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CTOnews.com news on March 2, today the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) released the 51st "Statistical report on the Development of China's Internet" (hereinafter referred to as "the report"). According to the report, as of December 2022, the number of Internet users in China reached 1.067 billion, an increase of 35.49 million over December 2021, and the Internet penetration rate reached 75.6 per cent. The average download rates of fixed broadband and mobile networks rank 3rd and 8th in the world, respectively.

According to the report, in terms of network basic resources, as of December 2022, the total number of domain names in China reached 34.4 million, and the number of IPv6 addresses reached 67369 per 32, an increase of 6.8 percent over December 2021, and the number of IPv6 active users in China reached 728 million. In the information and communications industry, as of December, the total number of 5G base stations in China reached 2.31 million, accounting for 21.3% of the total number of mobile base stations, an increase of 7 percentage points over December 2021. In terms of the development of the Internet of things, as of December, the total number of terminal connections of China's mobile network has reached 3.528 billion, the number of mobile animal Internet connections has reached 1.845 billion, and the foundation of the Internet of everything has been continuously consolidated.

The scale of Internet application users in China will basically remain stable in 2022. First, the online office market is developing rapidly, attracting more netizens to use it. As of December, the number of online office users in China reached 540 million, an increase of 70.78 million over December 2021, accounting for 50.6% of the total Internet users. Second, the level of standardization of Internet medical care continues to improve. As of December, the number of Internet medical users in China reached 363 million, an increase of 64.66 million over December 2021, accounting for 34.0% of the total Internet users. Third, the Internet has become an important starting point to achieve rural revitalization and promote the development of rural digital services. The supply of online education, Internet health care and other digital services continues to increase, promoting the quality and efficiency of digital services in rural areas. As of December, online education and Internet medical users in China's rural areas accounted for 31.8% and 21.5% of the total rural netizens respectively, an increase of 2.7 and 4.1 percentage points respectively over the previous year.

By December 2022, the total length of optical cable lines in China had reached 59.58 million km, a net increase of 4.77 million km over the end of last year. The number of 10G PON ports with gigabit network service capacity in China has reached 15.23 million, nearly doubling the level at the end of last year. The mobile network remains a global leader in 5G construction, with a total of 2.31 million 5G base stations built and opened, accounting for more than 60 per cent of the world's total. The number of 5G users reached 561 million, accounting for 1x3 of mobile phone users, which is 2.75 times the global average.

CTOnews.com noted that the "report" shows that short videos have become a national application. As of December 2022, the number of short video users exceeded 1 billion for the first time, with a user utilization rate of 94.8%. In the five years from 2018 to 2022, the number of short video users increased from 648 million to 1.012 billion, with an annual increase of more than 60 million users, including more than 100 million new users in 2019 and 2020 due to the epidemic, technology, platform development strategy and other factors. At the same time, user usage increased from 78.2% to 94.8%, an increase of 16.6 percentage points, and the gap with the largest Internet application (instant messaging) narrowed from 17.4 percentage points to 2.4 percentage points.

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