{"id":17493,"date":"2024-03-24T10:03:23","date_gmt":"2024-03-24T10:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/03\/24\/china-has-over-1-09-billion-netizens-china-daily\/"},"modified":"2024-03-24T10:03:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T10:03:23","slug":"china-has-over-1-09-billion-netizens-china-daily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/china-has-over-1-09-billion-netizens-china-daily\/","title":{"rendered":"China has over 1.09 billion netizens: China Daily"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BEIJING, China, Mar 24 \u2014 China has had over 1.09 billion netizens by the end of last year, 24.8 million more than the amount in 2022, a report released by the China Internet Network Information Center said on Friday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The report showed that 2,577 websites and mobile phone applications optimized functions and provided barrier-free services for old and disabled users last year so that these people could benefit more from the internet.<\/p>\n<p>Digital technologies have also been widely applied in public services, such as travel and healthcare, making more people live better lives, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>The numbers of netizens using online car-hailing and medical services increased significantly last year, up 90.57 million and 51.39 million respectively from December 2022, it said.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the rapid growth of the internet has stimulated consumption and promoted the sustainable development of the digital economy, it said.<\/p>\n<p>As of December, for example, the number of users making online travel reservations reached 509 million, up 86.29 million from December 2022, it added.<\/p>\n<p>Wang Changqing, an official from the center, said while introducing the report that live streaming platforms have become major channels to advance economic and cultural development.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, in March last year, a large number of internet users watched basketball matches organized by Guizhou province through livestreaming platforms, attracting more people to visit the province and contributing a lot to local tourism, he added.<\/p>\n<p>caoyin@chinadaily.com.cn<\/p>\n<p>For more visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinadaily.com.cn\/china\/society\">China Daily<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For subscriptions on news from China Daily, or inquiries, please contact China Daily Africa Ltd on +254 733 566 499 or write to enquiries@chinadailyafrica.com<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEIJING, China, Mar 24 \u2014 China has had over 1.09 billion netizens by the end of last year, 24.8 million more than the amount in 2022, a report released by the China Internet Network Information Center said on Friday. The report showed that 2,577 websites and mobile phone applications optimized functions and provided barrier-free services [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17493\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}