Forum on new capital construction and 5G+ smart education held in Xi'an

The first New Capital Construction and 5G+ Smart Education Summit Forum was held on Oct 18 at the West China Science and Technology Innovation Harbor (Iharbor) in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, Northwest China.

With the theme of how 5G empowers new development and how new capital construction creates a new future, the forum was sponsored by Shaanxi Provincial Department of Education and the UNESCO International Engineering Science and Technology Knowledge Center (IKCEST). It was hosted by Xi'an Jiaotong University.

The forum consisted of an opening ceremony, plus sub-forums on smart campus construction, new capital construction and data governance. Nearly 1,000 scholars in the field of informatization, plus representatives of universities and enterprises, participated in the meeting. They explored the future direction of the development of new capital construction and smart education, promoted the innovative application of 5G, artificial intelligence and the 'Internet of Things' on university campuses, and jointly promoted the creation of a new paradigm in China's higher education.