If the Internet entered China from 1995, it has gone through the development course of 18 years in China today. With the development of 18, the gap between China and developed countries has been greatly shortened, and it has even become the first in the world in some fields.
In the eventful years of 18, some people have made pioneering contributions to an important node of Internet development, which is the focus of our expression and gratitude today. Of course, due to the long time span and the author's limited level and memory, some omissions will inevitably occur. You are welcome to make supplementary suggestions.
The Mother of the Internet-Hu Qiheng
No matter from which angle, we should put Hu Qiheng first. It is no exaggeration to say that without Hu Qiheng, there would be no Internet in China today, and even without Robin Li, Jack Ma and Hua Teng Ma, there would be others to lead an industry. Hu Qiheng, born in 1934, is a well-known information technology expert and has the reputation of "the mother of the Internet in China".
In 1980s, scientist Hu Qiheng went to the United States to work for two years and was shocked by the developed computer network in the United States. Hu Qiheng keenly predicted the changes of the Internet to the future world. After returning to China, Hu Qiheng, then vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, sought for the relevant departments to loosen the policy restrictions and introduce the Internet into China, but met with obstacles. After years of hard work, it was not until April 1994 that the State Council approved Internet access to China, and the related work began on 1995. Later, in the Internet community in China, a famous saying of Hu Qiheng was circulated: "The Internet entered China not by a sedan chair, but by a narrow path."
From Pioneer to Martyr —— Zhang Shuxin
"How far is China people from the information superhighway? Forward 1500m! " I believe everyone is familiar with this advertisement. The message behind this advertisement is: Zhang Shuxin was founded in 1995. Yinghaiwei is the first Internet enterprise in China. Later, the enterprise closed down, and the backbone was scattered in all directions, and a number of excellent enterprises were established. Ying Haiwei can be called the Whampoa Military Academy of China Internet.
Zhang Shuxin, 1963, from Fushun, Liaoning. He used to be a media reporter. Later, after several years of research work in China Academy of Sciences, he left and became Hai Wei. Ying Haiwei established the first company network in China and educated the early netizens in China. At its peak, Ying Haiwei registered 60,000 users, which was a remarkable achievement at that time. Later, Zhang Shuxin founded a new venture fund, focusing on the investment industry and gradually moving away from the public eye.
The first commercial advertisement in China-Gong Yuguo
The Internet in China has developed for so many years, extending to at least dozens of fields, but only three fields can really make big money: online marketing, e-commerce and games! 1997 65438+ 10 Murdoch's news group and China People's Daily co-founded chinabyte, which was once one of the largest commercial websites in China. Gong Yuguo, an old reporter, is the general manager of the website and is fully responsible for the operation.
During Gong Yuguo's operation of chinabyte, when IBM's as400 commercial computer system went on the market and needed to be promoted, chinabyte received an advertisement of $3,000 from Ogilvy & Mather for IBM. We don't know how much it brings to IBM's sales system. However, this advertisement is the first commercial advertisement in China's Internet history. From this $3,000, online advertising marketing became popular in China. Later, both Sina and Baidu relied on this as the main profit point to achieve listing. Later, Gong Yuguo joined companies such as Oriental Entrepreneur, IT 168, People Search, etc., and kept jumping around, and finally became a passer-by in history.
Fang Zhouzi, the originator of online games.
How is Fang Zhouzi's Internet development in China? Everyone is not mistaken. Fang is the controversial anti-counterfeiting fighter here. Even if Fang is wrong now, history is history after all. We can't deny Fang's fundamental contribution to the development of online games industry in China just because his current practice has been questioned by many people.
Fang, whose real name is Fang, is the originator of online games in China. At the beginning of 1996, Fang et al. developed the first online game "Chivalrous Man" in China, which was a word online game (MUD) without a graphic interface for characters, but at that time, "Chivalrous Man" gained a great reputation in the Chinese world, with the highest number of online users reaching 1000, which had a great influence and promoted it in later time. However, Fang finally left the online game industry and became famous in another industry.
Tian Suning broadband xiansheng
In the 1990s, Tian Suning returned to China with the dream of "bringing the Internet back to China" and founded AsiaInfo, the first high-tech enterprise in China successfully listed on NASDAQ. In 2005, he became the CEO of China Netcom as a professional manager, leading Netcom to keep pace with telecommunications for a while; Founded broadband capital in 2006, focusing on investment in emerging broadband fields.
The transformation of Tian Suning is closely related to the development of broadband in China. Since the establishment of AsiaInfo in 1990s, it has successively undertaken nearly 100 network projects, such as CHINANET, Shanghai Hotline, China Financial Data Network, and the interconnection of provincial telecommunication systems, and is known as the chief designer of China Internet or "Mr. China Broadband". Now Tian Suning focuses on developing cloud computing and big data industry in China, which is also a long-term solution.
E-commerce evangelist-Wang
Now people will think of Ma Yun when they mention e-commerce. It is true that Alibaba, Taobao and Alipay launched by Ma Yun have almost made great achievements, but Ma Yun is not the pioneer of e-commerce in China, and Wang Cai, the early founder of 8848, is the real father of e-commerce in China.
Wang is the first generation of netizens in China, with more than 20 years of IT experience. 1992 started to set up its own IT enterprise in Fujian with all its own funds, 1997 wrote a post entitled "No Tears in Jinzhou, Dalian", and 1999 started the e-commerce website 8848 in early 1999. With the development of 1 year, 8848 has become the most popular in China. At that time, the sensational "72-hour survival experiment" made 8848 appear in the prime time of CCTV2 for several days, and 8848 has since become the only website in China that can really pay for things through the Internet. Today, 8848 has long since disappeared, but the younger generation influenced by 8848 has become the backbone of China's e-commerce industry.
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