Plenary session of 3rd WIC held in Wuzhen

Algerian Minister of Post and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Imane Houda Feraoun addresses the plenary session of the 3rd World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, east China's Zhejiang Province, Nov. 16, 2016. (Xinhua/Li Xin)

The third World Internet Conference singled out as many as 15 top-notch internet scientific and technological achievements, as the function of society and growth of economy have been more and more shaped by the breakthrough of technologies.

The conference released a list of the "world-leading internet scientific and technological achievements" for the first time after screening more than 500 technological achievements filed by candidates in China and abroad.

The achievements include Tesla enhanced autopilot, Sunway TaihuLight, Baidu Brain, WeChat ecological system, quantum communications, IBM Watson 2016, Kaspersky Labs' integrated security platform, Microsoft HoloLens, Samsung's Intelligent Biological Signal Measurement and Processing System, Huawei's Kirin 960 SoC, Qualcomm's 5G NR prototype system and trial platform.

Technological achievements from 15 tech companies and research centers in the world are considered "word-leading" as they make breakthroughs in various areas, including driver assistance, artificial intelligence, chip and computing.