How Xi's internet remark changed ordinary people's lives

A left-behind child sends his friend online festival greetings on International Children's Day in a village in East China's Jiangxi province on June 1, 2010. [Photo/VCG]

Broadband services in rural areas

More than 90 percent of impoverished villages in China are expected to have access to broadband internet services by 2020, according to a poverty relief action plan. The plan specifies tackling poverty through internet services on five major fronts: network facilities, mobile terminals, information content, e-commerce platform, and public services.