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The number of Internet users inChina has increased by 28 percent and (1) 87 million, according to a (2) released yesterday byChina Internet Network InformationCenter.

The Internet users now account for 6.72 percent of the (3) population of the world’s most populous country, 0.5 percent (4) over the end of last year. It is, (5) , still below the world’s average rate of 12.2 percent and is even lower (6) the rate in developed countries which range from 63 percent inCanada to 77 percent in Sweden.
The report defines aChinese citizen (7) uses Internet for at least an hour a week as an Internet user. "The figure didn’t (8) users in Macau, Hong Kong and Taiwan," it saiD、
The survey, which is (9) through online questionnaire and offline interview, said the error margin of the online population is 5 percent.
The (10) of broadband users, totaling 31.1 million as at the end of June, soared 217 percent every year. The broadband (11) also maintained a 78.7 percent growth during the first six months of this year.
The report byCNNIC、also (12) that the percentage usingE-mail slipped from 88.4 percent to 84. 3 percent but it still (13) top of the frequently used services provided on the Internet. (14) , the report, which is (15) every six months, also found out that (16) people placed online chatting, online gaming and online education into their oftenused services.
The report also said the (17) ofChina’s e-commerce is improving as over half of the respondents plan to do online shopping within the next year.
The percentage of those who use online banking (18) payment also continued to (19) and is now 13 percent more than for those paying (20) on delivery for the goods they bought online, the report saiD、
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