The 2026 China Internet Civilization Conference was held on Tuesday in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, underlining China's efforts to create a safer, more positive online environment. Bringing together top government officials, tech leaders, academics and influencers, the conference featured an opening ceremony, a main forum and 14 sub-forums, offering a platform for discussion, innovation and the sharing of best practices in online governance and digital culture.

Li Shulei, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, attended the conference and delivered a keynote speech. 

China has forged a distinctive approach to cyberspace governance since the 18th National Congress of the CPC in 2012, marking new strides in boosting the country's strength in cyberspace, according to participants at the event.

The participants noted that the outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) has laid out comprehensive arrangements for improving ethical standards and advancing civility in cyberspace. They called for efforts to enrich the supply of quality content online.

Attendees also stressed the need to boost high-quality content, improve long-term governance mechanisms for the online environment, and cultivate a safer, more beneficial cyberspace that serves the public.

(With input from Xinhua News Agency)