China now has 772 million internet users according to a report published by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) today (in Chinese).
Growth rates of internet users have remained steady. During 2017, a total of 40.74 million new netizens were added with a growth rate of 5.6%. Internet penetration rates have reached 55.8% in China, more than the global average (51.7%) and the average rates for Asia (46.7%).
The number of mobile phone users in China has reached an impressive 753 million. Unsurprisingly, mobile phone use was up while everything else was down including desktop computers, laptops, and tablets. One small exception was television which saw a minor increase in usage. The proportion of internet users using mobile phones rose from 95.1% in 2016 to 97.5% in 2017.
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