CNNIC Releases the 49th Statistical Report on the Development of Internet in China

The existing administrative villages in China have fully realized the "broadband connection in villages", and the problem of communication difficulties in poor areas has been historically solved. China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) released the 49th Statistical Report on the Development of Internet in China (hereinafter referred to as "the Report") in Beijing. According to the Report, as of December 2021, the size of China's Internet users reached 1.032 billion, an increase of 42.96 million over December 2020, and the Internet penetration rate reached 73.0%. Network infrastructure fully completed, industrial Internet has made positive progress The Report shows that in terms of network infrastructure resources, as of December 2021, the total number of domain names in China reached 35.93 million, and the number of IPv6 addresses reached 63,052/32, representing a year-on-year increase of 9.4%; the proportion of IPv6 traffic in mobile communication networks has reached 35.15%. In the information and communication industry, as of December 2021, the cumulative number of 5G base stations built and opened reached 1.425 million, and the annual number of new 5G base stations reached 654,000; there are more than 150 industrial Internet platforms with national influence, and the total number of access devices exceeds 76 million sets; more than 2,000 "5G+industrial Internet" projects are under construction nationwide; industrial Internet and 5G The integration and innovative application of industrial Internet and 5G in key industries of national economy has been accelerated. Steady growth in the size of Internet users, accelerating the integration of rural and elderly groups into the network society According to the Report, the overall size of China's Internet users will continue to grow in 2021. First, the gap between urban and rural Internet access continues to narrow. China's existing administrative villages have been fully realized "village to village broadband", and the problem of communication difficulties in poor areas has been historically resolved. The number of rural Internet users in China has reached 284 million, and the Internet penetration rate in rural areas is 57.6%, an increase of 1.7 percentage points compared with December 2020, with the difference in Internet penetration rate between urban and rural areas narrowing by 0.2 percentage points compared with December 2020. Second, the integration of the elderly into the network society is accelerated. Thanks to the continuous promotion of the Internet application ageing transformation action, the demand of the elderly groups to connect to the Internet, Internet access, use the Internet vitality further stimulated. As of December 2021, the number of elderly Internet users aged 60 and above in China reached 119 million, and the Internet penetration rate reached 43.2%. The proportion of elderly Internet users who can independently complete online activities such as presenting health codes/travel cards, purchasing daily necessities and searching for information has reached 69.7%, 52.1% and 46.2% respectively. The total length of Internet users' time on the Internet has been growing, and the use of Internet devices has been diversified. The Report shows that the Internet usage behavior of Chinese Internet users is showing new characteristics: First, the per capita length of time spent on the Internet has been growing. As of December 2021, the average Internet user in China spent 28.5 hours per week on the Internet, up 2.3 hours from December 2020, and the Internet is deeply integrated into people's daily lives. Second, the use of Internet terminals has become more diversified. As of December 2021, 99.7% of China's Internet users used cell phones to access the Internet, which remained the most important device for accessing the Internet; 35.0%, 33.0%, 28.1% and 27.4% of Internet users used desktop computers, notebook computers, TVs and tablet computers to access the Internet respectively. Instant communication and other applications are widely popular, and online medical and office users are the fastest growing The Report shows that the size of China's Internet application users will maintain steady growth in 2021. First, real-time communication and other applications have basically achieved popularity. As of December 2021, among Internet users, the utilization rate of instant communication, network video and short video users were 97.5%, 94.5% and 90.5% respectively, with the user scale reaching 1.007 billion, 975 million and 934 million respectively. Secondly, online office and online medical applications maintained a relatively rapid growth. As of December 2021, the user size of online office and online medical applications reached 469 million and 298 million respectively, with a year-on-year growth of 35.7% and 38.7% respectively, making them the two fastest growing applications in terms of user size. The number of users reached 544 million and 453 million respectively. China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) released the 49th Statistical Report on the Development of China's Internet Network (hereinafter referred to as "the Report") in Beijing. The Report focuses on six aspects, including Internet infrastructure construction, the size and structure of Internet users, Internet applications, industrial Internet, Internet administrative services and Internet security, and aims to reflect the overall situation of China's Internet development in 2021 through a multi-faceted and comprehensive data presentation. Information and Communication Network Construction Steadily Advances, Industrial Internet Makes Positive Progress Huang clarified that 2021 is the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, the opening year of the 14th Five-Year Plan, and a critical period for building a strong network and digital China, and promoting the high-quality development of the information and communications industry. As a strategic, fundamental and pioneering industry to support economic and social development, the information and communication industry has achieved leapfrog development in recent years. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the "14th Five-Year Plan for the Development of Information and Communication Industry", which provides solid guarantee for promoting the high-quality development of the information and communication industry. 49th Report published by CNNIC shows that the information and communication network construction in China has been steadily progressing, and the industrial Internet has made positive progress. Firstly, the information and communication industry has achieved leap-forward development, providing powerful new momentum for economic and social development. The number of cell phone base stations to maintain growth, 5G network construction is steadily advancing. As of December 2021, the total number of cell phone base stations in China reached 9.96 million, with a cumulative total of 1.425 million 5G base stations completed and opened, and the number of new 5G base stations reached 654,000 for the year. The scale of cell phone users increased steadily, and the scale of 5G users expanded rapidly. As of December 2021, the total number of cell phone subscribers reached 1.643 billion, including 355 million 5G cell phone subscribers. The number of fixed broadband access users grew steadily, and the number of gigabit users increased steadily. As of December 2021, the total number of fixed Internet broadband access subscribers of the three basic telecommunications enterprises reached 536 million, a net increase of 52.24 million over the end of the previous year. Among them, the number of fixed Internet broadband access users with access rates of 1000Mbps and above reached 34.56 million, a net increase of 28.16 million over the end of the previous year. Second, the development of China's industrial Internet steadily progressed, and the application of "5G + industrial Internet" developed deeply. The role of the network foundation, platform hub, data elements and security of the industrial Internet has further emerged. The construction of network system has continued to advance, basic telecommunication enterprises have accelerated the construction of external network, industrial enterprises have advanced the transformation and upgrading of internal network, five national top nodes have been completed and are running steadily; the vertical and deep scope of platform system has continued to expand, more than 150 industrial Internet platforms with national influence have been established, and the total amount of access equipment has exceeded 76 million sets; data convergence and empowerment have begun to bear fruit, and the National Industrial Internet Data Center has The systemic layout covering Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Yangtze River Delta, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao-Great Bay Area, and Chengdu-Chongqing twin-city economic circle has been formed; the security system has been continuously improved, the top-level design has been improved, and the threat monitoring and information reporting and disposal have been strengthened. "5G+industrial Internet" accelerates the construction of new infrastructure, application models and industrial ecology that are deeply integrated with the industrial economy. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology promotes relevant units to draw on the two batches of "5G+Industrial Internet" twenty typical scenarios and ten key industry application practices that have been released, to closely follow the needs of industry sectors, to explore more application scenarios, and to promote the deep integration of "5G+Industrial Internet" with the real economy. At present, it has achieved significant application results in electronic equipment manufacturing, equipment manufacturing, steel, mining, electricity and other industries, and is playing a greater role in promoting the development of China's digital economy. Accelerating the development of digital government construction, helping to promote the modernization of national governance The "14th Five-Year Plan" outlines the need to "promote the construction of a strong network country, accelerate the construction of a digital economy, digital society and digital government, and drive changes in the modes of production, life and governance with digital transformation as a whole," said Wang Yimin, director of the Center for E-Government Research at the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (National School of Administration) and deputy director of the National E-Government Expert Committee. The company's online government service development has moved from the unidirectional service stage, which is mainly information service, to the overall service stage, which is characterized by cross-regional, cross-department and cross-level integrated government service. The national integrated administrative service platform is becoming an important means to innovate administrative management, optimize the business environment and become an important channel to serve the people. First, the construction of digital government accelerated, the modernization of China's national governance capacity continues to improve. Big data, cloud computing, mobile Internet, Internet of things, artificial intelligence and other new technologies are constantly applied to the government governance process, the national government digital transformation work is steadily carried out, administrative services platform, supervision platform and the national credit system has been formed. The construction of digital government has become a key grip to realize the digital transformation of the government, drive high-quality innovative development of the economy and society, and promote the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity. The development models such as Zhejiang's "most run once" reform, Jiangsu's "invisible approval (service)" reform, and Shanghai's "one network through the office" reform have effectively solved the problems of difficult, slow and troublesome for the public and enterprises, driving the accelerated development of Internet-based administrative services from point to point and from shallow to deep. The second is the significant improvement of the capacity of integrated administrative services, which has become a typical feature of China's digital government construction at this stage. The first thing is that the government has to do with the public, and it has to focus on the problems of blockages and difficulties of online work, and the problems of "urgent difficulties and worries", and it has to make efforts to improve the level of service and the efficiency of service, so as to write the answer sheet of people's livelihood for the benefit of the people. The national integrated administrative service platform has more than 1 billion real-name users, including more than 400 million registered users of the national administrative service platform, with a total usage of 36.82 billion people, providing identity verification services to local departments for more than 2.9 billion times, and increasing the satisfaction and sense of access of the public. Thirdly, the construction of the national government service platform continues to be effective, effectively stimulating market vitality and promoting the business environment to improve quality and standards. In order to thoroughly implement the deployment requirements of the Central Economic Work Conference and the State Council Standing Committee Meeting on helping market entities, especially small and medium-sized enterprises and individual entrepreneurs, to reduce their burden and alleviate their difficulties and resume development, in 2021, the nationwide integrated administrative service platform was put online as the "special area for helping enterprises to alleviate their difficulties", collecting 1,262 policies from localities and departments on helping enterprises to alleviate their difficulties, and enriching 1,154 services at each end continuously. The "Enterprise Assistance and Relief Services Zone" has been improved to promote the precise matching, personalized pushing and one-stop processing of enterprise assistance and relief policies, forming a closed loop of management for enquiry, processing, feedback and improvement of enterprise assistance and relief policies, promoting the ease of handling of various office services, allowing enterprises to enjoy policies and services more quickly, conveniently and precisely, which is generally welcomed by enterprises and the public. New features of Internet use by minors, network protection mechanism gradually established The 49th CNNIC Report focused on the Internet use of minors in China in the form of special topics, and found the following three main features The following three main features were found. First, in terms of urban-rural differences, the Internet penetration rate of minors has basically leveled off. The Internet penetration rate of minors in China reached 95.0% in urban areas and 94.7% in rural areas, which is basically the same now. However, in terms of the depth and breadth of Internet application, there is still a big difference between urban and rural minors. The proportion of urban Internet minors using applications with strong social attributes such as search engines, social networking sites, news and shopping is obviously higher, while rural Internet minors prefer to use leisure and entertainment applications such as short video, animation or comics. Second, in terms of Internet access devices, new smart terminals are rapidly gaining popularity among the underage group. As the primary Internet access device for minors, the proportion of cell phone ownership among this group has reached 65.0%. In addition, as a representative product of new smart terminals, the ownership rate of smart watches among underage Internet users has reached 25.3%. With the increasing maturity of smart devices, 5G and other related industries, new smart devices such as smart watches and smart desk lamps are rapidly becoming popular among minors. Third, the protection of rights and interests, the relevant policies have been released to enhance the protection of the rights and interests of minors online. In September 2021, the State Council issued the "Outline of China's Children's Development (2021-2030)", which calls for strengthening the protection of minors' networks and implementing the responsibility of government, enterprises, schools, families and society to protect them. In addition, the State Press and Publication Administration issued the Notice on Further Strict Management to Prevent Minors from Getting Hooked on Online Games, which strictly limits the time that enterprises can provide online game services to minors. In the next step, it is still necessary to gather the strength of all sectors of the society, strengthen scientific popularization and publicity and education, and jointly create a good online cultural atmosphere for minors.