Shou Xiaoli:

Thank you for your introduction, Mr. Niu. Now is the Q&A session. Please identify your news outlet before raising questions. Now the floor is open. 

China News Service: 

We can see from your introduction just now that significant achievements have been made in building China's strength in cyberspace since the 18th CPC National Congress in 2012. Can you please decode what's behind all these achievements? What are the plans for the future? Thank you. 

Niu Yibing:

Thank you for your questions. I hope my answer can be something of a "decode."

Reflecting on China's cyberspace development in the new era, our most prominent and deepest feeling is that the rapid development, tremendous changes, and remarkable achievements, in the final analysis, are a result of the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, as well as a result of the sound guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially General Secretary Xi Jinping's important thought on building China's strength in cyberspace. As the core of the CPC and its Central Committee, General Secretary Xi Jinping led and promoted China's cyberspace development, pointing the way forward and providing the fundamental principles for our work. 

Since the 18th CPC National Congress, we have strengthened our work in cyberspace through practice and made innovations while keeping to the right path, thus achieving hard-won and precious experience. The experience is demonstrated in the following aspects: We must uphold the principle of the Party overseeing the internet and keep strengthening the Party's overall leadership over cyberspace work; we must follow the guidance of important ideas and thoughts, using Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially General Secretary Xi Jinping's important thought on building China's strength in cyberspace, to lead our cyberspace work; our work must be people-centered, so that the people can have a better sense of gain, happiness and security; we must be committed to reform and innovation, continuously exploring ways of cyberspace governance with Chinese characteristics; we must stick to coordination and negotiation, in order to boost cohesion to build China's strength in cyberspace; we must also be committed to opening up and cooperation, in order to build a community with a shared future in cyberspace.  

During the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025) and beyond, we will summarize and utilize the experience gained since the 18th CPC National Congress, so that they will be reflected and made full use of in our cybersecurity and informatization work. Following the requirements of developing strong technology, content, and talent pool, building a solid base and having a better say in related international affairs, we will strive to make key breakthroughs in major areas in order to achieve a great rise in cyberspace development. We will also cement our comprehensive strength in cyberspace so that a pattern of cyberspace work supporting the construction of a great modern socialist country will take initial shape. The internet will have more positive energy, a healthier cyber ecology, an improved industrial system, and become more civilized. Our capabilities of guaranteeing cybersecurity, making independent innovations, and achieving industrial development in cyberspace will be markedly strengthened. Our comprehensive strength in information infrastructure will reach an advanced level globally, and our governance capabilities of digital government and digital society will see all-around improvement. China will have a notably stronger international presence in cyberspace, and significant progress will be made in building a community with a shared future in cyberspace. Thank you.