Internet Development in Chinese Mainland
Wang Enhai
2003-09-26
Contents
History of the Internet in China Introduction of CNNIC Internet Development in Chinese Mainland Survey Methodology History of the Internet in China Introduction of CNNIC Internet Development in Chinese Mainland Survey MethodologyHistory of the Internet in China
In September 1987, China sent out first email:Across the Great Wall we can reach every corner in the world.
In December 1988, the college network of Tsinghua University began to provide email service through X.25 In October 1989, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) carried out NCFC projectNational Computing and Networking Facility of China
History of the Internet in China
In November 1990, Prof. Qian Tianbai registered the Country Code Top-Level Domain .CN On April 20, 1994, NCFC connected to the InternetSince then, China has been officially recognized as a country with full functional Internet accessibility.
In May 1994, the High Energy Physics Institute, CAS, set up China's first web serverand made the first set of web pages
In May 1994, the National Research Center for Intelligent Computing Systems opened the first BBS in Chinese mainland00Dawn BBS
History of the Internet in China
In January 1995, Directorate General of Telecommunications began to provide Internet accessing servicesFrom then on, the Internet began its commercialization process in China
In November 1996, China00 first Internet caf茅 was set up in Beijing- Spark-ice
On June 3, 1997, CNNIC was foundedChina Internet Network Information Center
History of the Internet in China Introduction of CNNIC Internet Development in Chinese Mainland Survey Methodology
Introduction of CNNIC
Founded on June 3, 1997 A nonprofit organization Under the authorization and direction of the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) Operated by Computer Network Information Center, CAS CNNIC Steering Committee supervises and evaluates the construction, operation and performance of CNNICIntroduction of CNNIC
Computer Network Information Center, CAS
CNNIC
Steering Committee
Ministry of Information Industry (Telecommunication Administrative Bureau)
Chinese Academy of Sciences锛0AS锛0/b>
CNNIC
Introduction of CNNIC
Domain Name Registry Services
.CN (ccTLD) domain name & Chinese domain name
Management of other Internet ResourcesInternet keyword, ENUM, IP address distribution, autonomous system numbers
Directory servicesWhois Database
Information Servicethe statistical survey information of the Internet in China
00hina Internet Development Report00
International Communication and Cooperation Research and DevelopmentTasks of CNNIC:
Introduction of CNNIC
Departments of CNNIC:
Technology Department Information Service Department Customer Service Department Administration Office The number of staff is about 60. History of the Internet in China Introduction of CNNIC Internet Development in Chinese Mainland Survey MethodologyInternet Development in Chinese Mainland
Appointed by Chinese government, CNNIC publishes Statistical Survey Report On the Internet Development In China twice a year since Oct. 1997 12 Reports had been published by July. 2003. The reports are highly acknowledged by Chinese government and the society. The information about China00 Internet in the world are all from our survey reports.Internet Development in Chinese Mainland
The data below is from our latest survey report The closing date is June 30, 2003 All of the survey reports are available on our website:http://www.cnnic.cn/
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Increasing of Internet users (million)
* CNNIC defines the Internet user as Chinese citizen
who use the Internet at least one hour a week.
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The number of China00 Internet users has taken the second place in the world, just behind USA.
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Internet users of different access methods (million):
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Increasing of Broad Band Internet users (million)
* Broad band connection includes ADSL, cable modem, etc.
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Increasing of Computer Hosts (million)
* Computer Host: Refers to a computer through which
at least one person had accessed the Internet.
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Increasing of CN Domain Names (thousand)
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Increasing of WWW Websites (thousand)
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Top 5 provinces
in Geographic Distribution of WWW Websites (%)
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Increasing of Bandwidth connecting to overseas (Mbps)
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Number of IPv4 Addresses:
Chinese Mainland:32,084,480 i.e. 1A + 233B +146 C
Taiwan: 12,553,984 i.e. 191B + 143C Hong Kong : 3,642,624 i.e. 55B +149C Macao: 45,056 i.e. 176C(Source: www.apnic.org)
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Internet users00Sex: Male - 60.1%, Female - 39.9%
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Internet users00Age:
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Internet users00Marital Status:
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Internet users00Educational Degree:
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Main Access Locations (results of multiple choices):
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Time of users00logon (%, Multiple Choices):
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Average Accessing Time: 13 Hours / Week E-mail Received :Excluding Spam: 7.2 / week
Spam Received: 8.9 / week
Mails Sent: 5.3 / week
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Monthly Access Expenditure (RMB) :
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Have you ever purchased goods or services through online shopping websites? Yes 40.7% No 59.3% To those who play online games,Gaming time per week: 9.9 Hours
What do users do with the Internet?
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The Internet develops very fast in China. (Especially in fields of Internet users, computer hosts, websites, etc.) Chinese Internet users are mainly young (under 24),male,unmarried, and with comparatively lower educational degree(high school) Most people use the Internet at home by dial-up connection Number of broad band users increases fastConclusion:
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Conclusion:
Primary goal for accessing the Internet is to get information Time spent on Internet is increasing People spend more time on online entertainment, especially on online games Applications on Internet develop fast, such as E-government, E-commerce, etc. More and more people begin to purchase goods through the Internet History of the Internet in China Introduction of CNNIC Internet Development in Chinese Mainland Survey MethodologySurvey Methodology
Sampling (Main Method):- focus on the total number of domestic Internet users and the characteristics of their behaviors
Online Survey (Assistant Method):- focus on Internet users00understanding of the situation, custom of accessing the Internet and their views on some hot issues
Online Searching (Assistant Method):- Search for the CN domain names, websites and their region distribution
Survey Methodology
Put the questionnaire on many websites, encouraging Internet users to fill in and submit. The statistical result of Online Survey is just a reference, and is distinguished from the sampling result in the report.
Online Survey :
Survey Methodology
Survey Objects:- People who have telephones in their homes (age 6+)
Sample quantity:- In order to ensure the precision of the statistics, we chose 4,800 samples in the whole country.
Samples Distribution:1 Distribute the total samples into 31 provinces (only on Chinese mainland), according to the percentage of people who have family telephone.
2 In each province, we sample 7 cities with PPS method according to the number of telephones in each city.
3 Then each city will get its number of samples:
(Number of province samples) / 7
Sampling:
Survey Methodology
4 In each city, we randomly sample telephone numbers with the exact quantity.
5 Then we dial all the sample numbers, ask the person who answers the telephone about our questionnaires, and write down corresponding answers whether he is a Internet user or not.
6 When all the samples in each city and each province finish the questionnaires, we calculate and use weighting method to obtain the final survey result of the whole country.
Sampling:
Survey Methodology
In some aspects, situations in each province and each city are different, so we adopt different approaches to deal with them respectively.
For more detailed and complicated information, please refer to our survey report or our website:
http://www.cnnic.cn/
Thank you锛0/b>
wangeh@cnnic.cn
