Internet Plus plan a real wake-up call

Chinese companies have rushed to embrace the World Wide Web since Premier Li Keqiang described the Internet Plus strategy in last year's Government Work Report to the nation's top legislature.

One year later, many firms are doing great work online, but there are still enterprises in traditional sectors that have no idea how to link their business to the Web.

I have been covering China's technology transformation for five years now. When I was reporting events such as the two sessions, I gave a little extra attention to what the members of the political advisory body were saying about information technology-related topics, and Internet Plus was one of the buzzwords or phrases I heard the most.