Call to keep data safe

Registering users' actual names is a big step forward for China, but a new law is needed to safeguard privacy, experts tell Ma Si and Cao Yin.

Online learning enjoys a surge

Online education has been developing rapidly in China in the past few years, with both the number of programs and the amount of financing growing at a high speed, a blue book has reported.

Sweaters get boost with virtual sales platform

Growing up in Puyuan, a town 30 kilometers away from Wuzhen in Zhejiang province, Chen Baizhen saw his parents grow their sweater factory, from a family workshop to a large company.

Regulators work on protection for young

Steeling companies' weakest cyberlinks

People are the weakest link in cybersecurity. The largest security gaps in many organizations are in management and culture, which are products of human communication, not technology.

Soaring into the Internet ecosystem era

Beijing and its surrounding areas have recently been covered in immense smog.

China to coordinate initiatives with Russia

Beijing and Moscow renewed their pledges on Tuesday to align the construction of the China-proposed Silk Road Economic Belt with the Russia-initiated Eurasian Economic Union.

Small firms showcase prowess at expo

Small and medium-sized firms rubbed shoulders with industry bigwigs at the Internet Expo which has started in Wuzhen.

Internet will continue to make a 'big' difference

Ma Huateng, core founder and chief executive officer of Tencent Holdings Ltd, spoke to China Daily prior to the World Internet Conference in Wuzhen.

Helping hands ready behind the scenes

With just hours left for the start of the Second World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, Yao Chunyan, 23, is on tenterhooks. Her nervousness is understandable as she is one of the volunteers providing interpretation services to high-profile guests at the summit.

Web helps to foster business success in Zhejiang

The Internet has played a vital role in spurring innovation and fostering industrial upgrading in Zhejiang province, top officials said on Tuesday.

Cloud carrier promises rich pickings for IT firms

China's market for enterprise IT is huge, but the share that goes to cloud computing is still comparatively small. Sales of cloud computing hardware and services amounted to about $4 billion in 2014, about 5 percent of China's total IT market. That's much lower than the 11 percent of global IT spending on the cloud.