Zhongxin Finance, February 25. On the 25th, the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) released the 49th "Statistical Report on the Development of China's Internet" (hereinafter referred to as "Report").

The "Report" shows that as of December 2021, the number of netizens in my country reached 1.032 billion, an increase of 42.96 million compared with December 2020, and the Internet penetration rate reached 73.0%.

Applications such as instant messaging have basically achieved popularization.

The network infrastructure has been fully completed, and the Industrial Internet has made positive progress

  The "Report" shows that in terms of basic network resources, as of December 2021, the total number of domain names in my country has reached 35.93 million, and the number of IPv6 addresses has reached 63,052 blocks/32, a year-on-year increase of 9.4%; the proportion of IPv6 traffic on mobile communication networks has reached 35.15% .

In terms of the information and communication industry, as of December 2021, a total of 1.425 million 5G base stations have been built and opened, and 654,000 new 5G base stations have been added throughout the year; there have been more than 150 industrial Internet platforms with national influence, with The total number of imported equipment exceeds 76 million sets, and there are more than 2,000 "5G+Industrial Internet" projects under construction across the country. The integration and innovation of industrial Internet and 5G in key industries of the national economy is accelerating.

The scale of netizens has grown steadily, and rural and elderly groups have accelerated their integration into the online society

  The "Report" shows that the overall scale of netizens in my country will continue to grow in 2021.

First, the gap between urban and rural Internet access continued to narrow.

my country's existing administrative villages have fully realized "broadband access to every village", and problems such as communication difficulties in poverty-stricken areas have been historically solved.

The number of rural netizens in my country has reached 284 million, and the Internet penetration rate in rural areas is 57.6%, an increase of 1.7 percentage points from December 2020.

The second is the accelerated integration of the elderly into the network society.

Benefiting from the continuous advancement of the transformation of Internet applications for aging, the vitality of the needs of the elderly to connect to the Internet, surf the Internet, and use the Internet has been further stimulated.

As of December 2021, the number of elderly netizens aged 60 and above in my country has reached 119 million, and the Internet penetration rate has reached 43.2%.

The elderly group shares the achievements of informatization development with other age groups, and the proportion of elderly netizens who can independently complete online activities such as showing health codes/travel cards, purchasing daily necessities and searching for information has reached 69.7%, 52.1% and 46.2% respectively.

The total time spent online by netizens continued to grow, and the use of Internet devices showed a diversification

  The "Report" shows that the Internet usage behavior of Chinese netizens presents new characteristics: First, the per capita online time keeps increasing.

As of December 2021, the per capita online time of Chinese netizens reached 28.5 hours per week, an increase of 2.3 hours compared with December 2020. The Internet is deeply integrated into people's daily lives.

Second, the use of Internet terminal equipment is more diverse.

As of December 2021, the proportion of Internet users using mobile phones to access the Internet reached 99.7%, and mobile phones are still the most important device for Internet access; the proportion of Internet users using desktop computers, laptop computers, TVs and tablet computers to access the Internet is 35.0%, 33.0%, 28.1% and 27.4%.

Applications such as instant messaging are widely popularized, with online medical and office users growing the fastest

  The "Report" shows that in 2021, the scale of Internet application users in my country will maintain steady growth.

First, instant messaging and other applications have basically achieved popularization.

As of December 2021, among netizens, the utilization rates of instant messaging, online video, and short video users were 97.5%, 94.5%, and 90.5%, respectively, and the number of users reached 1.007 billion, 975 million, and 934 million, respectively.

Second, applications such as online office and online medical care maintained rapid growth.

As of December 2021, the number 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 scale of users of online food delivery and online car-hailing The growth rate followed closely, with a year-on-year increase of 29.9% and 23.9% respectively, and the number of users reached 544 million and 453 million respectively.

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