China sees boom in Internet economy in 2020 (6)

Jiang Jinchun presents cooking skills via livestreaming with the help of his wife in Zaotian Village of Shangrao, east China's Jiangxi Province, July 1, 2020. Jiang has been helping fellow villagers promote agricultural products via live-streaming since 2016. After gaining some popularity online, he teamed up with his wife and mother to showcase local scenery and cuisine to his audience while promoting produce. Normal life has been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. However, people managed to stay online to get in touch with each other and continue daily life while they were confined at home. In the meantime, China has been exploring new growth areas in the digital economy and harnessing the boom in the Internet economy to promote the integrated development of the digital economy and the real economy, while fostering new industries and new business forms. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)