China  Internet  Watch  Feb  2011  

China Internet Users by Numbers  

China Internet Users by 2010: 457 million, up 19.1%

Broadband users: 450 million, up 30%

Broadband penetration rate is 98.3% but the average Internet connection speed is

only 100.9KB/s, far below the world average 230.4KB/s.

Mobile Internet Users: 303 million (66% of total Internet users)

19 provinces each has over 10 million Internet users  

1.  Beijing  2.  Shanghai  3.  Guangdong  4.  Zhejiang  5.  Tianjin  6.  Fujian  7.  Liaoning  

8.  Jiangsu  9.  Xinjiang  10. Shanxi  11. Shandong  12. Hainan  13. Chongqing  14. Shaanxi  

Tier 1: Internet Penetration Rate > 34.3%

28.7%  <  Tier  2  <  34.3%  1.  Qinghai  2.  Hubei  3.  Jilin  4.  Hebei  5.  Inner  Mongolia  

6.  Heilongjiang  

Tier  3  <  28.7%  1.  Ningxia  2.  Xizang  3.  Hunan  4.  Henan  5.  Guangxi  6.  Gansu  7.  Sichuan  8.  Anhui  9.  Yunnan  10.  Jiangxi  11.  Guizhou  

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On average, China internet users spend 18.3 hours per week on internet access; or, 2.6 hours per day.

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