China to speed up Internet access
Source: Xinhua |
June 9, 2010, Wednesday
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THE Chinese government will try to raise Internet accessibility to 45 percent of the population in the next five years, according to a white paper issued by the Information Office of the State Council yesterday.
According to the paper, "The Internet in China," the government will further promote development and applications, so that more people can benefit from the Internet.
By the end of 2009, the Internet had reached 28.9 percent of the population, higher than the world average.
The number of Chinese users had reached 384 million, 618 times that of 1997 with an annual increase of 31.95 million users.
At the same time, there were 3.23 million Websites running in China, 2,152 times the number in 1997.
The paper admitted that Internet development and application in China is imbalanced regionally, and between urban and rural areas.
"Hindered by different levels of economic development, education and informationization progress, the Internet has been developing more rapidly in the eastern than in the western parts of the country, and has a higher popularization rate in cities than in the countryside," it said.
By the end of 2009, the Internet had reached 40 percent of the population in eastern China but only 21.5 percent in the west.
Meanwhile, urban Internet users made up 72.2 percent of the national total, with the other 27.8 percent in rural areas.
"China still needs to make arduous efforts to bridge the 'digital gap' between different regions and between the urban and rural areas," the paper said.
It said the Chinese government had actively created conditions for the people to supervise the government. Websites set up by the central discipline inspection and supervision authorities "are playing an important role in preventing and punishing corruption."
"The Internet provides unprecedented convenience and a direct channel for the people to exercise their right to know, to participate, to be heard and to oversee, and is playing an increasingly important role in helping the government get to know the people's wishes, meet their needs and safeguard their interests," said the paper.
According to the paper, "The Internet in China," the government will further promote development and applications, so that more people can benefit from the Internet.
By the end of 2009, the Internet had reached 28.9 percent of the population, higher than the world average.
The number of Chinese users had reached 384 million, 618 times that of 1997 with an annual increase of 31.95 million users.
At the same time, there were 3.23 million Websites running in China, 2,152 times the number in 1997.
The paper admitted that Internet development and application in China is imbalanced regionally, and between urban and rural areas.
"Hindered by different levels of economic development, education and informationization progress, the Internet has been developing more rapidly in the eastern than in the western parts of the country, and has a higher popularization rate in cities than in the countryside," it said.
By the end of 2009, the Internet had reached 40 percent of the population in eastern China but only 21.5 percent in the west.
Meanwhile, urban Internet users made up 72.2 percent of the national total, with the other 27.8 percent in rural areas.
"China still needs to make arduous efforts to bridge the 'digital gap' between different regions and between the urban and rural areas," the paper said.
It said the Chinese government had actively created conditions for the people to supervise the government. Websites set up by the central discipline inspection and supervision authorities "are playing an important role in preventing and punishing corruption."
"The Internet provides unprecedented convenience and a direct channel for the people to exercise their right to know, to participate, to be heard and to oversee, and is playing an increasingly important role in helping the government get to know the people's wishes, meet their needs and safeguard their interests," said the paper.
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