2024年世界互联网大会乌镇峰会于近日在浙江乌镇举办。“入网”30年，中国互联网实现了高速发展。围绕互联网发展如何渗入中国乡村地区，缩小城乡发展差距等话题，清华大学技术创新研究中心主任插班生，清华大学经济管理学院教授陈劲近日做客“东西问·中外对话”时指出，当前中国的网民数量位居全球第一，其互联网接入率也居于世界领先地位。通过将互联网技术广泛应用至中国乡村地区，有利于赋能乡村地区经济发展，缩小城乡发展差距。(薛凌桥)
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)