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A report from Science and Technology Daily:

The 17th Beijing-Tokyo Forum was held from October 25 to 26 in Beijing and

Tokyo online and offline simultaneously.

Co-hosted by China International Publishing Group (CIPG) and Japanese

non-profit think tank the Genron NPO, participants from both countries shared

ideas and held in-depth dialogues on digital economy, artificial

intelligence(AI), economic and trade cooperation, and cultural exchanges during

the two-day forum.

At the sub-forum of the 17th Beijing-Tokyo Forum on October 26, both Chinese

and Japanese experts held candid and in-depth discussions on the prospects of

bilateral cooperation in digital society and AI, and reached consensus on

relevant issues.

Sino-Japanese digital cooperation boasts great prospects

Xu Zhilong, editor-in-chief of the Science and Technology Daily said at the

forum, "The development of digital economy is not merely the development of

digital technologies or products, but to build an ecological system of digital

economy."

Tatsuo Yamasaki, distinguished professor of the International University of

Health and Welfare expressed his hope that this platform could explore

solutions to the issues concerned the community with a shared future for

mankind, such as the care of the elderly in an aging society, AI enabling

climate change monitoring, tracking carbon footprint through AI technology,

reducing energy consumption, and integrating traditional energy with new

technologies.

Pang Dazhi, vice president of NetEase believes that the young generation in

China and Japan gets to know each other's culture through digital products,

such as animation, games, music and movies. "In fact, based on the same

cultural heritage and highly complementary technology on game development, the

two countries have broad space for cooperation in the field of digital culture

and digital economy."

Novel trends and scenarios of digital economy

Duan Dawei, Senior vice president at iFLYTEK Co.Ltd. said, there is great room

for cooperation between China and Japan in the field of AI. "China and Japan

face common challenges in education, medical care, care for elderly people and

other areas. Thus, we can discuss how to offer better service to the public

through AI technology."

Taro Shimada, Senior VP of Toshiba corporation, said that the use of logistics

data is vulnerable to natural disasters. "Both China and Japan are committed to

improving the toughness of supply chain through sci-tech. Facing the shock of

COVID-19, logistics data presents both opportunities and challenges. Common

sense has been reached on the sharing of logistics data, promoting the use of

logistics data to a new level."

Jeff Shi, vice president of SenseTime, said AI can help solve the aging problem

faced by both China and Japan, dealing with the practical challenge of

productivity shortage. "AI can help solve the productivity shortfall.

Meanwhile, AI itself is trying to improve productivity by reducing its reliance

on data and humans."

"Zero carbonisation" gains momentum through digital economy

AI helps develop new materials such as new catalysts, said Junichi Hasegawa,

COO of Preferred Networks. "Photovoltaic, hydraulic and hydrogen energy are all

commonly discussed energy sources, whereas they all belong to secondary energy

sources. Therefore, carbon emissions are unavoidable in the production of these

new energies and how to reduce carbon emissions in producing these energy is an

important issue."

In addition, human society is inseparable from computers. How to reduce the

power consumption of its data centers and develop new computers with higher

efficiency and less emissions is also worth thinking about.

"Total global carbon emissions fell by a record 7 percent in 2020 from the

previous year due to the COVID-19 pandemic," said Liu Song, vice president of

Pingkai Xingchen (Beijing) Technology Co.Ltd., "However, economic activities

did not suspend, the reason is the vigorous development of Internet economy."

Liu said that online activities can significantly reduce carbon emissions while

ensuring normal economic development. We may seek new path on energy

conservation and emission reduction through the use, transmission and storage

of data in the future.

Data protection and security are focused

Hiromi Yamaoka, board member of Future corporation, said that developing AI

needs to address concerns on privacy collection. "The application of AI

requires the collection of high-quality data, which involves the aspects of

data governance, privacy protection and other issues. In the process of

developing AI, the concerns should be tackled. In addition, when it comes to

cross-border data flows, countries around the world should reach a consensus to

ensure the security of data flow,"said he.

Liu also shared idea on this topic, saying that the boundaries of national

security and personal privacy need to be clearly defined. China has paid

attention to the dialectical relationship between development and security of

data flow.

Source: Science and Technology Daily

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