Xi stresses teamwork in digital economy

China is willing to cooperate with other nations in developing the digital economy and advancing healthy economic growth on a global scale, President Xi Jinping said on Thursday.

"We are currently in a period of gathering momentum for a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, with rapid changes in the new generation of information technology represented by the internet, big data and artificial intelligence," Xi said in a letter to the first Smart China Expo, being held in Chongqing.

Countries should jointly promote integrated development of both the digital economy and the real economy, Xi added.