A report conducted by CBN Data showed that online shopping now constitutes a key feature of the behavior of young consumers, with the post-80s being the nucleus and the post-90s catching up in being the primary drivers of this transition.

As people today are living in a world with a dramatic increase in access to information and communication, the mode of knowledge acquisition is vastly different from those of previous generations, and the internet has undoubtedly become a nucleus of information, said Marielza Oliveira, director of UNESCO's Beijing cluster office and UNESCO representative to China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Japan, Mongolia and Republic of Korea.

With the rise of millennials in the workforce, young professionals are gradually becoming the nucleus of the business society, creating a huge market for new types of business products and services.

On Dec 1, the country mapped out an outline for the next phase of the region's integrated development, which is set to create a strong and active economic growth nucleus and a gateway for further opening up the economy.

"China has always been the nucleus of our global business map, and it will remain so, given that over 50 percent of the world's construction is taking place in China.