Wu Hequan, an academician at the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said it is essential to bolster the supply, circulation and use of data to fully unleash the huge value of data elements, while underscoring AI's significant role in propelling data management.

Noting that the accelerated application of AI has put forward higher requirements for intelligent digital and information infrastructure, Ke Ruiwen, chairman of China Telecom, said the company is accelerating steps to build intelligent computing platforms, and promote the integrated development of computing power with electricity, communication and energy in an innovative manner.

Qi Xiangdong, chairman of Chinese cybersecurity company Qi-Anxin Technology Group, said, "As new cybersecurity challenges like data leakage and malicious misuse of data have emerged along with the explosive growth of AI-powered large language models, safeguarding data security is of vital importance in bolstering the industrial application of AI and developing the digital economy."