Efforts urged to embrace brighter 'digital future'

China is willing to work with countries around the world to take the historical initiative in the information revolution and jointly build a community with a shared future in cyberspace, in order to make the internet better benefit people and the world, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday.

Xi made the remarks via video to the 2024 World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit, which opened in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, on Wednesday.

Noting that a new wave of technological revolution and industrial transformation is rapidly advancing, Xi called for efforts to embrace digital, internet-based and smart development trends.