Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday sent a congratulatory message to the opening ceremony of the first Digital China Summit, which is underway in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province.

In his message, Xi highlighted the importance of innovation in information technology and called for a faster construction of a "digital China."

The summit, with the theme "Let Informatization Drive Modernization, Speed Up the Construction of Digital China", will conclude on April 24.