The number of China's Internet users reached 485 million by the end of June, 2011, increasing by 27.7 million from the end of 2010, according to the 28th Statistical Report on Internet Development in China, published by China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) on July 19, 2011.

China's population of micro blog users has seen an explosive growth, 208.9 percent since the end of 2010, from 63.11 million to 195 million, becoming the fastest-growing Internet application mode.

About 65.5 percent of China's Internet users, or 318 million people, use mobile phones to surf the Web, an increase of 14.94 million from the end of last year

In the first six months of 2011, 217 million Internet users were attacked by a virus or trojan horse programs.