President Xi Jinping laid out China's proposals on global Internet governance at the opening ceremony of the Second World Internet Conference (WIC) in Wuzhen on Dec 16, calling for efforts to "jointly build a community of shared future in cyberspace". Here are four key words that define China's proposals to make Internet safer, interconnected and constructive.
Cyberspace community of shared destiny
The phrase not only caught the audience attention as the theme of the big event, but also took center stage when President Xi Jinping made it a promise during his keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the conference.
Li Tao, founder and CEO of APUS, said he was excited to hear President Xi's proposal of building a cyberspace community of shared destiny, because "to construct global network infrastructure and promote interconnectivity is essentially to bridge the information gap between different countries."
Other Internet tycoons shared the feelings of Li Tao.
Baidu Inc CEO Robin Li said: "There will be more chances for cooperation among Internet enterprises in a cyberspace community of shared destiny."
Alibaba Group's founder Jack Ma said: "The phrase voiced our innermost thoughts, since principles of opening, sharing and transparency are the key for joint governance of the Internet and this is a responsibility that shall be shared by both the governments and the individuals."