During China’s 2016 G20 Science, Technology and Innovation Ministers Meeting, the G20 Business Forum on Innovation was co-held by China’s Ministry of Science and Technology, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) and China Chamber of International Commerce (CCOIC) in Beijing on November 3, 2016.
China’s Vice Minister of Science and Technology, Wang Zhigang; 2016 B20 Chairman, Jiang Zengwei; and Argentina’s Minister of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation, Mr. Lino Baraňao, provided the opening remarks.
Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, GCEL Asia Advisory Board Chairman and former ASEAN Secretary General, received a special invitation to present the GCEL Digital Economy Initiative before more than 200 entrepreneurs, experts and scholars from G20 members and guest countries.
Dr. Pitsuwan illustrated the GCEL Implementable Policy Formula to bridge the gap of diminishing trust between policy leaders and the citizens they represent, and towards achieving sustainable economic growth.
Key elements of the formula included:
1) The digital economy as the common denominator to implement good policy
2) The G20 Nations Case Study representing the ‘Voice of the G20 Citizens’ who have defined the digital tools required to be more competitive in the global market place
3) The commitment by the world’s leading technology firms to deliver the digital tools that the citizen’s demand.