The World Internet Conference (WIC) Wuzhen Summit has been held annually since 2013. Upholding the concept of “building a community with a shared future in cyberspace”, the Summit has been committed to building consensus on the wisdom of all parties and deepening digital cooperation for a decade. It has developed into a high-end platform for the Internet governance system shared and governed by all, as well as for exchanges and cooperation in digital economy, which has received wide attention, support and recognition from the international community. Since July 2022, the WIC has been institutionalized as an international organization headquartered in Beijing and supported by a variety of members.
2023 WIC Wuzhen Summit will be held from November 8th to 10th in Wuzhen, Zhejiang Province, China. With the theme of “Creating an Inclusive and Resilient Digital World Beneficial to All– Building a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace”. Cross-border e-commerce will be one of the sub-themes. To facilitate the discussion of all the parties, the WIC established a dedicated working group consisting of the representatives from governments, international organizations, businesses, research institutes and civil societies. The Working Group’s Inaugurating Meeting was held on 30 June 2023. The WIC Deputy Director, Mr. Liang, gave the opening remark and highlighted the importance of the Working Group. Prof. Xue was appointed as the principal investigator to draft the WG’s Report and Vice-Chair of the Working Group. Prof. Xue presented on the background, goal, work plan of the Working Group. The other members of the WG exchanged their views on the new trends in the development of international digital cooperation and made the proposal on the work plan and future development. All the members agreed that the WG will play a vital role and work toward innovation-driven development.
The implementation of a national single window (SW) system in the Maldives is at an advanced stage. UNESCAP organized the training session “Navigating the Future of Trade: Mastering Single Window Implementation in Maldives” on 7-11 May 2023 to provide practical solutions for SW implementation in the country to equip participants to support the implementation efforts. The training class aims to provide the participants with a comprehensive understanding of the crucial aspects of the national single window, an appreciation of success stories and best practices from other countries, and a clear pathway to implement the national single window in Maldives.
Prof. Xue was invited to give a lecture on “NSW: Enabling Legal Environment & Cross-border Facilitation” on 9 May 2023 to the Maldives customs officials and other officers. Prof. Xue elaborated the enabling legal issues including cybersecurity, e-payment, dispute resolution and intellectual property protection and explained the benefit for developing countries to access to the UN Framework Agreement on Facilitation of Cross-border Paperless Trade. The lecture was warmly welcomed and the participants raised many questions to interact with Prof. Xue. The legal assistance program was successfully completed.
ADNDRC provides comprehensive online dispute resolution services for resolving domain name disputes, accredited by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) since 2002. ADNDRC DOMAIN NAME DISPUTE RESOLUTION PRACTICE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP 2.0 was held on 27-28 April 2023 in hybrid mode. On the top of Workshop 1.0, this Workshop explore the practical and legal complexities relating to proceedings under the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP), including concurrent litigation proceedings, case management by the ADNDRC, and the practitioner’s perspective.
Prof. Xue was invited to give a keynote speech on DNDRC Proceedings’ Substantive Issues on Day One. Prof. Xue primarily addressed the emerging issues regarding resolution of disputes involving new gTLDs, application of national laws in DRP proceedings and assessment of bad faith of domainers. Prof. Xue highlighted the special features of new gTLD disputes and how to apply the three key elements in these disputes. Prof. Xue’s presentation was highly regarded by all the audience and inspired the other panelists to make the relevant comments and cited the decisions made by Prof. Xue. The Worship was a huge success to the domain name community in AP region.