The report of the 20th Party Congress proposes that the people's aspirations for a better life should be realised continuously. Based on the survey data of ‘Double Hundred and Double Thousand’ in Jiangxi Province in 2023, the article analyses the key roles of Internet embeddedness and willingness to pay for rural environmental remediation in enhancing rural residents' sense of well-being. It is found that both have significant positive impacts on rural residents' well-being, with differences by education level and whether or not village planning is carried out. The mechanism analysis reveals that the embedding of the Internet not only stimulates the positive willingness to pay for environmental remediation of rural residents, but also substantially improves the well-being index of rural residents by optimising the rural environment. Therefore, the government and relevant departments should increase investment in rural Internet infrastructure construction, improve rural residents‘ Internet literacy, and at the same time encourage and guide them to participate in environmental remediation, so as to jointly promote the sustainable development of rural areas and the enhancement of residents’ well-being.

Wu Haobin, Wu Chaobao, Li Shenquan, Wu Ying. Study on the Impact of Internet Embedding on the Happiness of Rural Residents—Based on the Mediating Perspective of Willingness to Pay for Environmental Remediation. The Frontiers of Society, Science and Technology (2024), Vol. 6, Issue 7: 52-61. https://doi.org/10.25236/FSST.2024.060709.

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