This Day, That Year

Editor's note: This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China.

On June 4, 1998, 1 million Chinese were connected to the internet and the number has grown steadily as seen in the item on July 15, 1998, from China Daily.

By the end of last year, China had 829 million netizens, or the world's largest online population, figures from the China Internet Network Information Center showed.