China's rapid and healthy development of the Internet and information industries has brought a host of tangible benefits to its people.

Keith B. Alexander, first commander of the U.S. Cyber Command and former chief of the National Security Agency, speaks during the 2015 China Internet Security Conference in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 29, 2015. A total of 120 experts from China, U.S., Israel, Australia, South Korea, etc. took part in the two-day conference that kicked off here Tuesday. [Photo/Xinhua]

China got access to the Internet in 1994. Since then, China has achieved a great leap in developing its Internet and information industries.

By December 2017, the number of Chinese netizens reached 772 million, of which 753 million surf the Internet via mobile phones, according to statistics released by China Internet Network Information Center.

Overseas experts acknowledge that China's fast Internet development has also promoted the development of the global Internet industry with advanced hardware and technical innovation.

"China plays a huge role in technology and innovation. So I think in an ideal world, countries like China will participate in the development of solutions," Sally Wentworth, vice president of global policy for the Internet Society (ISOC), told Xinhua in a recent interview.

File photo taken on Dec. 3, 2017 shows Xu Zhijun, Huawei's rotating CEO, introduces achievements of 5G technology during the release ceremony for world leading Internet scientific and technological achievements in Wuzhen, east China's Zhejiang Province. [Photo/Xinhua]

"Our extensive research clearly shows that just as when the Internet Society was founded 25 years ago, people believe that the Internet's core values still remain valid -- that it must be global, open, secure, and used for the benefit of people everywhere in the world," Wentworth said.

Thanks to China's rapid Internet development, China has done a great job in promoting online financing, industrial upgrading and the combination of the Internet and mobile communications, said Guo Yike, head of Data Science Institute of Imperial College London.

Experts pointed out that China has the ability to help deal with cyber security threats around the world with advanced hardware.

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