The love of cars has made the US a country on wheels, whereas the Chinese people’s use of mobile internet has taken China on information superhighway.
“Americans’ reliance on cars in daily life has made the US a country on wheels, meanwhile Chinese people’s increased use of mobile internet [over the last five years] has made China a country on mobile internet,” said Gao Hongbing, Alibaba vice-president and head of AliResearch, at the launch of a report on Monday.
The report used 10 key phrases to summarize major trends in China’s internet development over the last five years, such as technological innovation, business innovation, consumption upgrade, employment, and poverty reduction with the help of e-commerce.
“All facilities in US cities, including road, traffic, supermarket and residence, are designed to help car drivers; however, in China, services, such as Mobike and Taobao, are managed thanks to mobile internet,” he s
