The World Internet Conference will have a huge focus on entrepreneurship and innovation, and for Ye Chen—the CEO of DFRobot, a robotics and open source hardware provider—the Internet has been invaluable for the growth of his business.

The robot-maker with a Star Wars dream?

Ye founded DFRobot in 2008, growing from what in 2003 was an online robotics community called Robotic Fans into a dream robotics factory.