China News Service, Beijing, September 29 (Reporter Liu Yuying) The 46th "Statistical Report on China's Internet Development Status" released on the 29th shows that in the first half of 2020, China's Internet will not only help precision epidemic prevention, but also digital infrastructure and digital infrastructure. Significant progress has been made in the areas of economy, digital benefit to the people, and digital governance.

　　The report was released by China Internet Network Information Center.

As of June 2020, the number of Chinese Internet users has reached 940 million, and the Internet penetration rate has reached 67.0%.

　　Lu Benfu, director of the Network Economy and Knowledge Management Research Center of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, said on the same day that under the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the Chinese economy was forced to stretch the "ligament" and faced new challenges in supply chain, corporate management, and business activities. .

The new business forms, new models and rapid development of digital technology in the digital economy have provided important support for enhancing the resilience of China's economic "ligaments" and promoting the formation of new economic growth points.

　　The report shows that in the first half of the year, new e-commerce models such as fresh food e-commerce, agricultural product e-commerce, cross-border e-commerce, and second-hand e-commerce maintained rapid development, with the number of users reaching 257 million, 248 million, 138 million and 61.43 million respectively. It has played a positive role in promoting the upward trend of agricultural products, driving the return of consumption and promoting the development of the idle economy.

　　Digital services are becoming a new service format.

In the first half of the year, digital services such as online food delivery, online education, online car-hailing, and online medical services developed vigorously. The number of users reached 409 million, 381 million, 340 million and 276 million, respectively. While meeting the needs of Internet users, it also contributed to the digital development of the service industry. Provided a boost.

　　China's online retail market has remained the world's number one for seven consecutive years, and the online payment market has ranked first in the world for three consecutive years.

In the first half of the year, live e-commerce and short video have formed new growth points.

　　Behind the development of the digital economy is the support of digital infrastructure.

According to Zhang Xiao, deputy director of the China Internet Network Information Center, in the first half of the year, the number of IPv6 addresses in China ranked second in the world; the total number of ".CN" domain names continued to rank first in the number of national and regional top-level domain names; the scale of 5G construction exceeded expectations. There are over 500 Internet platforms.

　　In terms of digital benefits, Wang Xiangdong, former director of the Informatization Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that the difference in Internet penetration rates in urban and rural areas has shrunk by 6.3 percentage points in the first half of the year. .

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