Officials encourage narrowing digital gap worldwide

More than 20 ministerial-level officials from home and abroad called for countries to increase cooperation and improve technological innovation to effectively bridge the digital divide and to further build a community with a shared future in cyberspace.

Officials from China and 13 other countries, including Singapore, Nigeria and the Philippines, shared suggestions on narrowing the digital gap at a ministerial forum at the Fifth World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, on Thursday.

The forum was hosted by China Daily and co-organized by the China Internet Development Foundation, China Telecommunications Corp and Zhejiang University.