CNNIC released the 40th Statistical Report on Internet Development in China.
On August 4th, 2017, China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) released the 40th Statistical Report on Internet Development in China (hereinafter referred to as the Report). According to the Report, as of June 2017, the number of netizens in China reached 751 million, accounting for one fifth of the total number of netizens in the world. The Internet penetration rate is 54.3%, which is 4.6 percentage points higher than the global average.one.
The number of netizens in China reached 751 million, and digital technology promoted economic and social transformation.
As of June 2017, the number of netizens in China reached 751 million, with a total of 19.92 million new netizens in half a year, with a half-year growth rate of 2.7%. The Internet penetration rate was 54.3%, up 1.1 percentage points from the end of 2016. Digital technology, represented by the Internet, is accelerating its deep integration with various fields of economy and society, and has become an important driving force for promoting China’s consumption upgrading, economic and social transformation, and building a new competitive advantage in the country.
Mobile Internet users accounted for 96.3%, and the dominant position of mobile Internet was strengthened.
As of June 2017, the number of mobile Internet users in China reached 724 million, an increase of 28.3 million compared with the end of 2016. The proportion of Internet users using mobile phones has increased from 95.1% at the end of 2016 to 96.3%, and the proportion of Internet users using mobile phones has continued to increase. In the first half of the year, the number of users of various mobile phone applications continued to rise, and the scenes were more abundant. Among them, mobile phone take-out applications grew the fastest, with the number of users reaching 274 million, an increase of 41.4% over the end of 2016; The number of mobile payment users reached 502 million, and the use characteristics of offline scenes were outstanding. 463 million netizens used mobile phones to pay when they spent offline.
The number of IP addresses ranks among the top in the world, and the export bandwidth has increased substantially.
As of June 2017, the number of IPv4 addresses in China reached 338 million, and the number of IPv6 addresses reached 21,283 blocks /32 addresses, both of which ranked second in the world. The number of websites in China was 5.06 million, an increase of 4.8% in half a year; The international export bandwidth reached 7,974,779Mbps, an increase of 20.1% over the end of 2016.
Business transaction applications maintained rapid growth and promoted consumption-driven transformation and upgrading.
In the first half of 2017, business transaction applications continued to grow at a high speed, and the number of online shopping, online take-out and online travel booking users increased by 10.2%, 41.6% and 11.5% respectively. The characteristics of consumption upgrading in the online shopping market are further revealed, and user preferences are gradually shifting to quality, intelligence and new categories of consumption. At the same time, online and offline integration has expanded to data, technology, scenarios and other fields, and the huge user data resources accumulated by various platforms have been further valued.
Internet financial market tends to be standardized, and offline payment expansion is still a hot spot.
In the first half of 2017, the number of Internet wealth management users reached 126 million, with a half-year growth rate of 27.5%. Online and offline in the field of Internet wealth management are integrating their respective advantages in traffic, technology and financial products and services, and entering the development stage from confrontation to win-win cooperation. The yield of online loan wealth management products continues to decline, and the industry is developing towards standardization; The field of offline payment is still a hot spot in the market. The habit of netizens using mobile phones for online payment and settlement in offline stores such as supermarkets and convenience stores has further deepened. The proportion of netizens who have used mobile phones for online payment and settlement when shopping offline has reached 61.6%. While deepening the domestic market, online payment enterprises in China have expanded overseas markets with great market potential.
The scale of online education and online car service has maintained growth, and bike-sharing has enriched its travel modes.
As of June 2017, the scale of application users in all segments of public services has increased. Among them, the number of users of online education, online taxis, online cars or express trains reached 144 million, 278 million and 217 million respectively. The online education market is developing rapidly, and artificial intelligence technology drives industrial upgrading; The online car market has experienced a rapid expansion stage driven by capital and entered a standardized development path. The number of users in bike-sharing has reached 106 million, enriching citizens’ modes of travel, and promoting the vigorous development of the industry with technology and capital.
40th Statistical Report on Internet Development in China (full text)
The 40th Statistical Report on Internet Development in China