The 27 sub-forums reached a new high in recent years, and Wuzhen’s “bridge” attracted praise from all parties.

China News Service, Wuzhen, Zhejiang, November 5 (Chai Yanfei, Bao Mengni) The 2026 World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit (hereinafter referred to as the Wuzhen Summit) was held in Wuzhen, Zhejiang from the 2nd to the 5th. This year, the Wuzhen Summit received praise from many participants for its open and shared concept, diverse and rich topics, and cutting-edge results display.

The theme of this year’s Wuzhen Summit is “Open Source, Co-construction and Sharing—Working Together to Build a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace.” "Compared with previous editions, this year's summit focuses more on the open sharing of resources and the exchange of practical experience." Professor Lampros Stergioulas of the University of Applied Sciences in The Hague, Netherlands, said that the key to how to deal with the "digital divide" that has expanded with the development of technology lies in capacity building and cooperation. In recent years, China has proposed a number of resolutions focusing on capacity building in countries in the Global South, which is a very positive development.

On November 3, the 2026 World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit opened in Wuzhen, Zhejiang. Foreign guests took a group photo at the opening ceremony. Photo by Wang Gang

During the Wuzhen Summit, outcomes such as the "Working Together to Build a Global Open Artificial Intelligence Action Initiative" and the World Internet Conference's "Co-building Plan for a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace" were released one after another to promote the formation of conceptual consensus.

"China is a global leader in the field of digital transformation and technological development." Nahima Díaz, Director of Nicaragua's National Telecommunications and Post Bureau, said in her speech at the main forum that with China's support and cooperation, Nicaragua has steadily advanced strategic projects such as telecommunications digitization, government network security, transportation and logistics digitization, and emergency and disaster monitoring systems by strengthening cooperation with leading digital companies, and its digital development continues to advance.

The water town of Wuzhen is also a stage for technology demonstrations. At the "Light of the Internet" Expo, 671 companies from 54 countries and regions displayed more than 1,000 new products and technologies in the fields of intelligent agents, large models, and embodied intelligence.

Asthildur Osk Einarsdottir, founder of the Honduras Chamber of Digital Trade, said that Honduras’ digital transformation is still in its early stages. She hopes to bring the advanced experience and technology she saw in Wuzhen back to Honduras and work with all partners to promote national development.

Some participants also appreciated that they could find like-minded "partners" at the Wuzhen Summit. Debora Comparin from the International Telecommunication Union believes that interoperability is the main challenge of agent artificial intelligence and needs to be solved through international cooperation. The Wuzhen Summit is crucial for the International Telecommunications Union to connect the Chinese ecosystem and global partners, helping to jointly establish technical security measures and expand applications at the international level.

It is reported that this summit has 27 sub-forums on topics including exchanges and mutual learning among network civilizations, robots and embodied intelligence, and the number has reached a new high in recent years. "This summit is promoting the formation of an ecosystem. The topics here are not only about economy and trade, but also about culture and the way people view the world. In Wuzhen, different ideas blend and collide with each other, creating synergistic effects." American entrepreneur Miguel Silva said.