STORY: Participants see great opportunities in digital economy at conference in Beijing
DATELINE: July 5, 2023
LENGTH: 0:01:33
LOCATION: Beijing
CATEGORY: SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the Global Digital Economy Conference 2023
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): PEI ZHIYONG, Security expert, Qi-AnXin
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WANG SU, Beijing RongXin DataInfo Science and Technology Co., Ltd.
4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): ZHENG YINYIN, Head of brand strategy, STEPVR

STORYLINE:

Participants attending the Global Digital Economy Conference 2023 have spoken highly of the development of the digital economy, saying it has great opportunities in the future.

Opened Tuesday in Beijing, the three-day event proposes to build an open innovation network for the digital economy across the world.

SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): PEI ZHIYONG, Security expert, Qi-AnXin
"The digital economy has huge prospects in at least the next 10 years, because the demand of society is growing fast. This poses a very big challenge for our cybersecurity industry. That is, whether our cybersecurity construction can keep up with the rapid expansion of the digital economy."

SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WANG SU, Beijing RongXin DataInfo Science and Technology Co., Ltd.
"We see that in every subdivision of the business, there are a lot of opportunities, as long as we have the patience to explore."

SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): ZHENG YINYIN, Head of brand strategy, STEPVR
"With regard to the digital economy, we need a lot of infrastructure to allow different industries to notice the wonderful digital content through some devices. We now apply it in a particularly wide range of fields. In addition to cultural tourism, there are digital sports, education, practical training, as well as social activities and entertainment."

In 2021, Beijing put forward the development goal of accelerating the construction of a global benchmark city for the digital economy.

In the first quarter of this year, the added value of the digital economy in the metropolis reached 426.57 billion yuan, accounting for 42.9 percent of GDP.

Currently, there are more than 8,000 major enterprises in the core industries of the digital economy in Beijing.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beijing.
(XHTV)