The 2024 World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit is set to open on Nov 20 in Wuzhen, East China's Zhejiang province. As one of the key events of the summit, the World Internet Conference Global Elite Training has attracted the participation of representatives from over 30 countries and regions. These include officials from government departments related to the digital economy, internet development, digital transformation, communications, commerce, finance, foreign affairs and education, as well as professionals from financial institutions, IT companies, and universities.

This training features an interdisciplinary course system designed to enhance participants' digital literacy and leadership skills. The courses cover such topics as the digital economy and new quality productive forces, opportunities and challenges in cross-border e-commerce, large language models and artificial intelligence, digital manufacturing, international trade rules and corporate digital transformation, and case studies of Europe's digital transformation practices.

Lecturers for the training are top experts from international organizations, globally renowned universities, and leading internet enterprises.

Jiang Xiaojuan

Title: Professor at the University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and former deputy secretary-general of the State Council

Focus Areas: Digital economy, macroeconomics, international economics, public management and policy

Course: New Quality Productive Forces and the Digital Economy

Barbara Ramos

Title: Chief of Research and Strategies for Exports at International Trade Centre

Course: Opportunities and Challenges in Cross-Border E-Commerce for SMEs

Zhou Hongyi

Title: Founder of 360 Group

Focus Areas: AI and cybersecurity

Course: Large Language Models and the Dawn of the AI Era

Zhao Zhongxiu

Title: President of the University of International Business and Economics and fellow of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Focus Areas: International trade, industrial economics, and global value chains

Course: International Trade Rules and Corporate Digital Transformation

Alexandra Brintrup

Title: Professor in Digital Manufacturing at Cambridge University, head of the Supply Chain Artificial intelligence Lab, and fellow of Darwin College

Focus Areas: Predictive data analysis, development of automated and scalable optimization and distributed decision-making technologies, and the identification of emergent patterns in industrial systems

Course: AI-Powered Digital Manufacturing

Christian Hocepied

Title: Principal Expert in the Antitrust Media Unit of the Competition Directorate General of the EU Commission and chief expert in ChinaEU

Course: Europe's Digital Transformation Practices