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Wuzhen Hosts World Internet Conference 　　The second World Internet Conference （WIC） was held in Wuzhen， Zhejiang Province， from December 16 to 18， with more than 2，000 attendees from 120 countries and regions present. 　　Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a speech at the opening ceremony， calling on the global community to develop the Internet together and promote mutual sharing. 　　During the 2015 “Two Sessions，” the annual March meetings of China’s top legislature and political advisory body， Chinese Premier Li Keqiang proposed a new idea of “Internet Plus” to encourage more investment in Internet-related industries. China’s online users numbered 668 million by June 2015， and Internet-related businesses reportedly made up around 7 percent of GDP in 2014. 　　At the WIC， tech executives exchanged ideas on Internet development and exhibited new technology， including Baidu’s self-driving car， Suning’s virtual fitting room and Nokia’s VR camera. 　　Cross-Straits 　　Mainland and Taiwan Exchange Spies 　　On November 30， Taiwan confirmed that the Chinese mainland released two Taiwanese spies in October. Taiwan set a mainland spy free in return. 　　It is the first-ever spy exchange across the Taiwan Straits since the People’s Republic of China was founded in 1949. Analysts believe it demonstrated improved cross-Straits relations， as did the first-ofits-kind November meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Taiwan’s leader Ma Ying-jeou. 　　According to Taiwanese paper China Times， the two Taiwanese spies， Chu Kung-hsun and Hsu Chang-kuo， were arrested in 2006 when they attempted to gain entry into Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region via the Vietnam border. The mainland spy， Li Zhihao， now 70， was arrested in 1999. Before his arrest， Li had worked in Taiwan’s military department for more than 10 years. All three spies were originally sentenced to life imprisonment. 　　By now， Chu and Hsu have returned to Taiwan and Li is back in his hometown， Hong Kong. 　　Poli