The Apolong, China's first self-driving microcirculation bus jointly developed by Baidu and the Chinese commercial vehicle maker King Long, is on display during the first Digital China Summit in Fuzhou, East China's Fujian province on April 24, 2018.

The second Digital China Summit is slated to be held in Fuzhou, capital city of East China's Fujian province on May 6-8, according to a State Council Information Office press conference held on Tuesday.

The event aims to serve as a platform for China's policies on IT development, showcasing the achievements of e-government and the digital economy and the exchange of theoretical and practical experiences in building a digital China, said Yang Xiaowei, deputy director of the Cyberspace Administration of China.

Revolving round "New Dynamics, New Development, New Achievements Empowered by Information," the summit will mainly consists of forums, an exhibition on digital China and an innovation contest, Yang said.

Thus far, the summit has invited 1,500 guests from across the world and will have an exhibition area of nearly 60,000 square meters.

According to Yang, this year's edition will see wider coverage and focus more on interaction, with 12 sub-forums to be held covering sectors including digital health, digital ecology, network technology, satellite application and industrial internet

The event is co-organized by the Cyberspace Administration of China, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Fujian provincial government.

By the end of 2018, the scale of China's digital economy stood at 31 trillion yuan ($4.6 trillion), accounting for one-third of the national GDP.