In this session, the panelists focused on the new need for international cooperation in science and technology innovation, and how the rules of that cooperation should beestablished.

The panelists agreed that against the backdrop of deeper international economic integration, accelerated iteration of new technologies, and the pandemic's impetus for change, demand for international cooperation has increased. Amid various challenges facing all of humankind, such as climate change, the ecology, clean energy, disaster mitigation and response, benign cooperation and relationships around innovation have become a common refrain among the international community. International competition in frontier technology has become increasingly intense, but a trade war cannot solve trade imbalances, and a tech war cannot solve issues around technology. Countries need to abandon their zero-sum approach, cooperate on competition, and develop in a mutually beneficial way.

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