Grassroots needs determine the future of China's Internet

■ Why does Yahoo succeed in more than 30 countries, but not in China?
■ Although Sina has been doing better and better over the years, it is still not as fast as Tencent.
Unlike Microsoft, Intel, IBM, and other IT companies that have successfully entered the Chinese market, Yahoo, eBay, and Google cannot access the Chinese market in the Internet industry.
At the same time, over 10 well-known network companies, including Sina, Netease, Sohu, TOM, Tencent, and Shanda, have rapidly emerged and listed in succession in just a short time; according to the latest data released by China Internet Information Center in January this year, the total number of Chinese netizens has exceeded 0.13 billion.
What makes this obvious contrast? At the "2007 Internet innovation leader International Forum" held recently, many senior network personnel believe that it is because of these network giants who hope to enter the Chinese market, do not understand the needs of Chinese netizens.
Wang Zhidong, president of Beijing CTAN Technology Co., Ltd., has successfully created Sina, one of the largest Internet portals in China. In his opinion, China's Internet industry is a very concentrated and successful industry with great innovation.
"I created Sina in 1998. We all think that Sina is not innovative and that Sina is introducing Yahoo's model to China. In fact, it is not. If it is simply introduced, it is impossible to have today's Sina ." Wang Zhidong believes.
Why is Yahoo's website successful in more than 30 countries, but not in China?
Wang Zhidong once talked with Yahoo's senior management about this issue and found that Sina and Yahoo are very different.
For example, the xinlang news model is a form of ground-based innovation. This model not only adapts to China's policy and labor requirements, but also creates a brand new internet model. Another example is that the structure of Sina's layout is based on the Internet bandwidth in China in the past, but it forms the habit of Chinese netizens to use the Internet.
"The difference between Sina and Yahoo is not because of technical differences, but is the result of innovation ." Wang Zhidong said, if you think about it again, the Chinese Internet industry has been developing for 11 years. It should be said that it has created a miracle for the Chinese industry, "almost all successful Chinese Internet companies have grown and developed by themselves ".
Some experts believe that there is a big gap between China and the United States, Britain and other developed countries. Wang Zhidong believes that these ideas are wrong.
"If it is the same as in the United States, will so many Chinese network enterprises develop ?" Wang Zhidong said that he hoped that more experts would study the reasons for the success of Chinese Internet companies and the laws of innovation. "This is for the future of China's Internet ~ 10 years of development is truly helpful. Otherwise, we will become a kind of myopia in China's Internet industry ".