China Internet Development Report 2023

Under the guidance of Xi Jinping's Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially General Secretary Xi Jinping's important thought on a strong Internet country, the cause of Internet information has made a series of new progress and new achievements. The purpose of compiling this book is to show the achievements of Internet development over the past year, look forward to the development trend of the Internet, and provide as rich information and informative data as possible. The book is tightly focused on the main line of learning, propaganda and implementation of the spirit of the 20th CPC National Congress, comprehensively, objectively, accurately and synthetically assessing the development of the Internet in all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan), and showcasing the vivid practice of Internet development in different parts of China. This book focuses on China's Internet development practice since 2023, focuses on demonstration and guidance, and comprehensively assesses the Internet development of 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) across the country in six dimensions, namely, infrastructure construction, innovation capacity, digital economic development, digital social development, network security and network governance, reflecting the level of Internet development of each region, and providing an opportunity for each region to accurately grasp its own strengths. This will provide reference for localities to accurately grasp their own advantages, further define the strategic objectives and priorities of Internet development, and promote the cause of Internet information towards the goal of building a strong Internet country.