China’s New Opportunities for Peaceful Development in the Digital Era

[1] This was the speech delivered by Zheng Bijian at the Global High-level Think-tank Forum on the Internet of the Third World Internet Conference, which was held in November 2016. It was published in the November 25 issue of The People’s Daily.

[2] Zheng Bijian is the former Executive President of Central Party School of the CPC and currently Director of the Academic Committee of the School.

[3] “Internetization” is a newly coined term that refers to the development, adoption, and diffusion of Internet-enabled technologies.

[4] Baihua, or “colloquial Chinese”, refers to vernacular style of Chinese. Started in 1917, the Baihua Literary Movement succeeded in making Baihua the written language in the nation.