Recently, the 7th China Information Accessibility Forum was held in Beijing, attracting more than 300 participants from China, the United States, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, etc. Representatives and experts from international organizations and world renowned entities such as UNESCO, Asian Foundation for the Prevention Of Blindness, National Braille Press, Microsoft China Co. Ltd., IBM China Company Ltd. and Hitachi Information Systems Beigong participated in the forum.
The theme of the forum is Integration, Innovation, Standardization Promoting Industrial Application of Information Accessibility . Cheng Chao, full-time director of Dalian CDPF, and Xiaoyu, his guide dog, took part in the forum; his speech Stepping up Informatization, Creating Accessible Living Conditions at the Regain Eyesight through Technology panel was highly praised by the participants. Cheng was also invited to the studio for an interview about Dalian s information accessibility.
From: Dalian Disabled Persons Federation
