Event stresses tech's role in improving lives

Leading lights agree digital governance, cooperation, social inclusion, equitable benefits are the key to global progress

The Fifth World Internet Conference ended on Friday with government officials and industry leaders calling for global efforts to build a digital world with shared interests and collective governance.

"Cooperation in the digital age is more important than ever, and we need to do much more together as a global community to ensure that no one is left behind offline," Elliott Harris, assistant secretary-general for economic development and chief economist in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations, said at the closing ceremony.