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More Chinese children under 10 use Internet

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2016-01-22 16:16Ecns.cn Editor: Wang Fan

互联网向低龄化人群渗透 10岁以下网民占比提升

今日,中国互联网络信息中心(CNNIC)今日发布了《第37次中国互联网络发展状况统计报告》,报告显示,截至2015年12月,中国网民男女比例为53.6:46.4,网民性别结构趋向均衡, 在年龄结构方面,与2014年底相比,10岁以下低龄群体和40岁以上中高龄群体的占比均有所提升。

(ECNS) -- Increasing numbers of children have begun using the Internet before they reach age 10, China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) announced on Friday in its latest report.

Besides, more adults over 40 years of age have joined the legion of those online in China, already the country with the largest number of Internet users in the world.

Yet those aged between 10 and 39 still comprise 75.1 percent of the overall number, CNNIC said.

The gender ratio was 53.6 percent male and 46.4 percent female last year, the report added.

Moderately educated netizens are the largest group of Internet users, but more people with lower education levels have started to surf the net, growing by 2.6 percent last year compared to 2014.

About 25.2 percent of China's middle school students tend to use the Internet, followed by freelance and office staff, which account for 22.1 percent and 15.2 percent respectively, the report stated.

Netizens with a monthly pay between 2,001 to 3,000 yuan ($304 to $456) and 3,001 to 5,000 yuan are also a high proportion of Internet users, accounting for 18.4 percent and 23.4 percent respectively.

The number of people using the Internet in China rose to 688 million by the end of last year, a 2.4 percent increase from 2014, some 50.3 percent of the total population, it was noted.

  

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