According to the official website of the China Internet Network Information Center, the 49th Statistical Report on the Development of China's Internet Network (hereinafter referred to as the "Report") was released in Beijing on February 25. According to the report, as of December 2021, the scale of mainland Internet users reached 1.032 billion, the Internet penetration rate reached 73.0%, and the average weekly Internet time of mainland Internet users reached 28.5 hours.
The network infrastructure has been fully completed The industrial Internet has made positive progress
The "Report" shows that in terms of network basic resources, as of December 2021, the total number of mainland domain names reached 35.93 million, and the number of IPv6 addresses reached 63,052 blocks/32, an increase of 9.4% year-on-year; the proportion of IPv6 traffic in mobile communication networks has reached 35.15%.
In the information and communication industry, as of December 2021, the cumulative number of 5G base stations built and opened has reached 1.425 million, and the number of new 5G base stations has reached 654,000 throughout the year; the number of industrial Internet platforms with national influence has exceeded 150, the total number of access devices has exceeded 76 million sets, more than 2,000 "5G + industrial Internet" projects are under construction nationwide, and the integration and innovative application of industrial Internet and 5G in key industries of the national economy has been accelerating.
The scale of netizens has increased steadily, and the rural and elderly groups have accelerated their integration into the network society
The "Report" shows that the overall scale of mainland Netizens will continue to grow in 2021.
First, the gap between urban and rural access to the Internet continues to narrow. The existing administrative villages on the mainland have fully realized the "broadband connection between villages and villages", and the problems of communication difficulties in poor areas have been historically solved. The scale of rural Internet users in mainland China has reached 284 million, the Internet penetration rate in rural areas is 57.6%, an increase of 1.7 percentage points over December 2020, and the difference in Internet penetration rate in urban and rural areas is 0.2 percentage points smaller than in December 2020.
Second, the elderly group has accelerated its integration into the network society. Thanks to the continuous promotion of the Transformation of Internet Applications for Aging, the vitality of the demand for the elderly to connect, access the Internet and use the Internet has been further stimulated. As of December 2021, the number of elderly Internet users aged 60 and above in mainland China reached 119 million, and the Internet penetration rate reached 43.2%. The proportion of elderly netizens who share the fruits of information development with other age groups and can independently complete online activities such as showing health codes/itinerary cards, purchasing daily necessities and finding information has reached 69.7%, 52.1% and 46.2% respectively.
The total time spent on the Internet by netizens has maintained growth The use of Internet equipment has shown diversification
The "Report" shows that the Internet use behavior of mainland netizens has shown new characteristics:
First, the per capita internet time has maintained growth. As of December 2021, mainland Netizens spent 28.5 hours per week online, an increase of 2.3 hours from December 2020, and the Internet is deeply integrated into people's daily lives.
Second, the use of Internet terminal equipment is more diversified. As of December 2021, 99.7% of mainland Netizens use mobile phones to access the Internet, and mobile phones are still the most important devices for internet access; the proportion of Internet users using desktop computers, laptops, TVs and tablets is 35.0%, 33.0%, 28.1% and 27.4% respectively.
Instant messaging and other applications are widely used Online medical and office users are growing the fastest
The "Report" shows that the scale of Internet application users in mainland China will maintain steady growth in 2021.
First, applications such as instant messaging have basically achieved popularity. As of December 2021, among netizens, the user usage rate of instant messaging, online video and short video was 97.5%, 94.5% and 90.5% respectively, and the user scale reached 1.007 billion, 975 million and 934 million, respectively.
Second, online office, online medical and other applications to maintain rapid growth. As of December 2021, the scale of online office and online medical users reached 469 million and 298 million, respectively, an increase of 35.7% and 38.7% year-on-year, respectively, becoming the two types of applications with the fastest growth in user scale; the growth rate of online takeaway and online ride-hailing users followed closely behind, with a year-on-year increase of 29.9% and 23.9%, respectively, and the user scale reached 544 million and 453 million, respectively.
Source: People's Daily News