WHICH INDUSTRIES WILL BE CHANGED BY THE INTERNET?
(People's Daily Online, english.people.com.cn)
10 marzo, 14:15In the second half of 2013, traditional retail giants including Yintai, Wanfujing, Joy City, New World Department Store and BHG began to seek cooperation with Taobao and Wechat.
Li Yanhong, known as Robin Li, one of China's richest men and CEO of the nation's top search engine Baidu, said both traditional industries and people's lives have been affected by the Internet. A few years ago, you had to pay for vehicle navigation, but today it is free. In addition, travel, ticketing, and hotels all can be booked on the Internet, he added. Lei Jun, founder and chairman of Xiaomi, believes that the transformation of traditional industries caused by the Internet has only just started. It has led to a new way of thinking. Outwardly, technological reform has brought change to traditional industries, but its real impact has been in bringing about new ways of thinking, and forcing changes in modes of production and in management ideas. Talking about China Telecom's future business strategy, Yang Jie, the President of China's Telecommunications says that we will use the Internet to transform traditional industries.