China News Service, Beijing, July 13th, Question: Xiyan Dao | Why does Xi Jinping say that "cyberspace is related to the destiny of mankind"?
Reporter Yuan Xiuyue
"The establishment of the World Internet Conference International Organization is an important measure to follow the development trend of the information age and deepen international exchanges and cooperation in cyberspace." On July 12, Chinese President Xi Jinping pointed out in his congratulatory letter to the establishment of the World Internet Conference International Organization that cyberspace is related to the The destiny of mankind and the future of cyberspace should be jointly created by all countries in the world.
Since the birth of the Internet for more than half a century, it has continuously nurtured changes, accelerated development, and promoted leaps, but at the same time, it has also brought multiple challenges of complexity, diversity and conflict—
First, new issues in cyberspace governance emerge one after another.
Some uncivilized phenomena, such as publishing false information, spreading pornographic and vulgar information, spreading spam, spreading bad videos, and cyber violence, are not uncommon, bringing hidden dangers to the healthy development of the Internet.
Second, the issue of network security cannot be ignored.
In the digital age, from the leakage of personal privacy information to the large scale of network attacks and network theft, the defense line of network security needs to be constantly repaired and strengthened.
Wu Hequan, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and director of the Advisory Committee of the Internet Society of China, said recently that a secure and credible digital world requires not only technical support, but also system and management to ensure security.
Third, cyber hegemony poses a threat to world peace and development.
For example, some American and Western countries have engaged in technological blockades in terms of chips and operating systems, affecting the global Internet industry chain and supply chain.
Dong Biao, associate dean and associate professor of the Law School of Beijing Technology and Business University, wrote in an article that cyber hegemony is a cancer that destroys the ecology of cyberspace.
The Internet has turned the world into a global village where "dogs and dogs can hear each other". The historical choices faced by human society have also become urgent questions to be answered in cyberspace.
Is it hostility or mutual respect?
Is it closed decoupling or open cooperation?
Is it a zero-sum game or a win-win situation?
"Countries should strengthen communication, expand consensus, deepen cooperation, and jointly build a community with a shared future in cyberspace." In 2015, at the opening ceremony of the Second World Internet Conference, Xi Jinping proposed the "Chinese concept" of cyberspace governance.
"This concept is an important part of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important thoughts on strengthening the country through the Internet, and it has great guiding significance for the development direction of the world's Internet technology, the reform of the Internet's global governance system, and the construction process of the Internet society." Beijing Xi Jinping New Era Gao Yu, a special researcher at the Research Center for Socialist Thought with Chinese Characteristics and a lecturer at the School of Marxism at Communication University of China, said.
Chen Yunzhe, deputy dean of the Eurasian Institute of Nanjing University of Science and Technology, professor and doctoral supervisor of the School of Marxism, believes that building a community with a shared future in cyberspace has become a must-answer question, not a multiple-choice question.
For China in the post-epidemic era, building a community with a shared future in cyberspace is both a challenge and an opportunity.
"In the past, under the 'multi-stakeholder' management mechanism led by the United States, developing countries have always been on the edge of power and have no right to participate in cyberspace governance. 'Building a community of shared future in cyberspace' is China's shared commitment to cyberspace. The creative formulation of the situation and the way out provides a Chinese solution for all countries to form a mutually beneficial and win-win, well-ordered, shared and co-governed cyberspace through enhanced cooperation on the basis of respecting sovereignty," Chen Yunzhe said.
At present, the century-old changes are superimposed on the epidemic of the century, and the uncertainty of the global economy is increasing.
In the face of the complex international situation, how to promote the construction of a community of shared future in cyberspace?
Xi Jinping emphasized that international cyberspace governance should adhere to multilateral participation and multi-party participation, and give full play to the roles of governments, international organizations, Internet companies, technical communities, non-governmental organizations, and individual citizens.
Zhi Zhenfeng, a researcher at the Institute of Law of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, believes that in addition to improving the rule of law on the Internet, network governance also requires the Internet industry to fulfill its social responsibilities and strengthen industry self-discipline. The order of cyberspace requires everyone to build, share and govern together.
According to Jiao Mei, a teacher at the School of International Business Administration at Shanghai International Studies University, building a community with a shared future in cyberspace requires the cooperation of all parties, among which the self-discipline of netizens is also particularly important.
"Do not do to others what you do not want to do to yourself." Everyone should start from themselves to maintain the online homeland and prevent it from becoming a "trash can" and a "ruthless aura".
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