Many children developing sweet tooth for Net

Less than 10 percent of elementary students under the age of nine are addicted to the Internet, suggests a recent survey.

But approximately 80 percent of the students polled by the China Youth Association for Network Development (CYAND) began to use the Internet before they turned nine, browsing for "cartoons, music, and games." Slightly more than 7 percent suffer from Net addiction.

The survey, conducted among 1,200 elementary students and 1,200 parents in Beijing, Shanghai and Wuhan, is part of CYAND's research about the spike in the number of Internet users among children as parents are becoming more and more concerned about Internet addiction among youths.