Zhu Xia sells clothes on e-commerce platform Mushroom Street. Anchors like Zhu provide audiences with a more intuitive shopping experience.[Photo provided to China Daily]

Online retail platforms that turned their focus to delivery of fresh produce are among the most popular businesses, with online order books bursting at the virtual seams. Some are even dealing with more purchases beyond their usual capacity.

Short video platforms saw a rise in traffic, with reality shows connecting people via video call setting the current trend.

From offline to online, our society now has its head in the "cloud" in a way that pushes the advancement of people's social lives to new frontiers, and has injected new momentum into the continued development of the social economy.