Powering up with the web

A year ago, President Xi Jinping, speaking at a conference on cyber security, urged new concepts to be adopted and an innovation-driven development strategy to be unswervingly implemented to build China into an internet power.

As an important element of his thoughts on governance, Xi's remarks have guided the development of the internet in China over the past year and given impetus to the country's efforts to transform itself into a power of information technology.

China has continuously made new breakthroughs in the internet sector. And its booming e-commerce and sharing economy have injected new energy into China's efforts to adapt to and lead its economic new normal. The nascent but booming application of the Internet Plus strategy aimed at turning the country into a digital powerhouse is already reaping rewards in the educational, medical and cultural sectors and has brought people the dividends of digital development. Continuous amendments to the country's cyber security legislation are also being made in a bid to create a healthy cyber ecology.