

An autonomous, self-guided hybrid pollination robot demonstrates a suite of automated capabilities, including intelligent pruning, precise pollination and adaptive harvesting, at the 2026 Zhongguancun Forum (ZGC Forum) in Beijing, on March 26. [Photo by Zou Hong/chinadaily.com.cn]
The 2026 forum will be characterized by four distinctive features. Firstly, it will emphasize the expansion of the capital city's efforts to become an international science and technology innovation center by holding forums and releasing relevant policies for deepening coordination among Beijing, Tianjin municipality and Hebei province, all located in North China, Lin said.
Lin also noted that it will stress the deep integration of technological innovation with industrial innovation by focusing on frontier fields such as 6G, brain-computer interfaces, and cell and gene therapy.
The World Internet Conference (WIC) was established as an international organization on July 12, 2022, headquartered in Beijing, China. It was jointly initiated by Global System for Mobile Communication Association (GSMA), National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team/Coordination Center of China (CNCERT), China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), Alibaba Group, Tencent, and Zhijiang Lab.