In 2000, when many people did not know much about the information highway and the Internet, Xi Jinping, then governor of Fujian Province, proposed the construction of "Digital Fujian" In 2014, China's Internet development entered its 20th year. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Internet-related content has repeatedly become the subject of collective study by the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.

In February of this year, the Central Leading Group for Cybersecurity and Informatization, headed by General Secretary Xi Jinping was announced.