The Wuzhen Initiative (Chinese: 乌镇倡议; pinyin: Wūzhèn Chàngyì) was proposed on the 2nd World Internet Conference (WIC for short, or Wuzhen Summit). The conference was held at Wuzhen, China, from December 16 to 18, 2015. Wuzhen summit 2016 gathered more than 2000 representatives from over 120 countries and regions and over 20 international organizations. On the Conference a high-level advisory council (HAC for short) for the WIC's organizing committee secretariat was established, and the Wuzhen Initiative was proposed.