BEIJING: As digital natives, young people can make good use of the benefits of digital economy to promote world development and seek solutions to the pressing issues facing humanity, experts said at a sub-forum of the World Youth Development Forum . Beata Trankmann, resident representative of United Nations Development Programme in China, said although the COVID-19 pandemic has forced many people back to poverty and global conflicts have led to soaring oil prices around the world, there is still room for optimism. –Agencies