On July 23, the 2025 (24th) China Internet Conference, themed "Digital Driven New Quality Productive Forces · Intelligence Shaping the Future", opened in Beijing. Shang Bing, President of the Internet Society of China (ISC), attended  the opening ceremony and delivered welcome remark.

Also present at the opening ceremony were many distinguished guests, including: Zhang Yunming, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), Wu Hequan, former Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) and former President of ISC; Wu Jianping, Chair Professor of Tsinghua University, Director of Zhongguancun Laboratory, Vice President of ISC, and Director of the Expert Advisory Committee of ISC (ISC-EAC); Wu Shizhong, Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and Deputy Director of ISC-EAC; Gong Ke, Chairman of CCIT of CAST, Executive Director of the China Institute for Development Strategy of New Generation Artificial Intelligence, and Deputy Director of ISC-EAC; Han Xia, Executive Deputy Director and Secretary-General of the Science and Technology Commission of MIIT, former Chief Engineer of MIIT, and Deputy Director of ISC-EAC, Zhao Zhiguo, former Chief Engineer of MIIT and Executive Deputy Director of ISC-EAC; and Shao Guanglu, former General Manager of China Telecom and Executive Deputy Director of the Expert Advisory Committee of ISC-EAC.

In the "Voices from the Industry" session, high-level leaderships of the digital tech companies delivered keynotes and shared insights, including Tang Ke, Vice General Manager of China Telecom; Cheng Jianjun, Vice General Manager of China Mobile; Hao Liqian, Vice General Manager of China Unicom; Zhu Zheng, Chief Development Officer and Senior Vice President of PDD Holdings; Gao Ji, CEO of HiSilicon; and Han Yonggang, Vice President of QiAnXin Group.

In the high-end dialogue session, a roundtable themed "The Next Toward China Internet Development" was held. Panelists included: Wu Hequan, former Vice President of CAE and former President of ISC; Wu Jianping, Chair Professor of Tsinghua University, Director of Zhongguancun Laboratory, Vice President of ISC, and Director of ISC-EAC;  Zhou Hongyi, Founder of 360 Group and Vice President of ISC; Sima Huapeng, Founder of Silicon-Intelligence; and Ma Jie, Co-Founder of "01.AI".

The conference was co-moderated by Yu Xiaohui, Vice President and Secretary-General of ISC and President of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, and Gao Qingyi, Executive Member of the Science Popularization Working Committee of the China Computer Federation.