President Xi Jinping's proposal of building a community with a shared future in cyberspace has made great contributions to improving global cyberspace governance, analysts said.
China should attach more importance to the development of the digital economy by strengthening internet-related laws and the protection of intellectual property rights as the new form of economy is expected to account for 35 percent of the country's GDP by 2020, experts said on Tuesday.
The Fifth World Internet Conference (WIC) will be held from Nov 7 to 9 in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province. President Xi Jinping has on many occasions called for the better development of internet. Let's take a look at his main thoughts.
Self-driving vehicles, artificial-intelligence-powered translators, virtual reality goggles, and high-definition video livestreaming enabled by fifth-generation mobile communication technology, are all attracting attention at a smart internet exhibition in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province.
Zhu Zhaokui, assistant to general manager, Wuzhen Street Science and Technology Co Ltd
Since the first World Internet Conference was held in Wuzhen water town in 2014, Zhejiang province has spared no efforts in developing its digital economy centered on the internet.
Liu Wenfeng and his wife have been selling vegetables in Wen'er vegetable market in Hangzhou for years. Like the other 279 stall owners in the market, he gets up around 2 am to source products from upstream suppliers, selling a wide variety of vegetables and winding up his day's business only around 7:30 pm.
Tongxiang - the city where Wuzhen, the permanent site for the World Internet Conference, is located - is targeting an output of more than 50 billion yuan ($7.18 billion) in its digital economy by 2020 taking advantage of the overflow effect of the annual cyberspace gala, which brings together top elites and experts from around the world.
The World Internet Conference has brought a significant face-lift to lives of people and businesses in Zhejiang province's Jiaxing, where Wuzhen is located.
As the Fifth World Internet Conference kicks off, the internet industry enters "Wuzhen time" again.
Wuzhen town in East China's Zhejiang province is known for its elegant bridges spanning a myriad waterways, as well as the houses with black roofs and white walls that line their banks.
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