The Fourth World Internet Conference (WIC, Wuzhen Summit) was held in Wuzhen, Zhejiang Province, China, from December 3 to 5, 2017

Guests discuss during the forum of Business Leaders Dialogue: New Economy in the Internet Era of the 4th World Internet Conference in Wuzhen Town, east China's Zhejiang Province, Dec. 5, 2017.

The fourth World Internet Conference opened Dec 3 in the ancient town of Wuzhen in Zhejiang, China. In this unassuming little ancient town, the past and future world meet together, history joins technology to fuse the present with the future.

Wuzhen is a beautiful land that is representative of China’s Jiangnan (south of the Yangtze River) area and its old towns. It sits in the “Golden Triangle”, an area that holds Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces and the city of Shanghai, on a 79-sq-km area and with a population of 57,000 and convenient transportation and plenty of tourist resources and cultural relics under national or municipal protection. It is one of China’s first Historic Towns, one of its Top 10 Charming Towns, a National Environmentally Lovely Town, and a National AAAAA Tourist Attraction.