At the China Development Forum, top business leaders from the tech community spoke about how innovation can help China and the world's future. CGTN's Xu Xinchen reports that better technology also brings privacy concerns.

XU XINCHEN BEIJING "Almost one billion Chinese are online now, spending an average of 3 to 4 hours a day surfing the web - that is a lot of online hours for the entire country. However, during the past five years, the growth of the country's online population has been slowing - now slower than the country's GDP growth rate. And eyes are now on the new technologies based on the internet such as autonomous driving."

ROBIN LI, CO-FOUNDER BAIDU "Right now, autonomous driving has not yet hit open roads, but the development is moving really fast. We are expecting that in 3 to 5 years, driverless vehicles can be driven on regular roads."

XU XINCHEN BEIJING "While data collected from the web help make technologies such as driverless vehicles a reality, there are concerns. About 80% of the global data are controlled by corporations - including clients' information, financial records as well as surveillance. How these data should be used, and how to protect privacy remains a very important ethical dilemma."

VIRGINIA M. ROMETTY, PRESIDENT IBM "This is what I believe we need to live by a set of data principles. We are committed these technologies are about augmenting men. And we are committed to making AI explainable. It is not a black box — make it transparent, and we do not commercialise our clients' data. It is their data. They own it as they are the creator. And we don't sell their insights that the AI generates on their behave."

XU XINCHEN BEIJING "Research shows that Chinese society holds a more open attitude towards AI. With the huge Chinese demand for better lives, innovation is the key to opening doors into the Chinese market. Xu Xinchen, CGTN, reporting from the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing."