Source: CCTV.com

01-11-2007 14:40

Total spending by individual Internet users in China in 2006 rose by nearly 50 percent year-on-year, to around 277 billion yuan, or nearly 35 billion US dollars. That's according to a report released on Wednesday by the Internet Society of China.

The figure takes into account online shopping, games, cell phone ring tones, and all other cyberspace services. According to the report, the average spending per person, however, advanced by less than 7.5 percent, as the number of Internet users in China grew by almost 27 percent to 136 million by the end of 2006.

The report also says search engines have become the most used service on the Internet, reaching over 90 percent of all Web users. Search engines's revenues in China last year rose by nearly 50 percent to over 150 million yuan.

Editor:Du Xiaodan