On September 1, the press conference for the 2023 China International Digital Economy Expo was held by the Information Office of Henan Provincial People’s Government. The opening ceremony and keynote forum of this expo are characterized by distinctive features and numerous highlights, which can be summarized in four words: specialized, refinement, differential, innovation.

“Specialized” means professional. With a focus on the theme of industrial internet, the expo delves into the industry’s cutting-edge topics. It invites leaders from national industry supervisory departments, top experts, investors, and entrepreneurs from home and abroad to have in-depth discussions on industry development directions, as well as hot topics such as the Internet of Things, general artificial intelligence, enterprise cloud adoption, and intelligent connected vehicles. The goal is to gain insights into development trends and have collective discussions on the digital future.

“Refinement” means exciting. The opening ceremony and keynote forum consist of four sections: the opening ceremony, project signings, keynote forum, and achievements release. The content is rich and compact. The opening ceremony sets a special session for major releases, where the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will announce the list of the 2023 national industrial Internet cross-industry and cross-domain platform. The keynote forum invites eight heavyweight guests from both domestic and international backgrounds to engage in in-depth exchanges on different topics. Besides, two heavyweight research results will be released including the National Industrial Internet Platform Application Level Evaluation Report and the 2023 China Digital Economic Development Research Report.

“Differential” means distinctive. On establishing smooth Technology-Industry-Finance cycles, this expo will host technology capital connection, industry ecology conference and other special activities. The keynote forum will invite Fang Fenglei, Chairman of Hopu Investment, and Ni Zewang, Chairman of SCGC, to deliver keynote speeches, thus promoting the role of venture capital in supporting technological innovation and digital economic development.

“Innovation” means innovative. The opening ceremony and keynote forum will invite a digital host named "Xiaoyan," for the first time, meticulously crafted by iFLYTEK. This innovation demonstrates the new track of the digital economy represented by artificial intelligence technology, and brings a brand-new on-site experience to the audience.