A report from Science and Technology Daily:

The world nowadays is made up of diversified entities. With a great amount of 
driving forces for social and economic development, only digital technology can 
act as veins to connect each dot.

As to China, although the future setup of development would mainly focus on the 
"domestic great circulation", the "mutual promotion of domestic and 
international double circulation" is also of great importance. By launching 
Global Initiative on Data Security, we declare once again to the world that 
China adheres to opening up, exerts to promote the establishment of an open 
world economy and a digital community with a shared future.

Either in the field of science and technology or economy, the trend of 
globalization is irreversible, so is the trend of the division and cooperation 
of work and mutual benefit among different countries. China needs to keep the 
status of being highly open to the world, and creates a new edge in terms of 
international cooperation and competition in each sector, including the 
information industry, in order to help realize goals of social development in a 
new era.

A man of virtue is open-minded and always at ease whereas a man of meanness is 
full of distress at all times. There are always some countries trying to stir 
up disputes based on the idea of zero-sum game. Recently, several American 
politicians have scurried across different continents, sparing no effort to 
slander China's IT industry and even the entire opening-up policy with the 
excuse of "safety maintenance". By advocating global data security, China not 
only displayed the frankness that we always uphold and stopped the spreading of 
malicious lies fabricated by certain people, but also exposed the covered 
hypocrisy of the United States.

In addition to fighting back against political smear, the initiative also 
reflects China's profound understanding of the nature of the information 
industry and how to increases social productivity.

For thousands of years, the realization of the value of information has been 
closely tied to transmission. Even the oracle of Heaven, if buried in the 
mountains, is a piece of waste paper. And the core function of the Internet is 
to fulfill the most extensive and efficient transmission of information in 
history.

Unlike the slow and repeated progress of productivity in ancient times, the 
information society is more likely to embrace the trend of broader and thorough 
interconnection and this will only constantly accelerate and upgrade. 
Therefore, the lack of international rules in the digital space will jeopardize 
the development of the global digital economy.

While the United States is taking actions that are not conducive to data 
security, it still severely accuses other countries of endangering America. No 
country has any reason to tolerate its hegemony. Judging which products are 
safe or "convicting" who is jeopardizing data security in other countries 
should not be left to the United States to speak for itself.

The time has been long past when a hegemonic country could selfishly fulfill 
its greed with the sacrifice of its subordinates. It is obvious that a 
visionary country will follow the tides of the time and make concerted efforts 
to ensure the smooth flow of information under fair and mutually beneficial 
rules. (Authors:Zhang Mengran, Lu Zijian & Long Yun)

SOURCE: Science and Technology Daily