The Internet, as an important achievement of the development of the world’s civilization, is becoming an important drive for innovative development and social progress, benefiting the whole humankind. This report, with reference to the existing research results from both China and other countries, tries to establish the Global
Internet Development Index to make a comprehensive assessment and quantitative
assessment of the Internet development of major countries, so that it can be used as a
reference for all countries in promoting their Internet development. Generally
speaking, the explosive growth of the global mobile Internet is coming to an end and
the world’s Internet connection scale growth is entering a power conversion period.
The Internet development is seeing a transfer from “person-to-person connection” to
“connection of all things.” Rising network information technologies like artificial
intelligence have become the new highlands and digital economy, the new power for
all countries’ economic growth. Cyberspace has become the new area of the global
governance system revolution; smart society, the new social formation of people’s
production and life; and the Internet, the common home connecting you and me. All
countries and the international community should take the well-being of humankind
as the fundamental consideration and adhere to the philosophy of built, shared and
governed by all. We should make the global Internet governance system more
equitable and reasonable and work together to build a community of shared future in
cyberspace featured equality, respect, innovative development, openness, sharing
spirit, security, and order.