時事新聞:中國網民人數達到3.38億
【英文原文】
摘要：中國互聯網絡信息中心(CNNIC)最新發布的報告顯示，截至6月30日，中國網民總人數達到3.38億人，較2008年底增長13.4%。該中心是中國政府下屬的一家互聯網研究機構。
The total number of China’s Internet users reached 338 million as of June 30, representing a 13.4% increase from the end of 2008, according to the latest report by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), a government-affiliated Web research organization. (The full report in Chinese is here in pdf format). 中國互聯網絡信息中心
Some other highlights from the report:
As much as 94% of the Internet population─about 320 million people─ use broadband connections to access the Web. However, broadband Internet speeds lag far behind more developed countries.
Over 80% of Internet users surf the Web at home. The number of people going Internet cafes decrease by 7% since end of 2008. Only 5% of the Internet population accesses the Internet from the workplace.
The Internet penetration rate reached 25.5% as of June 30, up from 22.6% at the end of last year. While this puts China above the global average of around 24%, China’s Internet penetration rate remains low compared to developed countries (the U.S., for example, has a penetration rate of around 75%).
The number of people who surf the Web on their mobile phones hit 155 million, representing 46% of the overall Internet population. The number of mobile Internet users is likely to see further growth in the coming years with the launch of the third-generation (3G) mobile phone networks in China, CNNIC said.
By June 2008, China had passed the United States to become the world’s largest Internet market by number of users. But with the total number of Web users in China reaching a critical mass, the rate of growth has slowed a bit. Liu Bing, director of CNNIC’s research and development department, forecast a 6% to 7% yearly increase in China’s online penetration rate in the coming years.
The report also notes that the global economic slowdown does not seem to be having a big impact on China’s Internet, but that Internet safety remains a major obstacle to the substantial development of the China’s online market.
【中文譯文】
中國互聯網絡信息中心(CNNIC)最新發布的報告顯示，截至6月30日，中國網民總人數達到3.38億人，較2008年底增長13.4%。該中心是中國政府下屬的一家互聯網研究機構。
這份報告的其他要點包括：
寬帶網民規模達到3.2億人，佔網民總人數的94%。但中國的寬帶接入速度遠遠落後於更發達的國家。
超過80%的網民在家上網。在網吧上網的網民比例較2008年末下降7個百分點，只有5%的網民在工作單位上網。
截至6月30日，中國互聯網的普及率達25.5%，高於去年末的22.6%。雖然中國的互聯網普及率已經高於約24%的全球平均水平，但仍低於發達國家的水平(例如美國的互聯網普及率約爲75%)。
中國用手機上網的總人數達到1.55億人，佔網民總數的46%。中國互聯網絡信息中心說，隨着第三代(3G)移動電話網絡在中國的推出，預計用手機上網的人數在未來幾年還會增長。
截至2008年6月，中國已超過美國成爲世界上網民人數最多的國家。但由於中國網民總數正在接近一個重要的臨界點，因此網民增長率已有所放緩。中國互聯網絡信息中心互聯網發展研究部主任劉冰預計，未來幾年中國互聯網普及率每年將增長6%至7%。
雖然這份報告也指出，全球經濟增長放緩似乎沒有對中國互聯網產生重大影響，但互聯網安全依然是阻礙中國互聯網市場迅速發展的主要障礙。
