New media seen as major social, economic driver

New media in China has become an important infrastructure that will drive China's socioeconomic development, said a report released by the country's top think tank, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

This is the sixth year that the Institute of Journalism and Communication at CASS has produced China's New Media Development Report.

According to the report, released on Wednesday, a series of central government decisions is reinvigorating China through Internet development.