China Internet for 20 years

????On April 20, 1994, China realized full-function connection with the Internet, thus opening the Internet era. These Internet-related pictures, no matter big or small, make us feel that the Internet has profoundly changed the lives of China people in the past 20 years.

????In 1996, a round of home computer craze rose in Shanghai. According to the survey at that time, the penetration rate of home computers in the city reached 5‰, 486 microcomputers were common, 586 microcomputers began to enter families, and a few families were connected to the Internet. Zhang Jianmin (left) is the general representative of a foreign company in Shanghai. His personal computer is connected to the international network. Every day after work, he sits at home and keeps in touch with foreign companies quickly and conveniently (photo taken in 1996).Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Mingshe

????During the "May 1" holiday, netizens surfed the Internet in Chongqing Reader Club (photo taken in May 2001). Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhou Hengyi photo

????On April 17th, 2004, a player in Beijing Division of China E-sports Games waved excitedly to the audience after scoring a goal in the FIFA football match. On the same day, the first China E-sports Games (CEG for short) was held simultaneously in Beijing, Changsha, Wuhan and Xi ‘an. Xinhua news agency

????On April 11th, 2006, the staff of Baidu Company introduced the signature wall of Baidu employees. In August, 2005, Baidu went public on NASDAQ, setting a record of the highest increase in the IPO of NASDAQ in the five years since the Internet bubble in 2000. Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Shilei photo