An Internet power in the making

The city of Wuzhen in East China's Zhejiang province, which is hosting the three-day second World Internet Conference from Wednesday, is the permanent venue for the event.

President Xi Jinping will deliver a speech at the opening ceremony, while global distinguished guests like Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Robert Kahn, who is called "father of the Internet", will attend the meeting.

Neighboring Hangzhou may be called the "capital of e-commerce in China", but Wuzhen is also home to flourishing e-businesses. Last year, the town's GDP reached 2.7 billion yuan ($418.2 million), much higher than that of similar-sized towns.