However, the commercialization and rapid expansion of Internet access and diffusion in China did not occur until 1995-1996 when multiple IT infrastructure programs and applications across diverse sectors were introduced through the Golden Projects promoted by the Chinese government (Clark, 1996). In January 1996, the largest ISP in China, the ChinaNET, successfully implemented the first commercially available Internet service across China. Since then, the Internet has started to take off among various sectors in China.