CNNIC Publishes China Internet Development Report

On August 3, China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) published a report on China's Internet users. According to the report, the number of Chinese netizens has reached over 700 million, marking a 51.7% increase in Internet user growth and surpassing the world average by 3.1 percentage points.

Other notable statistics include:

    The number of .CN domain names has grown to 37 million.
    The number of mobile netizens reached 650 million users, meaning 92.5% of all users access the Internet on a mobile device
    Rural Internet usage has gown to 31%, however, there is still a lack of education around the Internet so many people are not willing to use it.
    The number of online payments and wealth management grew 9.3% and 12.3% respectively. E-commerce is rapidly growing and online payment options are expanding.
    Online education, services, and government services are growing rapidly, and over 100 million people have used online services.