China will host an significant Internet conference next month, bringing together more than 1,000 representatives from tech firms and regulators, said China's top Internet regulator Lu Wei on Thursday.
The event will be held from Nov. 19-21 in Wuzhen, a historic water town in Zhejiang Province.
The conference will cover ground including global Internet governance, mobile Internet, cross-border e-commerce, cyber security and terrorism.
Lu said the conference came after some experts suggested that China should take the responsibility for Internet governance and development.
"China now has 630 million Internet users and four out of the top 10 Internet companies," said Lu.
Attendees of the conference will include Alibaba chairman Jack Ma, Tencent founder and chairman Pony Ma, Chinese search engine Baidu CEO Li Yanhong, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) CEO Fadi Chehade and representatives from Qualcomm, Microsoft and Sumsung.
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