APNIC Meeting in Beijing, China
In late August 2009, the NetMission Ambassadors were in Beijing for the Asia Pacific Network Information Center (APNIC) conference on Internet Governance. Since 1992, APNIC's aim is to facilitate communication, business, and culture using Internet technologies. Apart from the conference, we also visited many different organizations and venues related to the Internet in China. This was an eye-opening experience for us to learn about the development, management and governance of the Internet from an international perspective. This was also a golden opportunity for us to learn more about Beijing and China.
This year’s APNIC conference highlighted the fast growth of the Internet population in China and the potential opportunities and concerns that may arise in the coming few years. Even though these were seemingly familiar topics, we never thought about the consequences and problems we would face in the process.
We were also honored to participate in the APSTAR Retreat before the main meeting, where we had the opportunity to present on NetMission's work in the past year in front of directors in the AP region.
The visit to IBM in Beijing was also a very inspiring part of our tour. Besides the valuable exchange of insights concerning our community projects with them, they also introduced the latest development of IT industry in China, such as the technology for the elderly, which was very relevant to the issues NetMission’s Elderly group was dealing with.
To conclude, the Beijing trip not only enhanced our knowledge about the latest issues surrounding the internet world from both a community and business point of view, we were also able to learn better from one another's culture and build stronger friendships that will help us in our future endeavours. The most meaningful take-away is perhaps realizing that no matter how large or small, our cooperation and efforts do contribute to make the Internet a better place.
在2009年8月尾，我們網域使命青年大使去北京出席了第二十八次亞太網絡資訊中心(APNIC)的會議，以及參觀了不同有關互聯網的地方。
APNIC（Asia Pacific Networking Information Center）從1992年成立以來，就一直以利用互聯網以促進溝通，商貿及文化上的發展為目標。
去年舉行的第二十八次會議，焦點落在中國網民人數快速增長的現象之上，並討論其在數年內帶來的機會及一些要關注的事項。雖然我們一直以來都知道，中國政府現投放大量資源在流動互聯網的技術上，創造了大量商機，并力爭成為亞太區互聯網的核心，但是我們從來沒想過，要實現這個過程具體做起來，會面臨什麽問題，應該怎樣去解決呢？
整個會議，對我們來說都是新奇而充滿啓發性的。雖然這個會議同時牽扯到技術和文化兩方面的問題，有時會覺得內容複雜難懂，但作為在香港受教育的我們，它無疑是提供了一個前所未有的角度和平台，也是一個十分難得的瞭解祖國網絡狀況發展的機會。
是 次北京之行，我想最大的意義在於，我們見識到國際化的意義，而且在不同的地方中也見識到亞太區網路及資訊科技的最新發展。我們也認識了不同國家的資訊科技 方面的人士，並分享了我們對互聯網的觀點；而這一切事實，都在告訴我們，我們，即使年輕，也是真正可以影響到互聯網的發展的。這是最令人鼓舞的。
