On April 28th, 2023 Hangzhou Forum on Future Cities commenced both online and on-site in Yuanzheng-Qizhen Hotel, attracting over fifty experts and scholars from both home and abroad.
08:30-08:45 Opening ceremony
REN Shaobo, Secretary of the Communist Party Committee of Zhejiang University (ZJU)，addressed the opening ceremony. He said that Chinese path to modernization reacquires the modernization of governance capacity to better empower high-quality urban and rural development. Concentrated on serving national great strategic demands, ZJU launched Digital Social Science Project striving for breakthroughs in theories and practices in digital governance, digital economy and digital rule of law. With support from Chinese Society for Urban Studies (CSUS), China Institute of Urbanization (CIU) of ZJU established Special Committee on Urban and Rural Digital Governance (the Special Committee) aiming to promote the efficiency of urban and rural governance. Valuable opinions from various circles on reform and development of ZJU and relevant disciplines are highly expected.
REN Shaobo, Secretary of the Communist Party Committee, Zhejiang University
CHEN Chun, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Dean of Faculty of Information Technology of ZJU and Dean of the Special Committee of CSUS, stressed that productive factors, social governance and industrial structure are undergoing profound changes driven by a new round of technological revolution and industrial reform. He acknowledged Prof. ZHANG Weiwen and her team on their efforts in it. CHEN hoped that with the Committee, experts and scholars from different areas can work together to explore the digitalization of city governance and to achieve in-depth integration among disciplines so as to energize the thriving digital China.
CHEN Chun, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering,Dean of Faculty of Information Technology of ZJU and Dean of the Special Committee of CSUS
WANG Lizhong, member of the Party Standing Committee and Vice-president of ZJU, presided over the opening ceremony. WANG mentioned that in the digital age, efforts to achieve digital China carry weight for the modernization of social governance with Chinese characteristics.
WANG Lizhong, member of the Party Standing Committee and Vice-president of ZJU
08:45-09:05 Inauguration ceremony of the Special Committee on Urban and Rural Digital Governance
DAN Feng, Deputy Chief Planner of CSUS chaired the inauguration and appointment ceremony of the Special Committee. Vice-president WANG presented appointment certificates to Dean CHEN Chun and Vice-deans of the Special Committee.
Vice-president WANG presented appointment certificate to Dean CHEN Chun
Inauguration of the Special Committee of CSUS
ZHAO Rui, General Manager of Zhejiang branch of Huawei and Vice-director of the Special Committee made an address on behalf. ZHAO stated that digital technologies have been the best choice in balancing development and promoting integration between rural and urban areas, which makes the founding of the Special Committee highly relevant. As a forerunner of digital empowerment, Huawei is committed to creating a smart world connecting all things, which is exactly the inspiration of the Special Committee. Huawei will work hard on applying digital technologies in pilot village development and talents cultivation so as to enable cities and counties share same web with same speed and promote the establishment of demonstration areas of common prosperity.
ZHAO Rui, General Manager of Zhejiang branch of Huawei and Vice-director of the Special Committee
09:05-09:25 IPO ceremony of Scientific Digital Intelligence
TANG Jinsong, Vice Dean of China Mobile (Zhejiang) Innovation Research Institute and Dean of ZJU-Zhejiang Mobile Joint Laboratory for Data Intelligence and Urban Future (the Joint Lab), presided over the IPO ceremony of Scientific Digital Intelligence.
TANG Jinsong, Vice Dean of China Mobile (Zhejiang) Innovation Research Institute and Dean of ZJU-Zhejiang Mobile Joint Laboratory for Data Intelligence and Urban Future
IPO of Scientific Digital Intelligence
ZHANG Weiwen, Vice Dean of School of Public Affairs (SPA), Dean of CIU of ZJU, and Dean of the Joint Lab, introduced this new platform. To address difficulties in finding, understanding and calculating data, the platform is supposed to provide an solution integrating standard database with machine modeling. It bears strengths in high-quality self-equipped data, low threshold, and competitive computing power. Prof. ZHANG welcomed constructive suggestions from all walks of targeting to new ecosystem for social science research on digital intelligence.
ZHANG Weiwen, Vice Dean of SPA and Dean of CIU of ZJU, and Dean of the Joint Lab
09:50-10:55 Keynote speech I
SHI Minjun, Professor of SPA and Vice Dean of CIU of ZJU chaired the keynote speech I.
SHI Minjun, Professor of SPA and Vice Dean of CIU of ZJU
QIU Baoxing, Academician of Chinese Academy of International Eurasian Academy of Sciences, former Vice Minister of Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People's Republic of China and Director of CSUS, presented a speech focusing on category and development of smart cities as well as the roles government should play.
QIU Baoxing, Academician of Chinese Academy of International Eurasian Academy of Sciences, former Vice Minister of Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People's Republic of China and Director of CSUS
LU Jun, Vice Dean and Professor of School of Government of Peking University, and Vice Dean of the Special Committee delivered a keynote speech in which he mentioned five mechanisms by which digital technologies may accelerating the emergence of counter differential mode of association. Besides, Prof. LU also stressed five challenges China is facing and applicability of digital technologies.
LU Jun, Vice Dean and Professor of School of Government of Peking University, and Vice Dean of the Special Committee
