Internet pioneer enters Hall of Fame

LOS ANGELES - A Chinese internet pioneer has been inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame for his contributions to the technology, its deployment and education in China and Asia Pacific.

Dr Jianping Wu, an academic of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, was one of the 14 people selected this year for induction to the Internet Hall of Fame, according to a statement released by the Internet Society, or ISOC, in September.

Wu, also chairman of the Department of Computer Science at China's Tsinghua University, has since 1994 led the design, development and evolution of CERNET, the first internet backbone in China, helping it to become the largest national academic network, the statement said.