The 46th Statistical Report on the Development of China’s Internet released ＂Gathering Power＂ to Promote Development.
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Cctv news(Reporter He Chuan) On September 29th, China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) released the 46th Statistical Report on Internet Development in China (hereinafter referred to as the Report). The Report focuses on five aspects: Internet infrastructure, the scale and structure of netizens, the development of Internet applications, the development of Internet government affairs and Internet security, and strives to comprehensively reflect the development of China’s Internet in the first half of 2020 through multi-angle and all-round data display.
According to the Report, as of June 2020, the number of netizens in China reached 940 million, an increase of 36.25 million compared with March 2020, and the Internet penetration rate reached 67.0%, an increase of 2.5 percentage points compared with March 2020. Wu Tienan, secretary of the Party Committee and deputy director of CNNIC, pointed out that during the epidemic, China’s Internet industry showed great vitality and resilience, which not only played a key role in accurately and effectively preventing and controlling the epidemic, but also made remarkable progress in digital infrastructure, digital economy, digital benefiting the people and digital governance, and became an important force for China to meet new challenges and build a new economy.
Zhang Xiao, deputy director of CNNIC, interpreted the report and summarized the highlights of Internet development in China in the first half of 2020 from eight aspects.
"New format" helps fight the epidemic and stabilize the overall situation
In the first half of the year, online education, online medical care, telecommuting and other application services played a great role in maintaining the normal operation of social economy and stabilizing the basic needs of people’s livelihood. As of June 2020, the number of online education users in China reached 381 million, accounting for 40.5% of the total netizens; The number of online medical users reached 276 million, accounting for 29.4% of the total netizens; The number of telecommuting users reached 199 million, accounting for 21.2% of the total netizens.
The Internet has gathered and supported 623 million pieces of "health code" data shared by all localities, with a cumulative service of 600 million person-times, which has become an important innovation for this big data to support epidemic prevention and control.
"New capital construction" injection vitality amplification
In the first half of the year, the central government intensively deployed to speed up the progress of "new infrastructure" and made positive progress in many important areas: by the end of June 2020, the number of 5G terminal connections had exceeded 66 million, and three basic telecommunications companies had opened more than 400,000 5G base stations. More than 500 industrial Internet platforms with distinctive features and diverse capabilities have been cultivated in the field of industrial Internet.
By July 2020, the number of users with assigned IPv6 addresses in China reached 1.442 billion, and the number of active users with IPv6 reached 362 million. The top 100 commercial websites and applications have all supported IPv6 access.
"New economy" expands domestic demand to help transformation
By June 2020, the number of users of e-commerce live broadcast, short video and online shopping in China increased by more than 5% compared with that in March, and the number of users of e-commerce live broadcast reached 309 million, an increase of 44.3 million compared with that in March 2020, with a scale growth rate of 16.7%, making it the fastest growing personal Internet application in the first half of the year.
The number of online retail users reached 749 million, accounting for 79.7% of the total netizens. The market remained the first in the world for seven consecutive years, which provided important support for the formation of a new development pattern.
"New Huimin" Lipui helps to get rid of poverty
As of June 2020, the number of netizens in China has reached 940 million, equivalent to one-fifth of the global netizens. The Internet penetration rate is 67.0%, which is about 5 percentage points higher than the global average.
According to the data in the Report, the Internet penetration rate in rural areas was 52.3% in the first half of the year, which was 6.1 percentage points higher than that in March 2020, and the difference between urban and rural areas was reduced by 6.3 percentage points. The proportion of fiber-optic access to poor villages in China has increased from less than 70% in 2017 to 98%, and the proportion of broadband access to poor villages in deep poverty areas has increased from 25% to 98%. Network coverage in rural areas has significantly narrowed the gap between urban and rural areas. As an important means of poverty alleviation, network poverty alleviation has been increasingly understood and participated by netizens.
"New communication" storytelling creates a new style.
By June 2020, the number of users of online video (including short video) in China reached 888 million, accounting for 94.5% of the total netizens, among which short video has become a new choice for news reporting and a new standard for e-commerce platforms.
The number of users of online news is 725 million, accounting for 77.1% of the total netizens. With the help of social networking, short videos and other platforms, online news can improve communication efficiency through visualization and help anti-epidemic propaganda and reporting.
"New Tools" See the World from Zero Distance
By June 2020, the number of online payment users in China reached 805 million, an increase of 4.8% compared with March 2020, accounting for 85.7% of the total netizens.
The scale of the mobile payment market ranked first in the world for three consecutive years, which played an important role in benefiting the people during the epidemic and expanded more application scenarios of "+payment"; Instant messaging has become one of the fastest growing applications during the epidemic, with a user scale of 931 million, an increase of 34.66 million compared with March 2020.
"New service" ensures capacity and supplements supply
Affected by the epidemic, online channels have provided a new development window for the service industry. Digital services such as online take-out, online education, online car rental, online medical care and so on are booming, with the number of users reaching 409 million, 381 million, 340 million and 276 million respectively, accounting for 43.5%, 40.5%, 36.2% and 29.4% of the total netizens respectively, which not only meets the needs of netizens, but also provides assistance for the digital development of the service industry.
According to the data in the Report, new e-commerce models such as fresh e-commerce, agricultural products e-commerce and cross-border e-commerce have also maintained rapid development, with the number of users reaching 257 million, 248 million, 138 million and 61.43 million respectively. The users of online education, online medical care and telecommuting reached 381 million, 276 million and 199 million respectively.
"New Governance" Pushes Legislation for Innovation
By June 2020, the number of online government service users in China reached 773 million, accounting for 82.2% of the total netizens. The registered users of the national government service platform reached 126 million, with a total of 1.002 billion visitors and a total of 5.891 billion views.
In the first half of the year, the government governance system was continuously improved and its governance capacity was continuously improved. "People’s Republic of China (PRC) Civil Code" and "People’s Republic of China (PRC) Data Security Law (Draft)" gradually promote digital governance to have laws to follow; A multi-collaborative governance system around government, platform and society is accelerating; Online government service is becoming more and more mature, and the construction of national government service platform has achieved remarkable results.