Wuzhen shows glimpse of a digital future

Host town for annual gathering symbol of China's rapid advances in internet industry

HANGZHOU - As the World Internet Conference wraps up its fifth year in the river town of Wuzhen, East China's Zhejiang province, technology once seen as far-fetched flights of fancy are trickling out into peoples' everyday lives and fueling China's nascent digital boom.

Held from Nov 7 to 9 in Wuzhen, this year's conference aimed to advocate exchanges, mutual learning, cooperation and sharing in the digital fields, and to push for peace and development in global cyberspace.