On January 24, 2023, the inception meeting of the "Digital Transformation" task 
force of the B20 summit under the Indian presidency in the Group of Twenty 
(G20) was held online. As an important supporting activity of the G20 Summit, 
it was attended by representatives from over 160 top global enterprises 
including Google, Microsoft, IBM, Siemens, Wal-Mart and Boston Consulting 
Group, etc. 

QAX, as the only Chinese cybersecurity company selected into the task force, 
attended the meeting, at which, Qi Zixin, Vice President of QAX and Secretary 
General of QAX Public Welfare Foundation, delivered a speech on increasing the 
cybersecurity level of critical infrastructures, promoting international 
communications on cybersecurity and jointly coping with global security 
challenges, etc. 

From the perspective of cybersecurity in the digital era, Qi made three 
suggestions on behalf of Chinese cybersecurity companies. 

First, increase the level of cybersecurity of critical information 
infrastructures so as to ensure safe operation of digital public 
infrastructures. "The issue of cybersecurity of critical information 
infrastructures should not be overlooked," said Qi. As the first cybersecurity 
service provider in the history of the Olympic Games, QAX, during the Olympic 
and Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, deployed its security products on 
over 10,000 terminals at 38 venues and 188 service stations, detecting over 380 
million network attacks (including social network attacks), more than 1,000 
organizations of attackers and tens of thousands of APT organization events, 
and achieving the goal of "zero accident".  

Second, strengthen international exchanges, information sharing, education and 
training related to cybersecurity so as to solve the issue of digital divide. 
The gap of cybersecurity talents has already become a global issue. According 
to the data of the International Information Systems Security Certification 
Consortium (ISC)2, the gap of cybersecurity talents had increased from 2.7 
million in 2021 to 3.4 million in 2022. Qi said that strengthening 
international exchanges, discussions, training and researches related to 
cybersecurity will help narrow the global digital divide. 

Third, actively respond to public security threats such as ransomware to 
increase security capability and reduce loss. Ransom has become an "epidemic" 
in the era of digital economy. Qi said that all organizations need to raise 
their capabilities for responding to security risks, jointly cope with global 
cybersecurity challenges, and promote safer development and transformation of 
enterprises in the digital era. 

The participants of the inception meeting made preliminary discussions on such 
issues as bridging the digital and skills gaps, enhancing the global Internet 
connectivity, digital transformation of SMEs, digital public infrastructure and 
digital trust.

As an important part of the G20 framework, the B20 Summit is one of the most 
influential platforms for the international business community to participate 
in global economic governance and formulation of international economic and 
trade rules. Through the inception meeting of task forces, the B20 aims to 
summarize policy recommendations from the international business community and 
submit them to the G20 Summit as decision references for G20 leaders. Since 
2010, B20 has submitted to the G20 Summit over 400 policy recommendations, some 
of which have been highly valued by G20 leaders and some have been listed in 
the G20 leaders' declarations.

Source: QAX

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