WUZHEN, Zhejiang, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- A high-level advisory committee for the World Internet Conference's (WIC) organizing committee secretariat was established on Wednesday, the organizing committee said Thursday.

The advisory committee held its first meeting on the sidelines of the second WIC in Wuzhen of east China's Zhejiang Province. Jack Ma, founder of China's Internet giant Alibaba, and Fadi Chehade, president and CEO of ICANN, act as co-chairman of the advisory committee.

The advisory committee was set up to invite world leaders in the Internet sector to offer advice for the holding of the WIC, and to contribute ideas for the development of Internet in China.

The WIC organizing committee secretariat has invited 31 leading Internet figures from governments, enterprises, academic institutions and technological communities to be members of the first high-level advisory committee.

The members include Li Xiaodong, president and CEO of China Internet Network Information Center; Zheng Yongnian, director of East Asian Institute, Singapore National University; Shum Heung Yeung, executive vice president of Microsoft; Werner Zorn, Father of German Internet; Denis Davydov, chairman of Russian Safe Internet League, among others.

With the advisory committee, the organizing committee secretariat said it aims to reflect aspirations and concerns of all countries in a balanced manner so as to promote international cooperation and exchanges in the field of the Internet.

Following  are the 31 members of the first high-level advisory committee for the World Internet Conference's (WIC) organizing committee secretariat:

Ma Yun

Co-Chair of the High-level Advisory Council of the Secretariat of the World Internet Conference Organizing Committee

Co-Chair of the NETMundial Initiative, Chairman of the Board, Alibaba Group

Fadi Chehadé

Co-Chair of the High-level Advisory Council of the Secretariat of the World Internet Conference Organizing Committee

Co-Chair of the NETMundial Initiative, President and CEO of ICANN

Ghanim Al Shibli

Ambassador/Head of Mission, League of Arab States to China

Shaukat Aziz

Board Member of Boao Forum for Asia

23rd Prime Minister of Pakistan

Chris Brown

Director of EU-China Policy Dialogues Support Facility

Cao Shumin

President of China Academy of Information and Communications Technology

Denis Davydov

Chairman of the Board, Russian Safe Internet League

Russian Safe Internet League Chairman of the Board

Mothilal De Silva

CEO of Telecom Fiji Ltd.

Fang Binxing

Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering

Fang Xinxin

Secretary General of the Cyberspace Administration of China Secretariat of Advisory Committee

Walter Fumy

Chairman of ISO/IEC committee SC27 IT Security Techniques

Luigi Gambardella

President of China-EU Association for Digital

Eugene Kaspersky

Founder and Chairman of Kaspersky Lab

Li Cheng

Director of John L.Thornton China Center，Brookings Institute

Lee Xiaodong

President and CEO of China Internet Network Information Center(CNNIC)

Preetam Maloor

Strategy and Policy Advisor in the Corporate Strategy Division of the ITU General Secretariat

Bruce McConnell

Senior Vice President of EastWest Institute

Chris D.Nebe

President of Monarex Hollywood Corporation

Shen Nanpeng

Founding & Managing Partner of Sequoia Capital

Ahmad Reza Sherafat

Senior Advisor to the Minister, The Ministry of I.C.T of Islamic Republic of Iran

Heung Yeung Shum

Executive Vice President, Technology & Research, Microsoft Corporation　

Risto Siilasmaa

President of Nokia

Tian Suning

Chairman of China Broadband Capital

TSAI Shao-chung

President of Want Want China Times Group

Leonid Todorov

General Manager, Asia Pacific Top Level Domain Association

Paul Wilson

Director General of APNIC

Wu Zhaohui

President of Zhejiang University　

Zhang Li

Assistant to President, China Institute of Contemporary International Studies

Zheng Yongnian

Director, East Asian Institute, Singapore National University

Werner Zorn

Father of German Internet, Internet Hall of Fame Inductee　

Li Yuxiao

The Secretary-general of the High-level Advisory Council of the Secretariat of the World Internet Conference Organizing Committee

Leading Fellow of the Chinese Academy of Cyberspace