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According to the 52nd Statistical report on the Development of China's Internet released by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), as of June 2023, China had 1.079 billion Internet users, an increase of 11.09 million over December 2022, and the Internet penetration rate reached 76.4%. The number of Internet users in rural areas reached 308 million, and the Internet penetration rate reached 61.9%. With the improvement of Internet infrastructure, the support of government departments, and the active participation of Internet enterprises, the gap in Internet penetration between urban and rural areas has narrowed year by year.

The global free Internet platform WiFi Master key has been committed to the popularity of the Internet and bridging the digital divide. At the beginning of its launch, the WiFi master key focused on mobile Internet access for people in the sinking market, including rural areas and remote mountainous areas.

In 2015, WiFi Master key and China Social Welfare Association jointly launched the "Dream key" public welfare project, which aims to provide free Internet access to schools in remote mountainous areas, help children in poor areas have more access to the outside world, and strive to change the existing teaching status in mountain areas and lower the threshold for children and teenagers to obtain information. So far, free networks have been provided to 304 schools in poor mountain areas in 16 provinces, benefiting more than 50000 children.

The value of "Dream key" is not just to set up a network cable, nor is it just a video call between students and parents who work far away and play animation in class. more importantly, it opens a window for children in the mountains to keep pace with the world like urban children, using the Internet as a tool for them to obtain information and master knowledge.

Over the years, through investment, self-construction, cooperation and other ways to solve the problem of inconvenient access to the Internet in some villages, with low-cost and low-threshold access to the Internet, to help township netizens connect online. At present, WiFi master key sinking accounts for more than 60% of users, and has a very high penetration and influence in third-tier and lower cities.

Insisting on free Internet access and bridging the digital divide is not only the original intention of WiFi Master key, but also the direction of WiFi Master key public welfare. "Dream key" starts from the vision of "bridging the digital divide", insists on every small effort to converge into a river, so that the small matter of free Internet access can also become a powerful force, making the spread of knowledge more flat and faster.

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