The following are the outputs of the captioning taken during an IGF intervention. Although it is largely accurate, in some cases it may be incomplete or inaccurate due to inaudible passages or transcription errors. It is posted as an aid, but should not be treated as an authoritative record.
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>> FANG ZHANG: Okay. Ladies and gentlemen, good morning. Welcome to our launch event. My name is Fang Zhang. I'm a professor with a institute of intelligent governance. I'm your moderator for the site today. And today it's my pleasure to warmly welcome all of you in person. And also those joining online.
Thank you for being with us today. Before we release our report, it's my great pleasure to invite professor Horo [sounds like] vice chair of Tsinghua university council to deliver the opening remarks.
>> Thank you, Fang. Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen. Guests all over the world. Good morning, it's a great pleasure to gather with you today at the 28th annual Internet Governance Forum to explore the Chinese stories of intelligent society and governance.
On behalf of my university, I would like to extended a warm welcome to all of you and praise our heartfelt gratitude to offerings who have long supported our development.
Today, AI and as a frontier technologies are advancing at unprecedented speeds. Driving a new wave of technological revolution. Digital innovations are not only reshaping the way we live and work but also canonizing a transformation from the information society to the intelligent society.
This is unfolding process, our university has taken an active role not only in leader in the technology age and AI research and applications but also as a pry near in cross disciplinary efforts to advance strategic and research and advocating the intelligent society transition. In 20 is the, our university set up the institute for intelligent society governance to explore Chinese approach to governing intelligent societies by running social experiments with AI.
These institutes work to attract strong attention from the Chinese government and has been wildly localized across various sectors of society. It has become a leading centre in China for talent development. Technological innovation. And research in the field of intelligent society governance.
At the same time, this institute launched an intelligent society governance course open to all graduate students at Tsinghua university. With robust support of the cyber space of the administration of China and other ministries, 92 national experimental bases have been established across the country. These spaces are conducting, pioneering, practice‑driven explorations and a cutting edge of intelligent society development.
Through our collective efforts, they have generated a rich set of Chinese case that is a collectively form a competing narrative. The story of Chinese society, development, and governance.
Standardization plays an important role in helping build and help manage intelligent society. The central sub space affairs office and the state administration for market regulation closely support these efforts. They organize declaration of governance for the governance of the intelligent society. That's the 2025 edition.
This is impactful research is field by the university the China National Institute of nationalization and other institutions. Lines have now been shared with relevant departments. And will be made available to the public soon.
This will help lay a solid foundation for future innovation in intelligent society, development, and governance. Looking back over the past 6 years, we have witnessed a remarkable revival of experimentalist thinking in the context of intelligent society. Governance practices inspired by this spirit have begun to offer variable direction for navigating this complex transformation. As an intelligent society continues to evolve and confront uncharted frontiers, we are eager to share China's most valuable explorations with the world. And to work together towards a more intelligent and inclusive future for all.
The development and governance of intelligent society is a fundamental question of both theory and practice. With that concerns the future in a age defined by technical advancement and deep uncertainty. And exploring the rules and logic behind intelligent society through experimental approach carries far reaching strategic significance.
With this regard, China brings unique advantages, a wide diversity of real world (?) and a long standing tradition of experimental governance. This position allows China to offer pioneering insights and a practical contribution to global understanding of this transformation.
It's in this context that professor Suchin [sounds like] and Ms. Jo Forlan [sounds like] have years of research and case studies and made the combination of the Chinese stories of intelligent society development and governance. Today we have the true market release of each.
And we take the opportunity to share three thoughts on the next phase of the work in this field.
First we must adopt a long‑term perspective and remain committed to the frontier of intelligent society, development, and governance.
By continuously updating this body of research, we aim to establish it as a landmark work in the global discourse on intelligent society.
Second, we shall deepen collaboration across governments, industry, academia and research institutions worldwide.
Through the integration of practices cases and rigorous academic inquiries, we can spend our market dimensional understanding of intelligent society and preserve firsthand historical record of this transformation.
Third, we must fully leverage international platform such as IGF through rigorous research and grounded case studies, we can contribute to the global pursuit of human wellbeing in the age of intelligence.
Finally, I wish this event great success, thank you.
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>> FANG ZHANG: Thank you vice chair for your inspiring and insightful speech.
Now let's move to the highlight of today's event. The presentation of the new study. First I will invite Professor Su to introduce their latest research. Please take your floor.
>> SU JUN: Thank you, Fang. Dear vice chairman, and dear honoured guests and dear ladies and gentlemen, good morning. On behalf of the organizer and the press I warmly welcome to all you, thank you for coming.
Today, information technology especially AI is being wildly deployed for a significant improvement in productivity and a tremendous benefit to people. A brand new age, a intelligence study is coming. In this age, there are changes in changes in which knowledge is transmit and verified. And information and misinformation and disinformation becomes a challenge in our society.
Cocoon traps individual, and collaboration speeds society. People will enjoy happiness of instant feedback. AI reshape our combination. Test the boundary of privacy, ethic, and our core value.
Social structure are being restructured in several space. New employed models such as chick economy are rising rapidly. We have a long‑term effect, with vase carried in several space and emerged with newfound inference.
Facing this uncertainty and risk, technology innovation is one selection. Innovation process can be divided to a four process we call that is basic research, technology development, demonstration, and deployment. China with a vast population and diverse social news offers some of the world's richest AI applications and areas.
This application provide significant contribution to the global AI development. Studying this practice of available insights into the dynamic interaction between technology and society. It allows us to assess social acceptance, technology infrastructure, and more critically, to explore the relationship between human beings and technologies.
And to preserve human dignity in the face of rapid change N in 2021 Chinese government deployed a national application program. It includes 92 application base. Over 2,000 applications and areas. And about 30,000 participants across the country. This book is a result of our first study in some cities of China such as Odos [sounds like] this book tells 10 stories, including how AI empower grassroots innovation, enhance quality of life, and deliver improvement in way of being.
These stories spanned diverse settings from promotion, education equity in remote mountain regions to improve safety and productivity. From social governors to public health. The value of these 10 stories is they create by ordinary people. Comes from lever and diverse in different fields. My cochairs and my team are delighted to introduce the executive summary of our book.
Which will be published next year. Ladies and gentlemen, intelligent study is an amazing age. People must know it. And to know it becomes rivers of technology. At this critical moment, I call upon all of us, let's work together to first international exchange and collaboration on AI social impact.
Let's work together to build a bright digital future.
Let's work together to build a community in society which is inclusive, equitable, and sustainable. Thank you. (applause).
>> FANG ZHANG: Thank you, Professor Su, for your thought provoking presentation. Now let's invite Miss Zhou Chaonan [sounds like] to share her reflections and resource.
>> ZHOU CHAONAN: Distinguished vice chair of university council and friends from all around the world, good morning. (speaking Chinese)
As one of the organizers of the event, I would like to extended a warm welcome to all of our distinguished guests and express my sincere thanks to everyone who supported the development of intelligent society governance.
Range corp is a Chinese high‑tech company provided to providing large scale green and computing power for AI industry. And we are one of the largest private data centre operators in China.
And in our work we have come to realize that the development of an intelligent society is not just a technical issue, it concerns the future and destiny of humanity.
My deep interest in this transformation aligns closely with the vision of professor Sujin from the university with the understanding and together we establish the joint research institute of intelligent society in 2023.
Last year, we published a book, intelligent society development and governance research, which was launched at 19 IGF in Saudi Arabia with significant attention and recognition.
after that, we worked intensely on a new project. And this queer we proud to present a new book the Chinese stories of intelligent society and governance. This is another important achievement with our partnership with the university.
Looking ahead we will continue to deepen our collaboration with Tsinghua with the joint institute updating the reports and the impact of new and emerging technologies.
We also plan to establish the range found for intelligent society governance at Tsinghua university to award outstanding students and teachers in this field and to contribute building an intelligent society.
I sincerely hope that more experts and friends from all sectors will join us in this important cause and together contributing to building a shared future for humanity in the age of intelligence. Thank you.
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>> Thank you Miss Zhou Chaonan for your very encouraging commitment to intelligent society governance. Now let me invite our two senior and great guests to comment on this study. And also share their experience and stories in intelligent society governance. First, I would like to invite Miss May [sounds like], principal of Tsinghua school primary school and she's the director of the intelligent society governance base.
>> Good morning, everyone, I'm the principal of Tsinghua university primary school, a century old institution. Our philosophy is children are also at the centre of our school.
As a Chinese teacher I always propose there's only one earth inspired by their research, students and teachers jointly set the task of launching a community environmental protection initiative.
This approach is part of our third year exploration of think‑based teaching at the heart of a newly published book, the Tsinghua teaching theory for primary Chinese. We view advert call AI model to support lesson planning and classroom design, connecting classroom learning to real life action.
As a principal, we brought the green and low carbon campus proposal to our school wide assembly, let us share four ways we use AI to have a low carbon campus and the digital strategies for our university.
Year 1, low carbon data platform and we have a collection for data and analysis that leverage AI computational power to inform low carbon informational strategies.
Scenario 2 focuses on low carbon education application. And in our campus, we have installed solar flowers using low positional and eye tracking to enhance the efficiency. There's also a rain water collection system so student analyze rain water model and analyze models for resource efficient applications.
Scenario 3 is low carbon interactive space, which include swing power generation. We also establish a zero carbon pa say long that measures temperature, humidity and wind direction.
Scenario 4 is smart sports field, AI tools such as intelligent jump rope, dash trackers and our growth tree system visually tracks student's physical progress.
As a codirector of Tsinghua national intelligent society governance base I propose there's only one earth. On behalf of all students at Tsinghua university primary school I would like to share the low carbon campus initiative with a sustainable future for global friends.
First foster global campus collaboration. Second one innovative low carbon technologies and third one, low carbon education. And fourth one, calls for global participation. And last one, leverage AI to empower low carbon campuses.
Finally, let us celebrate 110 birthday of Tsinghua university primary school.
>> FANG ZHANG: Thank you for your powerful speech. Let me invite our last speaker, professor Esba [sounds like] professor of engineering at a university in Egypt. The floor is yours
>> And thank you and let me express my gratitude for Tsinghua university and thank you for letting be part of your success story and your event here in IGF. My presentation is about pioneering intelligent society development and governance in Egyptian higher education. And I will focus on a case of our faculty engineering.
And colleagues and esteemed participants it's my honour to speak with you today about the transformative vision intelligent society development and governance research within higher education in developing nations like Egypt.
Let me start with an overview about the landscape of higher education in Egypt. Egypt is home to one of the oldest and most expansive higher education system in Middle East. Egypt history goes deeply to 7,000 years. But nowadays, Egypt has 92 universities, including 28 government universities. 27 private universities. 29 nonprofit universities. Total number of student, more than 3.3 million in the higher education.
Its population overall is more than 110 million population.
Egypt also has started new concept of the technological universities. We have more than 12 now. So Egypt's first modern university because that digital university goes through the history more than 1,000 years but the modern university starts in the 19th century and beginning of 20th century with Cairo university and then the second one was Alexandria university in 1938 and my and my home university in 1950.
Over time, these institutions became not only centres of learning but pillars of national development.
But now as we enter the era of digital transformation and smart governance, the question is how can our universities evolve from traditional institutions into intelligent social actors? These are the statistics that I have told about you about the universities in Egypt.
What we do understand under such intelligent development and governance research. And intelligent society is one where ‑‑ okay is one where decisions in education and health and infrastructure are and the economy are informed by data powered by technology and governed ethically. For Egypt this means addressing urban challenges and industrial inefficiencies. And now we have a problem with the AI education of the students. They are very smart to work with AI infrastructure in cheating or whatever. And also in stuff as academics we have problems in using the AI in making proposals and making the writing proposals.
To do this, universities must produce a secondary research supporting a national goal, modernize intel internal governance structure. Serve as best for smart technologies and Artificial Intelligence and sustainable systems and ensure transparent and participatory management.
I will make quickly focus on my case of my homeschool, faculty of engineering in Shams university, which is following the new rule, Egypt as a whole make a rule that all academics and all the bylaws and new bylaws starting in 2023 should follow AI or should adopt AI pillar in designing its academic and bylaws. My faculty of engineering which was established in 1839 and has more than 10,000 graduates and undergraduate students and 15 departments of engineering and we are adopting intelligence systems by adopting new bylaws and learning management systems and new governance platforms over 85% of academic process is digitized now and international agenda and an international benchmark.
However there are some challenges in the Egypt sector wide transition. In Shams is a leading example, yes, but only 40% of public institutions have university wide governance system. So we have a diversity in the Egyptian system. Some are very modern and some are very old.
Less than 20% of updated their academic bylaws. That's another problem. Limited institutional research on the governance, which is this the theme the topic of today's session. But in the other sides the Supreme Court council in Egypt allowed the digital transformation plans make Egyptian a national bank for electronic library. And we adopt new national strategy for smart comps by 2030.
In conclusion, we must recognize that universities are not just a knowledge transmitter they are change agents, intelligent society begins on campus with governance models and data informed transparent adaptive and student centre.
And faculty of engineering is a good role model but we are looking for resilient and forward looking action. And let's expand this success and link our comps together not only in Egypt but Egypt and China and all countries and make governance research central to our educational future and thank you.
>> FANG ZHOU: Thank you, (applause).
Thank you for your wonderful speech. Our session ends here. We are closing our event. If you would like to take a report, we can share some copies here and you can chat with our authors after our session. Thank you.
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