The following statistics are based on data released by CNNIC for 2009.
- China Internet users: 384 million, with a penetration rate of 28.9%
- Broadband Internet users: 346 million
- China mobile internet users: 233 million (60.8% of total internet users)
- Internet users in rural areas: 106.81 million
- Registered domain names: 16.82 million (80% are .cn domains)
- Top 3 Internet applications
- online music
- online news
- search engines.
- Top 3 fast growing online applications
- Online payment
- Travel booking
- Online stock trading
- Male Internet users v.s. Female: 54.2% v.s. 45.8%
- 10% of China internet users don’t have income; 30.3% have a monthly income of over 2000 yuan.
- An average, an China internet user spends 18.7 hours per week online.
- Total search engine users: 280 million, up 38.6% from previous year
- Total bloggers: 221 million
- Social networking sites users: 176 million
- Online shopping users: 108 million, up 45.9%
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NO wonder, for all I know, China has it’s own messenger, search engine and social community.. it’s been the largest populated place and definitely market of fashion and internet is growing bigger and bigger.
Haven’t been to china but I really look forward that one day I will enjoy my stay there