Full coverage: 3rd World Internet Conference

Full coverage: China’s Leaders

The third World Internet Conference is under way in Wuzhen, Zhejiang Province. The three day conference has a total of 16 sessions on 20 topics covering the internet economy, innovation and international cooperation. Leaders from some of the world's top tech firms, including Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu are among the attendees. Foreign firms such as LinkedIn, Microsoft and Nokia will also take part.

Chinese President Xi Jinping made a speech via video and called for increased international cooperation in cyberspace governance and the building of a cyberspace community of common destiny.

Chinese President Xi Jinping gives a speech via video at the opening ceremony of the third World Internet Conference (WIC) in Wuzhen, east China's Zhejiang Province, Nov. 16, 2016. (Xinhua/Zhang Duo)

Liu Yunshan, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee attended the opening ceremony. He called for the improvement of cyberspace governance rules, respecting cyberspace sovereignty and safeguarding all countries' equal rights in developing, joining and governing cyberspace.

Liu Yunshan, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the third World Internet Conference (WIC) in Wuzhen, east China's Zhejiang Province, Nov. 16, 2016. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)