Chinese netizens love their social apps

Chinese netizens regard smartphone social applications as a daily requirement, and most of them spend more than one hour a day using them, according to an internet development report.

The report, released by the Internet Society of China and China Internet Network Information Center on Thursday, said that the country had 772 million netizens as of the end of last year, and 753 million of those use smartphones to surf the internet.

Of these mobile netizens, half open smartphone social applications more than three times a day, and more than 80 percent of them spend more than one hour on the apps every day, the report said.