Chaesub Lee, director of ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

The sustainable development goals call for global action. We can reinforce this action by working together in international standardization.

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the critical importance of our digital infrastructure and the need for severe improvements of information and communication technology (ICT) services and applications.

The ICT industry continues to transform at an extraordinary pace. All sectors are now transforming with the help of ICTs, different industries are entering new shared space, creating an associated convergence in the responsibilities of different regulatory authorities.