[Commentary] On November 23, the World Internet Conference Internet Development Forum was held in Wuzhen, Jiaxing, Zhejiang.

In the main forum: Digital Economy and Anti-epidemic Technology, Zhong Nanshan, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and director of the National Respiratory Disease Clinical Medicine Research Center of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, brought a video speech. He said that today, big data, cloud computing, The accelerated integration of artificial intelligence and other technologies with transportation, medical care, education, scientific research and other fields has promoted the transformation and upgrading of the informatization of the whole society.

Especially in this anti-epidemic work, information and communication technology has provided very strong support for epidemic prevention and control, and has shown great energy in the research and judgment of the situation, information sharing, and epidemiological analysis.

He believes that the first guiding ideology to follow for fighting the epidemic with science and technology is to uphold the people first and life first.

  [Concurrent] (Zhong Nanshan, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering)

  The first guiding ideology to be followed is to uphold the people first and life first.

In the face of the epidemic, our party and our country have always put people’s life safety and health in the first place. They have mobilized national resources as never before, carried out large-scale treatment, prevention and control, and the whole society has watched and helped each other and helped each other in the same boat. The great anti-epidemic spirit of life is supreme, the whole country is united, giving up life, respecting science, and sharing destiny.

  [Explanation] Zhong Nanshan said that it is necessary to further use information technology to improve the early warning response mechanism and improve the ability of prevention, control and treatment, which will help effectively maintain the health and safety of the people.

  [Concurrent] (Zhong Nanshan, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering)

  Adhere to information-driven and technological innovation.

In the face of the sudden new crown pneumonia epidemic, national cybersecurity and informatization workers worked day and night in collaboration with all sectors of society to provide very strong support for the prevention and control of the epidemic in terms of tracking and screening, material security, and big data applications.

We must further use information technology to improve the early warning and response mechanism, improve the ability of prevention, control and treatment, and help effectively maintain the health and safety of the people.

  [Explanation] Zhong Nanshan said that in the current severe situation of fighting the epidemic, the international community needs to work together to carry out higher, closer and more comprehensive cooperation in the fields of vaccine research and development, 5G medical care, and data sharing.

  [Concurrent] (Zhong Nanshan, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering)

  In the current severe situation of fighting the epidemic, we must persist in open cooperation and join hands to fight the epidemic.

The international community needs to join hands, abandon differences, and carry out higher, closer, and more comprehensive cooperation in the fields of vaccine research and development, 5G medical care, and data sharing.

  Reporter Shen Yishan reports from Jiaxing, Zhejiang

Editor in charge: [Li Yuxin]