Internet users in China
Around 32 percent of the Internet users in China are students, while last year nearly 94 million citizens logged on(登录) as users, a new survey has shown.
Numbers show an overall growth of 18.2 per cent this year, according to a report released(发表) by the China Internet Network Information Centre last Wednesday.
Students were the largest group of Net users. Professionals accounted for(占) 12 percent and 9 percent were working in the business and service sectors(部门), the report said.
It also found that more users are relying on(依靠) the Web to get information. About 6.3 percent of those surveyed said they use it as an educational tool.
Email services, news sites and search engines were given as the top sites for users. Nearly nine out of ten users say email is the most important function of the Internet. About 65 percent of them believe that reading news is the second most important function the Internet provides.
Nearly 68 percent of users say they use the Internet at home, while about 40 percent use it in the office, Internet bars and at school.
More than half of all Internet users are below the age of 25. And males account for more than 60 percent of them.
However, the number of people using cyberbank(网络银行) services failed to rise by much because of safety. Only 5 percent said they use the service in their daily lives.
But Wang Gang, manager of the Industrial and Commercial Bank(工商银行) of China's Cyberbank Section, is optimistic(乐观的). He believes the coming 10 years will become a “golden” cyberbank time in China.
