Chinese net users getting increasingly younger

There's an increasing trend for Chinese children to go online at ever younger ages, reports Guangzhou Daily. Some children use social media at the age of 3, go online shopping at 7, and surpass their parents level of internet skills by the age of 14, according to a survey released at the Guangdong Internet Security for Children Forum on September 23, 2017. The survey also shows the extent to which children use social media at younger ages. Around 10% of 7-year-old children use QQ or WeChat, while over 70% of children aged 12 use social media. "At the age of 14, children surpass their parents in key digital skills, which shows those 'digital natives' have advantages in employing internet tools," said Zhang Haibo, from the authority that conducted the survey.