China and the Internet: Busting Myths and Highlighting Realities

Common Myths

China has a great firewall

Doesn’t the US dominate the number of Internet users?

Fast Facts Up to June, 2010, the number of net citizens in China has reached 420 million

The number of broadband net citizens has reached 364 million

The number of mobile net citizens in China has reached 277 million

The weekly online time of net citizens is 19.8 hours

The growth rate of users for online payment, web shopping and e-banking was 30%

The number of Chinese websites is 2.79 million

26th Statistical Report on Internet Development in China (July, 2010)

420 Million Chinese Internet Users

183 Million Qzone Users 40 Million

Xiaonei Users

30 Million kaixin001 Users

QQ

Facebook

Orkut

hi5

Friendster

Wretch

Mixi

Cyworld

Zing

Asia’s dominant social networks

Really…does China have a rich ecosystem of social media?

Google

Baidu

Yahoo

Naver

Asia’s range of search engines

71% 22% 7%

Market Share of Search in China

Online Activities

Chinese netizens are engaged in creating/sharing content

March 2009, Asia Social Technographics – Forrester Research

How are Chinese accessing the Internet?

26th Statistical Report on Internet Development in China (July, 2010)

More cool facts….

26th Statistical Report on Internet Development in China (July, 2010)

Number of bloggers is 231 million

The number of net citizens who use social networking websites has reached 210 million. There have been 34.55 million newly-added users in the first half of 2010.

The web game users is 296 million

The number of web video users has reached 265 million

Is the Myth Confirmed or Busted?

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