Zhang Feng attended the 2019 World Telecommunication and Information Society Day Conference and delivered a speech

[51CTO.com original article] On May 17, 2019, the "2019 World Telecommunication and Information Society Day Conference" was held in Beijing under the guidance of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and hosted by the China Institute of Communications. Zhang Feng, member of the Party Leadership Group and chief engineer of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. Han Xia, director of the Information and Communications Administration of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, presided over the opening ceremony of the conference, and Liu Ziping, deputy director of the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, read out the speech of Zhao Houlin, secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union.

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Zhang Feng pointed out that the theme of "Narrowing the Gap in Standardization Work" embodies the vision and goal of integrated, interconnected, balanced and coordinated development, and reflects the common expectation of countries and regions around the world to participate more in the international standardization process, promote the widespread application and implementation of standards, and accelerate the use of information and communication technology to achieve sustainable development.

Zhang Feng emphasized that information and communication standards, as an important technical foundation for industrial development, play an increasingly prominent role in developing and expanding the digital economy and promoting industrial transformation and upgrading. We should take the new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics as our guide, implement the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Second and Third Plenary Sessions of the 19th Central Committee, follow the various arrangements on speed increase and fee reduction on May 14, focus on the overall construction of a strong manufacturing country and a strong network country, strive to improve the technical level, innovation ability and internationalization of standards, and better play the important role of the information and communication industry in promoting high-quality economic and social development.

Zhang Feng said that in the next step of work, we will focus on five aspects: First, consolidate the network foundation and promote interconnection. Accelerate the construction of a high-speed, mobile, secure and ubiquitous new generation of information infrastructure, deepen universal services, and continue to do a good job in network speed-up and fee reduction. Promote the interconnection of network infrastructure in various countries and regions, and improve the efficiency and level of cross-regional and global information interaction. Second, highlight innovation and improve the standard system. Accelerate the implementation of the national standardization strategy, strengthen the coordinated promotion of standard formulation and technological innovation, product research and development, experimental application and other work, and accelerate the construction of a new standard system that meets the high-quality development of the information and communication industry. Third, deepen integrated applications and promote industrial upgrading. Strengthen the top-level design of the standard system, promote the deep integration of information and communication technology with the real economy, especially with the manufacturing industry, and provide strong support for the quality change, efficiency change and power change of economic development. Fourth, strengthen network governance and optimize public services. Improve and perfect relevant standards such as network security, emergency communications, and user rights protection, promote standardization in various fields such as smart government affairs, smart cities, e-health, and online education, and continuously improve the level of social management and public services. Fifth, adhere to openness and sharing to achieve win-win cooperation. Deepen international exchanges and cooperation on standardization, promote technology integration, infrastructure interconnection, industrial collaboration, and network governance among countries and regions to a new level, narrow the standardization gap, and contribute wisdom and strength to building a community with a shared future for mankind.

At the meeting, Academician Wu Hequan and Vice Chairman and Secretary General of China Communications Standards Association Yang Zemin delivered keynote speeches. China Telecom Vice President Liu Guiqing, China Mobile Vice President Li Zhengmao, China Unicom Vice President Fan Yunjun, and China Tower Vice President Gu Xiaomin reported on their respective companies' standardization construction. Huawei, Intel, ZTE, Ericsson and other related companies elaborated on "Standardization Promotes Industrial Development".

In order to further enrich the content of the conference and serve the technological innovation-driven development of the information and communication industry, the conference set up a number of technical sub-forums around the theme of standardization work on industrial Internet, 5G, edge computing, terminal applications, etc. A 5G experimental network was set up outside the venue, and related companies exhibited their respective innovative achievements.

More than 600 guests from relevant departments of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, basic telecommunications enterprises, information and communication equipment terminal manufacturers, Internet companies, relevant universities and research institutes, and some member units of the Communications Society attended the conference.

Telecommunications authorities and communications associations in various regions also held various publicity and commemorative activities during the "2019 World Telecommunication and Information Society Day", and interacted with the Beijing main event through online videos, live text and pictures, and other means.

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