China's Internet users hit 221 mln, rank world's first
24/4/2008 16:56
The Internet population in China reached 221 million by the end of
February, which outnumbered the figure in the United States to rank the first in
the world, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information.
The number
was 210 million by the end of last year, only 5 million fewer than the US
Internet users then, according to the China Internet Network Information Center
(CNNIC).
Despite rapidly increasing Internet population, the proportion of
Internet users among the total population was still lower than the global
average level, the ministry said, without giving specific figures.
The
proportion was 16 percent at the end of 2007, compared with 19.1 percent of the
world average, the CNNIC said.
Xinhua
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