From the perspective of time and space, a thousand years ago, Quanzhou was the starting point of the Maritime Silk Road, witnessing the integration and mutual learning of Eastern and Western civilizations; a thousand years later, the digital connection between the world, the Silk Road started a new journey, and the spirit of the Silk Road vividly wrote a new chapter in the era of digitalization and informatization.

Developing the Digital Silk Road is of great significance and far-reaching significance. As an organic combination of the development of the digital economy and the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative, the Digital Silk Road plays an important role in promoting the integration and interconnection of countries in the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" and building a community with a shared future in cyberspace. At present, a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation are accelerating. Deepening and strengthening exchanges and cooperation in the fields of digital infrastructure construction, digital trade development, digital technology, digital markets, etc., and promoting relevant countries to continue to carry out digital transformation will help narrow the digital divide, release the potential for digital growth, and realize the sharing of digital results. Move towards "number" and gather "wisdom" to create new things. When the advantages of "Maritime Silk Road" and "digital" are superimposed, the light of digital will surely open up a new and sustainable development space for the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative.

Create a vivid paradigm and show new connotations. What kind of scene will appear when numbers meet "Maritime Silk Road"? Today’s Digital Quanzhou is just like today’s innovative China. Digital transformation and upgrading is adding "intelligence" to high-quality economic development and helping foreign exchanges and cooperation to "break the circle" and create new things. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the construction of a digital China. After 10 years of change, the vitality of digital innovation has emerged in China, and the construction of digital China has achieved extraordinary leapfrog development. Multiply "number" and "number" multiply all things. The integration and docking of the digital economy and the "Belt and Road" has created a vivid paradigm on the journey of digital China, and has also become a new model, new opportunity and new momentum for deeply implementing the global development initiative and promoting people of all countries to get to know each other and get to know each other.

Focus on digital empowerment and seek new development paths together. This forum is not only a continuation of the long historical civilization of the "Maritime Silk Road", but also a useful exploration of the new path of international cooperation in the digital era. The forum adheres to an international perspective, professional quality and diverse characteristics, and brings together authoritative voices from all parties in the global digital field. The guests discussed in depth how to ensure that every country can enjoy safe digital facilities construction by writing rules together and supporting the construction of digital sovereignty; discussed how to use AI technology to improve the competitiveness of enterprises and help enterprises seize the unlimited innovation opportunities brought by AI... Inside and outside the topic, the discussions, and between words, there are both focus on the current reality and the future, providing more ideas and practical references for the construction of the Digital Silk Road.

This forum held in the Ancient Port of Thousand Years reinterprets the spirit of the Silk Road with digital civilization, and depicts a brilliant stroke for the long scroll of the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative, further demonstrating the Chinese wisdom, Chinese strength and Chinese responsibility to work together to build a community with a shared future in cyberspace. (Han Junsheng)