2025.11

The World Internet of Things Convention 2025 and First Conference on Sustainable Development of Global Intelligently Interconnected Digital Economy kicked off in Beijing
Themed "Intelligently Interconnected New Economy, Smart Society in the New Era", this year's annual conference comprised Opening Ceremony, Ambassador Forum, World New Economic Forum, World IoT Top 500 Summit, International Cooperation Forum, Industrial IoT Forum, Workshop on AI+IoT Integrated Development, Smart Energy Forum, Transportation and Intelligent Vehicles Forum, and Standardization Forum, to name a few. Included in this event were the release ceremonies of the Declaration of Global Intelligently Interconnected Digital Economy and Social Development, the lists of Demonstration Cites and Enterprises for the Intelligently Interconnected Digital Economy, and the World IoT Top 500 Ranking List, as well as World IoT Awards. Representatives from 80 countries all over the world, including government officials, ambassadors and diplomats, officials from the United Nations and UN agencies such as UNCTAD, heads of international organizations like ITU, ISO, IEEE, IEC, WFEO, AICTO, WBBA, etc, representatives from World Top 500 enterprises, experts and scholars participated in this annual conference. Tens of millions of online viewers joined this event.
Amandeep Singh Gill, Under-Secretary-General and Special Envoy for Digital and Emerging Technologies, United Nations speec the annual event. The Declaration of Global Intelligently Interconnected Digital Economy and Social Development was unveiled at the convention. The speakers who delivered opening remarks included Mr. He Xuming, Chairman of WIOTC Executive Committee, Sung Hwan Cho, President of International Organization for Standardization (ISO), Houlin Zhao, Former Secretary-General of International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Jo Cops, President of International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), Kathleen A. Kramer, President and CEO of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Seng Chuan Tan, President of World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO), LI Zhengmao, Chairman of the Board of Directors, World Broadband Association (WBBA), Mohamed Ben Amor, Secretary-General of Arab Information Communication Technology Organization (AICTO), Torbjörn Fredriksson, Head of E-Commerce and Digital Economy Branch, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Onoe Masamori, Director of Telecommunication Standard Bureau, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Albert Tort Pugibet, Secretary of Telecommunications and Digital Transformation, The Government of Catalonia of Spain, and NI Jianzhong, Executive Chair of WIOTC Organizing Committee.

2025.7

Intelligently Interconnected Digital Economy Development Strategy Forum Opens in Beijing
Themed "Innovating the Digital Economy, Leading the Global Future," the Forum comprised in-depth discussions on future development strategy topics such as the global trends of digital economic development, strategic pathways for the intelligently interconnected digital economy, opportunities for cities and enterprises developing digital economy and technology and frameworks of international standards for the above-mentioned digital economy. Mr. He Xuming, Chairman of WIOTC Executive Committee, and Mr. Li Bohu, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), gave a keynote report titled “Development Strategy of Intelligently Interconnected Digital Economy" and "Understanding and Practices of Intelligently Interconnected Internet of Things" respectively. Representatives from government agencies, embassies in China, international organizations, strategic think tanks, IoT digital economy enterprises as well as academia from over 10 countries participated in this forum.
This forum has provided a reference for governments and enterprises around the world in terms of their digital economy transformation and upgrading strategies through insightful speeches while pointing out the direction for innovative development of human economic society. It has become a high-level strategic forum for strengthening international exchange and cooperation innovation and guiding the innovative development of the IoT- powered digital economy around the world.

2025.4

WIOTC and Azerbaijan reach strategic cooperation agreement
Azerbaijani President Aliyev is in the early stages of his state visit to China. The China-Azerbaijan Industry and Investment Cooperation Promotion Conference was held in Beijing, and a memorandum of understanding was signed between the WIOTC and the Azerbaijan Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

2024.11

The World Internet of Things Convention 2024 was successfully held in Beijing on November 3, 2024.
The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres sent the written message to the annual event. The first global white paper regarding advanced digital economy - White Paper on the Intelligently Interconnected Digital Economy was unveiled at the convention, which plays an exemplary role in developing the intelligently and fully connected digital economy. The speakers who delivered opening remarks included Mr. He Xuming, Chairman of WIOTC Executive Committee, H.E. Mr. Yu Hongjun, former Vice Minister of International Department of the CPC, H.E. Mr. Kao Kim Hourn, Secretary-General of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), H.E. Mr. Ahmed Mustafa Fahmy, Head of League of Arab States (LAS) Beijing Mission, H.E. Mr. Siniša Beran, Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to China, Mr. Sung Hwan Cho, President of International Organization for Standardization (ISO), Mr. Jo Cops, President of International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), Mr. Seizo Onoe, Director of Telecommunication Standard Bureau of International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Mr. Li Zhengmao, Chairman of Board of Directors of WBBA, Mr. Thomas M. Coughlin, CEO & President of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Government representatives and diplomatic envoys from nearly 60 countries, leaders of international organizations, World IoT Top 500 enterprises and demonstration companies of IoT digital economy joined the annual convention on site and virtually. The number of participants and viewers registered nearly ten million, with onsite participants amounting to two thousand. Haier Group and China Telecom become the first demonstration enterprises of the globally intelligently interconnected digital economy. 2024 World IoT Awards was released.

2024.7

The World IoT Top 500 Summit 2024 was held in Beijing on July 19.
Themed “An Intelligently Interconnected World for A Win-win Future”, the summit encompassed an opening ceremony, the Top 500 Entrepreneur Forum, the International Cooperation Forum, and the World Internet of Things Convention 2024 Press Release, to name a few. At the opening ceremony, opening remarks were given by distinguished guests, including Mr. Zhang Qin, member of the Standing Committee of the 13th National Committee of the CPPCC; H.E. Siyabonga C. Cwele, Ambassador of South Africa to China; H.E. Mr. Khalil Hashmi, Ambassador of Pakistan to China; H.E. John Busuttil, Ambassador of Malta to China; and Mr. Ni Jianzhong, Executive President of the China Mobile Communications Association. Mr. He Xuming, Chairman of the WIOTC Executive Committee, presented a keynote report. The summit also invited Academician Mr. Zhang Ping from the Chinese Academy of Engineering to deliver an academic report. H.E. Bishnu Pukar Shrestha, the ambassador of Nepal to China, spoke at the Country Promotion Session. Government officials, ambassadors, diplomats, representatives of international organisations, and business associations from 40 countries and regions, including China, France, South Africa, Pakistan, Malta, Nepal, Maldives, Iran, and Turkey, attended the meeting. According to the statistics from all sources, nearly six million representatives from the top 500 IoT enterprises, experts, and scholars participated in the summit online and offline. The summit also unveiled the 2024 World Internet of Things Ranking List Top 500, and the event was the prelude to the World Internet of Things Convention 2024 (Annual Conference).