More than 150 people attended the 5th Chinese Bloggers Conference (CBC), under the theme of "micro power and a broader world."

The two-day event focused on micro-blogging and the application of web 2.0 technology, with a variety of topics of common interests to all.

The blogger conference, initiated five years ago in Shanghai, attracted geeks, bloggers, entrepreneurs, media workers, lawyers, researchers and students who talked about the development of the Internet in China.

"We intend to have different voices in the meeting, not only from the opinion leaders," Isaac Mao, co-organizer of the CBC, told the Global Times Sunday.

Popular academicians, bloggers, Twitter users, and workers from non-governmental organizations attended.

Micro-bloggers shared their experiences about instant communication and how it touched their lives.

"My friend from abroad can get to know the real China from my tweets," said David Feng, a Switzerland-born Chinese in Beijing.

Rebecca MacKinnon, a former Journalist from CNN, told the audience that they are not only netizens from China, but they're connected to a global society.

"Netizens have rights and responsibilities to concern and participate in the development of the Internet," she said.

The basic Internet philosophy of sharing inspired self-initiated entrepreneurs to make ideas into reality.

Liu Yan, founder of Xindanwei, a site for sharing within the creative community, called on self-employed designers and artists to join in.

Web 2.0 technology has also empowered practitioners to take part in charity work through the Internet.

The conference reached its peak when five bloggers made presentations about their attitudes and actions in building up a civil society.

Ran Yunfei, a writer, said the Internet has provoked Chinese people to express themselves and trained governmental departments to respond to social events.

"Development of the Internet in the past 10 years has made me more tolerant and open to different opinions," he said.

Zhai Minglei, founder of Yibao, a blog featuring coverage of social events, said the rise of the Chinese blogosphere has made the silent masses heard by the rest of the world and its uses will grow.

The conference was broadcasted live on Twitter in both Chinese and English with instant active feedback.