The World Internet Conference (WIC) held a forum on Feb 27 themed on "Computing Power Network: Smarter Network for a Smarter World" during the Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2024 in Spain.

Zhuang Rongwen, chair of the WIC, made a speech at the forum, which was presided over by Ren Xianliang, secretary-general of the WIC.

Zhuang said that the global economic and social digital transformation is accelerating, with increasing demand for computing power driven by new technologies and applications such as 5G, big data, and artificial intelligence, and the supportive role of computing power in economic and social development is becoming increasingly prominent.

Zhuang, also minister of Cyberspace Administration of China, stressed the need to promote the building of a computing power network to empower the digital transformation of various industries and fields in the face of new opportunities brought about by the development of computing power.

We should build an intelligent and efficient, inclusive and convenient, green and low-carbon, secure and stable, and mutually beneficial computing power network to strengthen the computing power foundation that supports the digital transformation of the economy and society, Zhuang added.