Participants in the webinar held in China recently entitled “Accelerate Digital Economy for Inclusive Integration in Asia Pacific
– Connecting Digital Industries in Pandemic” called for leveraging digital
opportunities to build an inclusive ecosystem and promoting regional
integration, which is particularly important while still combating the
pandemic.
A digital economy is increasingly
perceived as the way to overcome disruptions caused by COVID-19.
Representatives and thought leaders from governmental, industrial and academic
sectors across Asia Pacific joined a virtual conversation organized by Huawei
to explore the multiple facets of digital economy, from a market, technology,
inclusiveness and sustainability perspective.
Based on digital knowledge and
infrastructure, the digital economy has powered a growing proportion of
regional GDP and boosted resilience amid the pandemic. ASEAN predicts the
digital economy will contribute 1 trillion US dollars to regional GDP by year.
Countries from the region have
released future-oriented roadmaps on removing trade barriers, improving digital
coverage and ensuring ubiquitous access to digital services to facilitate the
implementation of the digital economy.
Being part of the ecosystem, Huawei
is committed to enabling ASEAN’s Digital Masterplan 2025 in three key areas,
namely ICT connectivity, talent empowerment and ecosystem incubation, according
to Jay Chen, Vice President at Huawei Asia Pacific. The digital economy
unfolding in the region addresses inclusive access to digital service, a
landscape facilitating startup scale-up, and a circular, sustainable economy.
Dr. Alvin P. Ang from Ateneo de
Manila University agreed with the openly accessible approach on upskilling
public with digital knowledge. “The education system must put in context at the
foundational elements of digitalization. Whether it’s in the basic education
level or in the middle ages or those who are working already, trying to learn
and upgrade themselves. We have to invest in them and give our rural areas an
opportunity to catch up by at least providing them with the basic skills to get
through the technology highway,” he said.
Huawei
has long recognized the critical importance of providing everyone digital
skills and leave no one behind as economies digitalize. Over the years, Huawei
has launched multiple programs to train over 100,000 people with ICT
empowerments in the region in cooperation with governments, universities, and
NGOs. In the Philippines, during the past 4 years, more than 50 Philippine
universities joined Huawei ICT Academy, over 6000 students benefited from the
ICT training offered by Huawei.
Conveying the business perspective,
Professor Jose Decolongon, COO & Managing Director of Corporate Foresight,
Embiggen Consulting Philippines said “Micro, small, medium enterprises need to
have understanding on digitalization to perceive the opportunities when it
comes to exploring the digital side of the business. Challenges are faced by
these enterprises but also the large organizations. It's related to coverage
and speed of digital infrastructure. This is where telecom players such as
Huawei and our local players can play an important role.”
For a sustainable digital economic
ecosystem, new technologies such as 5G, Internet of Things and Cloud provide
great promise in terms of enhancing de-carbonization and the circular economy.
In the Philippines, Huawei has increased investment in sustainable green
solutions, leveraging clean power generation, electric transportation, and
smart energy storage.
“The next five years could see the ASEAN
region make giant strides towards becoming a digital society, and the
transformation will enable member states to recover faster from the pandemic.
Huawei, together with ASEAN partners, is committed to enabling the ASEAN
Digital Master Plan 2025 and create new value for the leading digital community
and economic bloc,” said Jay.
-The End-
Event website: https://www.huawei.com/en/events/accelerate-digital-economy-integrated-asia-pacific
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