The first Global Digital Trade Expo (GDTE) is scheduled to be held in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province from December 11 to 14.

On the sidelines of the expo, the first Global Digital Ecology Conference 2022 will convene at the Hangzhou International Expo Center on December 13.

The conference, themed on "new technologies, new operation formats, new models", will invite Tan Jianrong, senior researcher at the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and Bill Roscue, fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and of the European Academy of Sciences, to deliver keynote speeches.

Other speakers will include Ye Jun, vice-president of Alibaba Group and president of DingTalk, Ben Shenglin, member of the standing committee of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and external supervisor of the China Construction Bank, and Andreas Hube, former global vice-president of SAP.

The conference will feature the Digital Application and Technology Forum and the Digital Globalization Forum, where technicians and digital project leaders from leading digital companies from around the world are expected to discuss hot topics such as digital supply chains, block-chains, VR, artificial intelligence, cloud services, data security, and carbon management.

Pre-registration for the conference is now open: https://live.gdte.org.cn/zh-CN/eventShows?cateid=427350490452828160&track=18M5OVLE