The next-generation internet is about to emerge.

Dermot McCormack, a former executive at internet companies such as Flooz.com and iVillage.com, who participated in the development of over 200 websites for major corporations like Sony, Microsoft, and Intel, wrote a book titled *Web2.0* in 2002. In this book, Dermot McCormack pointed out that although the first phase of the internet economy ended with a dramatic decline, the second phase of the internet—Web2.0—was just beginning. Moreover, it would experience even more unexpected developments over the next 20 years. Dermot McCormack used the term "Web2.0" to describe a foreseeable new stage of internet development that would be significantly different from the current internet.

Since then, "Web2.0" has become a new term used to describe a new phase of internet development, quickly gaining popularity in Silicon Valley and around the world. From October 5-7, 2004, Tim O'Reilly, President and CEO of O'Reilly Media, organized the first "Web2.0" conference in San Francisco. For the first time, Web2.0 was used as the name of a conference aimed at exploring and discovering new values on the internet, making Web2.0 one of the hottest terms in Silicon Valley today.

Under the concept of "Web2.0," people hope for an internet that is more human-centered and democratic...