Big data politics and int'l relations forum kicks off in Beijing
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The first big data politics and international relations forum opened in the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) on June 2, 2018, reported UIBE's official website.
Big data is showing great economic and social value as artificial intelligence technology has been pervasive in social life, said UIBE vice president Wang Qiang in his opening speech. Big data, to some extent, has become a new strategic resource, a new lifeline to industry, and a new driving force of technological progress.
Vice director Lv Xin of the Office of the State Information Center stressed at the forum that big data has played an important role in promoting economic growth and improving social governance and government regulation worldwide.
Executive editor Chen Zhirui of Foreign Affairs Review, a Chinese academic journal of international politics sponsored by China Foreign Affairs University, said study of big data should show concern to morality and ethics in addition to cutting-edge technologies.
Professor Wang Cungang of Tongji University said the diplomatic use of big data is a double-edged sword. It helps expand the field of diplomacy, but on the other hand, the emergence of new diplomatic media may erode the statehood of diplomacy and sharpen the inequality in international relations.
Hosted by UIBE's school of international relations, the forum focused on how data could change politics and attracted well-known domestic universities, scientific institutes, publishers of periodicals and magazines, and media for discussion and exchanges.
Founded in 1951, UIBE is a multi-disciplinary and national key university with economics, management, law, literature and science as its core academic areas of expertise. At present, UIBE consists of 15 academic schools, a Graduate School, a Department of Physical Education and a Department of Culture and Art, offering over 1405 undergraduate courses, 875 postgraduate courses, and 109 doctoral courses. Currently, it has established partnerships with over 160 overseas universities and international organizations.
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