# 2026 World Internet Conference Digital Silk Road Development Forum Opens in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province

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- Published: 2026-07-26T12:56:00+07:00
- Author: PR Newswire

XI’AN, China, July 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — A news report from CRI Online:

On July 22, the 2026 World Internet Conference (WIC) Digital Silk Road Development
Forum officially opened in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province. Hosted by the WIC and organized
by the Shaanxi Provincial Government, the forum was held under the theme "Pooling
Intelligence on the Silk Road, Embarking on a Digital Future — Jointly Building 
a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace". Approximately 800 participants 
from more than 50 countries and regions, as well as seven international organizations,
attended the event.

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Mayra Arevich Marín, Minister of Communications of Cuba; Faqir Mahbub Anam, Minister
of Posts, Telecommunication & Information Technology and Minister of Science and
Technology of Bangladesh; Samba Diouf, Minister of Telecommunications and Digital
Affairs of Senegal; Wang Binying, Deputy Director General of the World Intellectual
Property Organization (WIPO); John Higgins, President of the International AI Governance
Association (IAGA); and Wang Xingxing, Founder and CEO of Unitree Robotics, attended
the opening ceremony and delivered speeches.

Following the opening ceremony, a ministerial meeting was held. Thematic forums 
were convened focusing on Silk Road e-commerce cooperation and development, collaborative
innovation and development of AI agents, digital and intelligent health, and the
preservation and transmission of cultural heritage in the digital intelligence era.
These discussions aimed to help Belt and Road partner countries strengthen consensus,
deepen cooperation, and seize new opportunities brought by digital and intelligent
development. During the forum, the World Internet Conference Cultural Heritage Digitalization
Case Collection (2026) was released. A series of capacity-building activities under
the WIC Digital & AI Academy were also held, including a capacity building program
on AI-driven digital trade, a salon on "Copyright Empowerment in Cultural Heritage
Digitalization", and a field study at a digital port.

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