The world should work together to tackle online security issues, and that the country with the largest online population, China, has a lot to offer, said an expert.
Tuesday marked The Light of Internet Expo's firs day in Wuzhen. Audiences lined up at the Hangzhou Enter Electronic Technology Co Ltd booth to try its app controlled racing car.
Wuzhen, with a history of 1,300 years, is one of the six famous ancient water towns south of the Yangtze River.
The current global Internet governance system, largely orchestrated by the US, depends on a nearly unimpeded flow of information across national borders.
China is on track to transform itself from a big Internet nation to one of the strongest, driven by economic opening up, new tech and rule of law.
While becoming a smart city, Wuzhen hasn't lost its unique traditional culture that history left. Historical architecture, bridges and its beautiful waterways are well protected and are attractive to tourists around the world.
Yao Yunfei, founder of Jiaxing Getelan Garments Co Ltd, to share his view on how the Internet has transformed the traditional garments industry of a historic town.
Infographic: Highlights of 1st World Internet Conference
As part of the 2nd World Internet Conference, Light of the Internet Expo aims to show how the Internet has led humans to form an information civilization and where the global Internet development will head in the future.
Thanks to the fast development of the Internet Plus economy and the boom of the Internet-based start-ups, information sector has become an important impetus driving forward industrial growth in East China's Zhejiang province.
In an era when cyberspace has become a domain so important as land, sea, the sky and outer space, cybersecurity should be safeguarded by all countries around the world, or it could become an Achilles' heel in the development of the Internet.
ACTON Inc, a California-based startup, led by a Chinese-American entrepreneur, has developed electric R RocketSkates leveraging China's manufacturing prowess.