Wuzhen highlights China's net gains

Wuzhen, the ancient water town in Zhejiang province, is a slightly incongruous place for the latest 21st technology to be showcased.

The "Venice of the East" with its canals and architecture more suited to a different age, however, was host to the fourth World Internet Conference earlier this month.

The cold damp December air certainly did not lessen the enthusiasm of the 1,500 entrepreneurs, academics and officials from 80 countries who descended on what is only a small place.