The Internet usages in China has quadrupled during 1999 and increased to 8.9 million by December. The figure is more that 4 times the 2.1 million figure reported in December, 1998. The figure at the end of June 1999 was 4 million.
A survey by China National Network Information Centre has shown that favoured Internet service included electronic mail and website searches, with 71.65% and 50.4% reporting these issues as important. The top ten most popular sites in 1999 (in order of popularity) are:
| Age of Chinese Internet Users | ||||||
| Below 18 | 18-24 | 25-30 | 31-35 | 36-40 | 41-50 | Over 50 |
| 2.4% | 42.8% | 32.8% | 10.2% | 5.4% | 4.5% | 0.4% |
| Domain of Chinese Webs | ||||||
| .com | .edu | .net | .ac | .gov | .org | .aadn |
| 80% | 1% | 8.3% | 1% | 5% | 2% | 3% |
— S & T for China, December 1999, p.7
Economic & Commercial Wing,
Embassy of India, Beijing, PRC
