Cutting-edge innovation affects every walk of life

As a young reporter who has been covering the tech industry for only a few months, I am already overwhelmed by China's thriving internet landscape. Innovations are taking place in almost every nook and cranny, and there is no need for me to look beyond my daily life to find clues.

Every day, I go to work on a shared bike, a homegrown mobile idea that helps me circumvent congested roads and cut my carbon footprint. On the way, I usually stop at a convenience store to buy breakfast with the mobile payment tool Alipay, no need to bring cash. In the afternoon, after enjoying a cup of coffee in a cafe, I can surf the internet with shared Wi-Fi and chat with my best friend in France via WeChat, a popular social networking platform.

This is exactly how internet and mobile technologies are reshaping my life, and that of millions like me across China. The sharing economy, mobile payment and social media, as China's three major internet innovations in the 21st century, have become omnipresent in the country, thanks to both favorable policy support and a growing pool of talent that is scrambling to put the technologies into creative applications.