The logo of the fifth Digital China Summit is seen at the Fuzhou Strait International Conference and Exhibition Center in Fuzhou, Fujian province on Saturday. [Photo by Sun Chi/chinadaily.com.cn]

The fifth Digital China Summit kicked off in Fuzhou, East China's Fujian province on Saturday both online and offline.

The two-day summit will focus on new innovation-driven changes and new digitalization-led landscapes in pursuing the Digital China initiative. Reports and new policies on digital development are expected to be released.

Nearly 500 guests including officials, academicians and leading entrepreneurs will take part in the summit, consisting of an opening ceremony, a main forum, sub-forums, an innovation contest, a cloud ecology conference as well as exhibitions and affiliated activities.

Guests attend the opening ceremony of the fifth Digital China Summit in Fuzhou, East China's Fujian province on Saturday. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Exhibitors including State-owned enterprises and the world's top 500 firms will show their latest digital products and achievements - more than half of which are first-time exhibitions.

Since 2018 when it was first launched, the summit has gathered nearly 1,000 heavy-shot experts, held nearly 400 launching events for new products and led to more than 1,400 digital deals stricken with a total investment over 1 trillion yuan ($148.12 billion).