City Internet infrastructure improving
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SHANGHAI residents spend around three hours of their leisure time each day on the Internet, a government survey has found.
The city government has also succeeded in efforts to improve the city’s information infrastructure, the Shanghai Statistics Bureau said yesterday.
The survey of 3,000 residents found that those aged between 18 and 34 spent an average of 3.5 hours every day online.
Residents aged between 35 and 54 spent 2.7 hours online each day, while those aged 55 to 70 spent 2.5 hours online daily.
While city online access has become more convenient in recent years, television was still important to most surveyed.
About 95 percent of respondents valued television as a major channel for information, while just over 72 percent said the same about the Internet.
This showed a generational split, as just under 89 percent of respondents aged between 18 and 44 said they look to the Internet for information, while only 40 percent of those between 55 and 70 did.
Looking for information, shopping and playing games came out tops for Shanghai residents’ online activities, the survey found.
About 72 percent of respondents surfed the Internet to browse information, while around 67 percent shopped and played games online, it showed.
Online shopping has a greater attraction for Shanghai women, the survey found. Some 75 percent of women questioned shopped on the web, compared to 58 percent of men.
Unsurprisingly, young people spend more time on the Internet and prefer mobile devices such as cellphones and tablet computers, the survey found.
The bureau said the city government will continue to increase user speed and Internet access at home and in public areas.
Currently, there are 22,000 free Wi-Fi spots at public places across the city, including traffic transits, commercial centers, colleges and universities and office buildings.
Around 3.6 million households have fiber broadband access — accounting for 70 percent of households with broadband.
Shanghai topped a nationwide Internet speed survey earlier this year, surprising web users who complain of a slow service. According to ChinaCache Internet service provider the average speed in Shanghai was 5.4 megabits per second.
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