China News Service, May 13th, China Internet Network Information Center website released on the 13th "2019 National Internet Use Research Report for Minors" (hereinafter referred to as "Report"), "Report" shows that primary school students engage in chatting The proportion of various socialized activities such as social networking sites, Weibo, forums, news, shopping, etc. are significantly lower than those of other academic degrees, and there has been a significant increase since junior high school.
On May 13, 2020, the Communist Youth League Central Department for the Protection of Youth Rights and Interests and the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) jointly released the "2019 National Internet Research Report on Minors.
The "Report" is based on a sample survey of 34,661 students in elementary, junior high, high school and secondary vocational schools in 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) nationwide. In other respects, it shows the current characteristics of the Internet usage and online life status of minors in China.
The "Report" shows that Internet use by minors in China has become quite popular. "Report" shows that in 2019, the scale of China's minor Internet users is 175 million, and the Internet penetration rate of minors has reached 93.1%. The digital gap between urban and rural minors has been further bridged, with the Internet penetration rate of urban minors reaching 93.9% and rural minors reaching 90.3%. The difference between the two groups has fallen to 3.6 percentage points from 5.4 percentage points in 2018.
"Report" pointed out that junior high school is a critical period for the formation of minor online social attributes. The survey found that the proportion of primary school students engaged in various social activities such as chatting, using social networking sites, visiting Weibo, visiting forums, watching news, shopping, etc. was significantly lower than that of other academic grades, and there has been a significant increase since junior high school. For example, the proportion of junior high school students chatting online and using social networking sites to check or reply to their friend status increased by 31.5 and 29.8 percentage points respectively compared with primary school students.