On September 7, 2007, China Internet Network Information Center(CNNIC) published Survey Report on the Internet Usage in Chinese Rural Area. This is the first full-scale survey report concerning the macro Internet development situation in rural areas that has ever been published in China.
2007年9月7日,中國互聯網絡信息中心發布了《中國農村網絡使用調查報告》。此次大范圍的調查是中國有史以來首次針對廣大農村地區網絡的發展情況進行的。
The report shows that the scale of Internet users in Chinese rural areas had exceeded 37 million. However, comparing with urban users, the application level of rural users is less developed. The report shows that 66.5% of rural users read online news, while the proportion in urban areas is 81.5%, which is 15 percent higher. 65.8% of the rural users use search engines while the rate in urban areas is 13 percent higher(78.4%). Besides, much fewer users in rural areas have ever touched online purchasing, online banking and online stock trading.
報告顯示,中國農村地區網民已超過三千七百萬。然而,農村網民的網絡應用水平低于城市網民。報告顯示,66.5%的農村網民在網上閱讀新聞,而在城區這一比例為81.5%,高出15%。在農村,65.8%的網民使用搜索引擎功能,而在城區該比例則高出農村13%,占到78.4%。除此之外,農村網民對網上購物、網上銀行以及網上股票交易的使用程度也較低。