This book is an important outcome of the Fifth World Internet Conference. It provides a comprehensive account of the new trends and highlights of global Internet development over the past year, covering network infrastructure, information technology, digital economy, world internet media, cyber security, and international cyberspace governance. This year, the book improves the Global Internet Development Index System and adds more countries into the assessed list, in order to reflect more comprehensively, objectively and accurately the general situation of the world Internet development and thus to provide reference for all countries in promoting Internet development and governance.

Chinese Academy of Cyberspace Studies is directly affiliated to the Cyberspace Administration of China. It aims to become a leading high-end cyberspace research academy in China and the world, providing support in theories, researches, intelligence and technology for key strategic planning, policy and decision making, project construction, and technical innovation in the areas of cyber security and information security. The Academy has its research institutes of Cyber content construction, cyber security, informatization and international cyberspace governance.