China’s netizen population hits record 904 million: Report
The number of Internet connections in China reached a whopping 904 million by March this year, up by 75.08 million from 2018, according to an official report released on Tuesday. Internet penetration in China has reached 64.5%, up 4.9 percentage points over the end of 2018, the report issued by the China Internet Network Information Centre said. The number of netizens accessing the Internet through mobile phones in China has increased by 79.92 million from the end of 2018 to 897 million in March 2020, accounting for 99.3% of the total number, state-run Xinhua quoted the CINIC report as saying. As of March, the size of Internet users in the country’s rural areas reached 255 million or 28.2% of the total netizen population, up 33.08 million from the end of 2018, while the number of urban netizens has grown by 42 million from the end of 2018 to 649 million, accounting for 71.8% of the total, according to the report.























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