Ding Daoshi is the former director of Sootoo Research and former executive editor-in-chief of Sootoo Internet Technology. He has been dedicated to studies on China’s internet industry. Ding left Sootoo in 2015 to visit lower-tier cities, counties, towns, and villages. Between 2015 and 2021, he traveled hundreds of thousands of kilometers across China, exploring what internet companies can do to help revitalize rural areas.