policy innovations. IBM hopes to collaborate with Shanghai to contribute global industry knowledge and technological capabilities. Therefore, he suggests that Shanghai can build AI capabilities and ecosystems around key industries, such as promoting the transformation of automotive enterprises into technology companies with AI as the core; Secondly, establish a computing power network that supports the training, development, and application of AI basic models; Thirdly, we should focus on AI education. On the one hand, we should accelerate the cultivation of new talents needed by various industries in the AI era. On the other hand, we should use AI to assist in transforming the teaching system and improving teaching efficiency.
