網際網路的誕生和興起，不僅對於全球傳播界帶來了劃時代的革命影響，且相對於彼岸的中國大陸言，網際網路的發展亦提供了一個新興的傳播工具及資訊管道，但同時也提供了各種媒介進入中國社會之中的一個新途徑。因此，隨著網際網路新時代的來臨，可以說是對於中國大陸的社會與政治制度上有了更多挑戰和衝擊。是故，一方面要如何加強對於網際網路的監控與管理，並避免其未來成為國際社會對中國大陸進行「和平演變」的管道之一，且又要藉由控制網際網路來達到進行其政治上的宣傳工作，亦成為中國大陸中央當局目前所面對最重大的難題之一。

The rise of Internet not only brings a revolutionary influence to world’s communication, but also provides a new instrument and an information pipeline for Mainland China. It also affords a new kind of media, which could get in to the Chinese societyat the same time. Therefore, the new age of Internet would bring more challenge and conflict to the social and political institution of Mainland China. For this reason, it is also a serious and difficult problem for the Chinese government to enforce the censorship of Internet to avoid international interventions in the internal affair of China, and at the same time, to use Internet as political propaganda.