(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — A little more than a year ago China surpassed the US in its number of web users, becoming the world’s largest Internet-using population. Now, China has surpassed the US population in number, as more Chinese access the web through mobile phones.
Despite government efforts to block users from pornography and subversive material, China had 338 million Internet users at the end of June, according to Chinese government data released Thursday. The number users who watched online videos rose 10 percent in the past six months. Also, more than a fourth of users now shop online.
The China Internet Network Information Center’s report also states that China’s .cn top-level domain leads the world in registered domains with nearly 13 million.
China expects its web population to steadily grow by 18 percent per year, reaching 490 million by 2012.
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