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Chinese web surfers rise to 360 million

(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2009-11-02 18:04

The number of Chinese visiting Web sites reached 360 million by the end of September, according to statistics from the "2009 China Internet Conference" in Beijing, Xinhuanet.com reported Monday.

There are 3.2 million websites located in China, with international bandwidth reaching 730G. Mobile Internet users rose to 192 million, up 62.7 percent over the same period last year, said Li Yizhong, minster of Industry and Information.

The number of telephones surpasses 1 billion, with fixed-line users totaling 324 million and mobile users comprising 720 million, according to the report.

The China Internet Conference started in 2002 and meets annually.