(W.E. Talk) Digital economy contributes much to rural revitalization through live commerce: Tsinghua scholar

The 2024 World Internet Conference (WIC) Wuzhen Summit was held in Wuzhen, east China's Zhejiang Province. Over the past 30 years of full access to the Internet, China's online industry has achieved rapid development.

Speaking on topics of the penetration of Internet in China's rural areas and the narrowing gap between urban and rural regions, Chen Jing, director of Research Center for Technology Innovation and professor at School of Economics and Management of Tsinghua University, pointed out in the latest W.E. Talk that China now has the largest population of Internet users in the world, and the country's Internet access rate also leads the world. By expanding applications of Internet in rural areas, China can empower its economic development and narrow the development gap between China's urban and rural regions. (Xue Lingqiao)