<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default">The internet Society of China, by virtue of being a government entity, is not affiliated with the Internet Society. Nevertheless they do seem to like to have an ISOC speaker on their WSIS panels. In 2019 it was <a href="https://twitter.com/internetsociety/status/1116332659662258176">Jane Coffin</a>. Today it is Gunela Astbrink of the Accessibility SIG. With only about a quarter of China's 250+ million seniors currently online, a major effort is under way to improve their access to services. </div><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_default"></div><br><u></u>
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ISOC Live posted: "Today, Wednesday April 7 2021, at the World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2021 (WSIS 2021) the Internet Society of China (ISC) hosts a thematic workshop 'Accelerating Adaptable Aging Services to Promote the Comprehensive Development of Informati" </span>
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Mr. <strong>Houlin Zhao</strong>, Secretary-General, ITU<br>
Mr. <strong>Lv Shiming</strong>, Vice-Chairman China, Disabled Persons’ Federation<br>
Mr. <strong>Shao Daoxi</strong>n, Deputy Director General, Information and Communication Administration Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China (MIIT)<br>
Mr. <strong>He Guili</strong>, Vice President & Deputy Secretary-General, Internet Society of China (ISC)<br>
Ms. <strong>Wang Zhiqin,</strong> Vice President, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT)<br>
Prof. <strong>Shahbaz Khan,</strong> Director and Representative, UNESCO Beijing Cluster Office<br>
Ms. <strong>Gunela Astbrink</strong>, Vice President, Internet Society Accessibility Special Interest Group, ISOC<br>
Ms. <strong>Selina Yuan</strong>, Vice president, Ali Group<br>
Prof. <strong>Su Wei</strong>, Dean, Research Center of Information Accessibility, Lanzhou University<br>
Ms. <strong>Enya Chen</strong>, General Manager, Customer Research & User Experience Design Center, Shenzhen Tencent Computer Systems Company Limited<br>
Mr. <strong>James Lu</strong>, Senior Manager, Device Software Product Marketing, Huawei Consumer Business Group</p>
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