How far has the internet industry come after President Xi Jinping shared his views on cyberspace at a symposium on April 19, 2016? Here, let's have a look at China's latest achievements.

China had 829 million Internet users by the end of 2018, with about 21.6 percent of them under 19 years old, according to China Internet Network Information Center.

As of November 2018, China had more than 144,000 patent applications related to artificial intelligence, accounting for 43.4 percent of all such applications across the world, more than any other country.

1. Welcoming and studying opinions from internet users

China has revised several regulations on administrative procedures as part of efforts to improve government services and advance reform, according to a circular made public on April 10.

Aiming to encourage online approvals and processing, the revisions involve procedures for social insurance registration, real property registration, and real estate development enterprise registration.

The revised stipulations include simplifying approvals on the excavation of urban roads, procedures for helping employees open housing provident fund accounts, and enabling cyberspace cultural service applicants to get approvals online.

The drafting group of this year's Government Work Report continued to collect opinions from netizens, via portal websites, social media, online forums and other new media outlets, said Huang Shouhong, head of the group, in March.

2. Infrastructure development

A total of 228 5G base stations have been deployed in Hongkou, making it the first district in Shanghai to be fully covered by a 5G network and a gigabit broadband network. Trial runs started on March 30.

Many places have seen rapid development of 5G network. The first 5G-based phone call was tested in Beijing on April 12. The Nansha Bridge, which opened in early April in Guangdong province, became China's first bridge with a 5G network.

In 2019, China will strive to make 98 percent of the country's villages gain access to 4G network services and 98 percent of poor villages connected by broadband network.

3. Positive, healthy cyber culture

China launched an eight-month national crackdown on spreading online vulgar content to create a clean cyberspace environment starting April. Authorities will inspect platforms of online literature, livestreaming, videos, online games, microblogging and WeChat.

In March, several of China's short video platforms, including Douyin and Kuaishou, started trial testing a system designed to prevent addiction among adolescent viewers.

The built-in addiction-prevention system will be activated alongside the short video apps, with a reminder popping up to guide parents and young children to an "adolescent mode" designed for young viewers.

4. Enhanced cybersecurity

The country has improved its cyberspace security through strengthened regulations and targeted campaigns to crack down on online pornography, fabricated information and personal information infringement.

Supervision over internet-based industries has also been strengthened, with regulations on financial and blockchain information services released in December 2018 and January 2019, respectively.

5. Development of internet enterprises

China's Internet companies saw combined revenues up 10 percent to 149.8 billion yuan ($22.34 billion) in the first two months of this year. The companies spent 6.06 billion yuan into research and development, up 11.5 percent year on year.

China's copyright registrations for computer software hit a record high of 1.1 million in 2018, up 48 percent year-on-year.

Among them, copyright registrations of mobile phone apps topped the growth chart with a 76 percent year-on-year increase, accounting for 25 percent of the overall software registrations in 2018.