Chinese Internet User Base Expands

WASHINGTON, July 26, 2010 – According to Chinese industry association China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), the number of internet users in China will increase to 420 million by the end of 2010.

WASHINGTON, July 26, 2010 – According to Chinese industry association China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), the number of internet users in China will increase to 420 million by the end of 2010. This marks a 9.4% increase in internet usage in China. While the vast majority of these users used broadband fixed line access modules (86.6%), a growing percentage of Chinese internet users are making the transition also using to mobile handsets (65.9%). China currently enjoys a total bandwidth of 998.217Gbps for international internet connections, with China Telecom responsible for 616.703Gbps, China Unicom 330.599Gbps, China Mobile 30.559Gbps, CSTNet 10.422Gbps and CERNET 9.932Gbps.