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1995

Internet was born in the field of scientific research, but displayed its advantages to the full in business. US, which was extremely sensitive to new economy of Internet information, announced in September 1993 to implement a new high-tech program, National Information Infrastructure (NII). The purpose was to build an expressway in the information age based on Internet and promote development of US information economy in the leading position.

One year after China was officially connected to Internet, building of national basic information network distinctly accelerated, laying the foundation for commercialization exploration.

In August 1995, on the national level, the preliminary phase of Golden Bridge Project that was intended to support national economic information communication made periodical progress. Satellite link-based network was launched in 24 provinces and cities and interconnection with international network was realized as well. Though Internet was mainly used by scientific and technological researchers or related practitioners at the early stage, as coverage of basic network expanded, especially since the Telecommunications Day in 1995, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications opened Internet access business to the public, bringing Internet increasingly closer to Chinese ordinary people. On the one hand, telecommunication enterprises need undertake the task of infrastructure construction, while telecommunication reforms could stimulate their initiative as construction entity. On the other hand, some business enterprises were eager to have a try and Internet Service Providers (ISP) started to emerge. A group of passionate youngsters hoped to show their talent in the Internet wave in the future. Some enterprises such as Info High Way started to provide enterprises and eligible individuals with Internet access service, which drove increasingly more entrepreneurs to turn their eyes to Internet, the brand new economic sector.

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