A participant delivers a speech during the Digital Economy Industry Expo 2026 at the China National Convention Center in Beijing, capital of China, July 2, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)

　　China is accelerating the deployment of digital and intelligent technologies across its entire economic landscape.

　　The country's 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) calls for strengthening core digital economy industries and fostering internationally competitive digital industrial clusters. It also emphasizes leveraging digital technologies and data resources to enrich people's lives and improve public well-being through deeper integration in education, healthcare, elderly care, culture and tourism, employment and consumption.

　　Facing complex global challenges such as data security, cross-border data flows and increasingly blurred technological boundaries, experts attending the conference called for the establishment of regular multilateral dialogue mechanisms and industrial cooperation channels to jointly build a secure and trustworthy digital future.

　　The 2026 Global Digital Economy Cities Report, released during the conference, identified people-centered digitalization, industrial collaboration, data openness, mutual recognition of standards, cybersecurity and alliance-based cooperation as key priorities for future digital economy partnerships. The report also called for continued efforts to foster a trustworthy, inclusive and sustainable environment for digital development.