For instance, in education interaction between teachers and students and the sharing of educational resources can be realised to great effect and, office work, the operational efficiency of companies and organisations can be greatly improved.
Videos can also be adopted in poverty alleviation work. On one hand, they help promote the investment of resources in poor areas and bridge the economic gap between urban and rural areas. On the other hand, they facilitate the popularisation of knowledge, helping users in poor areas improve working capacity through online courses.
The report says factors such as technological innovation and industrial progress have led to acceleration of the "era of video socialisation" to take over from the "era of film and television videos" and "the era of online videos".
Videos have been involved in the development of various industries by helping increase production – and have become a key driving force in the digital economy.
"The innovation and popularisation of network communication technology and information transmission technology have re-shaped the form of content production from the bottom up," says Zheng Wen, deputy dean of the School of Journalism of Fudan University.
"So it infiltrates into the whole chain of content production, redefining the video industry and its boundaries."
"In the first half of 2020, there were more than 10 million live-streaming shows across the country, with more than 400,000 active live streamers, more than 50bn views and more than 20m commodities on the shows," says a spokesman for the Ali Research Institute.
"E-commerce live streaming is taking practical actions to promote the new development of the real economy," he says.
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