Abstract
Network infrastructure is the “main artery” of the Internet, with great outward effects. Every technical upgrade and broadband expansion of Internet infrastructure will bring about leapfrog increase of network popularity and a new round of development of industrial Internet application. In recent years, China has been implementing the strategy of “Broadband China”. Both the government and industries, through effort in a variety of fields, are trying to develop network infrastructure at a higher speed into intelligent infrastructure, with wide coverage and high popularity. Thus China has seen a great rise of its broadband access capacity and set up the world’s largest 4G network; its key Internet resources and use efficiency have increased dramatically and Internet service quality, application level and industrial support capacity have caught up with the world’s top level; the Initiative of Increasing the Speed while Decreasing the Expense has been launched throughout the country, the universal broadband telecommunication service compensation mechanism is being improved in rural and remote areas, and the digital divide between regions has been narrowed.
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Chinese Academy of Cyberspace Studies. (2019). Comprehensive Improvement of China’s Network Infrastructure. In: Chinese Academy of Cyberspace Studies (eds) China Internet Development Report 2017. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-57521-5_1
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