2010-07-15 15:09

BEIJING - China's online population has reached 420 million by the end of June, according to a report issued by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) here on Thursday.

The number is 36 million more than that of last December, the report said.

Internet-based business is also growing rapidly, the report said, noting that about 140 million people, or about 10 percent of China's entire population, had been shopping online.