'Europe and #China should co-operate to boost free and open-source software'

Luigi Gambardella, president of ChinaEU, was invited to speak at the 22nd China International Software Expo, which took place between 29 June and 2 July in Beijing at the presence of China’s Minister of Industry and Information Technology Miao Wei and Mayor of Beijing Chen Jining.

中欧数字协会主席鲁乙己受邀于第二十二届中国国际软件博览会发表演讲。该博览会于6月29日至7月2日在北京举行，工业和信息化部部长苗圩及北京市长陈吉宁出席。

Gambardella delivered a keynote speech titled “New Software in New Era, A Shared Future for China-EU Cooperation”  at the first of five global summit fora of software industry development.

在五场全球软件产业发展高峰论坛的首场会议中，鲁乙己先生发表了题为 “新时代下的新软件，中欧合作新未来”的专题演讲。

“Software is at the heart of digitalization and becomes an essential building block for almost all sectors…A bright future lies ahead if the EU and China work together on software, however, this will require a stronger reliance on free and open source software," he said.

他说，“软件是数字化核心，是几乎所有行业的重要基石......欧盟和中国开展软件合作将前景光明，但这将更多依赖于免费和开源软件。

“As Chinese firms and developers grow their influence in the global world of code , they will increasingly see the benefits of open source, of which not the least of them will be to boost the opportunity for the EU and Chinese developers to cooperate in the new wave of technological revolution, ” he noted.

他说，“随中国公司和开发者在全球代码世界中影响力上升，他们将越来越多看到开源的好处，其中很重要的一点就是，它将增加欧盟和中国开发者在新一轮技术革命浪潮中的合作机会。”

The 22nd China International Software Expo was co-organized by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China and the Municipal People's Government of Beijing, with five summit fora, seven exhibition areas, an industrial internet security elite invitational tournament, 21 parallel fora.

第22届中国国际软件博览会由中国工业和信息化部和北京市人民政府共同主办。活动包括五场全球软件产业发展高峰论坛，七个展区，一个工业互联网安全精英邀请赛，21个平行论坛和一个“软件之夜盛典”。