China News Service, May 7th, according to the website of the Chinese Embassy in South Africa, recently, under the coordination of the Science and Technology Department of the Chinese Embassy in South Africa, experts in the digital field in Zhejiang Province and South Africa exchanged "big data" through video connection Anti-epidemic experience, explore joint promotion of smart city cooperation.
The meeting was chaired by Shen Long, Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in South Africa, Duterit, Patel, Deputy Director General of the South African Ministry of Science and Innovation, and Deputy Director General Adams, Deputy Director of Zhejiang Foreign Affairs Office Chen Jiangfeng, and Zhejiang Province Urban and Rural Planning and Design Research Dean Chen Guiqiu and the South African Office of the South African Science and Industry Research Council, the Square Kilometre Array Radio Telescope Project (SKA), the South African National Supercomputing Center, Zhejiang Urban and Rural Planning and Design Institute, Zhejiang Daily Interactive Network Technology Company, Ali More than 30 experts including Yun Group attended the meeting.
Shen Long said in his speech that the number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the world has exceeded 3.5 million, and the number of deaths has exceeded 250,000; the number of confirmed and death cases in South Africa is also rising rapidly, and the situation of epidemic prevention and resistance is grim. Digital infrastructure and digital technology play an important role in China's anti-epidemic and become an indispensable force in the epidemic of scientific and technological warfare. Based on "big data", cloud computing, artificial intelligence and other digital technologies, "timely discovery, rapid tracking, precise control, and effective treatment" are the key to China's victory in the prevention and control of the epidemic. ". The purpose of this video conference is to share and exchange China's "big data" anti-epidemic experience, discuss the joint promotion of smart city cooperation, and help South Africa win the epidemic prevention and control battle as soon as possible.
Duterit said that since the outbreak of South Africa, the Chinese government has provided a large amount of selfless assistance to South Africa, which has significantly improved the response capacity of South Africa. South Africa is willing to learn from China's "big data" experience in combating epidemics, while actively promoting cooperation with China in the digital economy and digital technology under the BRICS framework.
Chen Jiangfeng said that South Africa and Zhejiang Province have traditional friendly relations and close cultural exchanges. Zhejiang Province is one of the most developed regions in China ’s digital economy. During the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, with the “Big Data Map”, “Code Epidemic Prevention”, “Cloud Office”, “Network Classroom”, "Big data" platforms such as "consumption" have constructed the "Digital Anti-epidemic" Steel Great Wall, which has achieved a resumption of work and production in a relatively short period of time, providing important support for winning "two-line operations." Zhejiang is willing to strengthen anti-epidemic cooperation with "big data", exchange experiences on economic development of "big data" with South Africa, and discuss on jointly promoting cooperation in the construction of smart cities.
Subsequently, Fang Yi, chairman of Zhejiang Daily Interactive Network Technology Co., Ltd., introduced the anti-epidemic experience of "big data" from four aspects: trend prediction, virus tracing, medical material security, and resumption of production; Pan Liwei, general manager of Alibaba Cloud Data Intelligence, "Health code" as a case, introduces experience in terms of "big data" computing power, algorithms and data storage; Chen Guiqiu, president of Zhejiang Urban and Rural Planning and Design Research Institute, introduces cities from three levels: urban information infrastructure, digital city and smart city The experience of data resource storage, communication, association and utilization has been unanimously praised by experts from the South. The three experts also answered more than 10 questions about the "big data" proposed by the South in the follower tracking, network classroom, molecular biology analysis of vaccine design, and the role of blockchain technology in data collection privacy protection.