July 17, 2013, 6:29 AM — China's Internet populace grew to 591 million by the end of June, as more new users in the country relied on handsets to go online, according to a non-profit research group.
The growth raises China's Internet penetration by two percentage points to 44 percent, the government-linked China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) reported on Wednesday. During the first half of this year, the country added a total of 26 million new Internet users.
China has the world's largest Internet population, but still a vast swath of Chinese rarely go online, if ever. Many Chinese still lack knowledge of computers, or have little need to use the Internet, according to the CNNIC. In the country's rural areas, Internet penetration is especially low, at only 28 percent.
Over the past years, China's Internet growth rate has slowed. But mobile handsets are helping many Chinese go online for the first time, the CNNIC added.
The country's mobile Internet population reached 464 million at the end of June, up by 44 million people over the six month period. About 70 percent of China's new Internet users surfed the Internet using phones. In contrast, 35 percent used desktop PCs, while 12.7 percent accessed the Internet through laptops.
China has already surpassed the U.S. as the world's largest market for smartphones. At the end of this year, smartphone shipments to the country could reach 240 million units, almost twice that of the U.S. market, according to research firm Canalys.
七月十七号 6:29AM——根据一个非盈利的调查组织研究表明：截止七月份中国的网民已经增长到了5.91亿人,在全国更多的新用户是通过手机接触网络的；
政府挂钩的中国互联网络信息中心在周三报道，中国的网民已经增长两个百分点到百分之44。在今年的上半年，全国的网民增加了两千六百万。
尽管中国曾经有着世界上最多的网民，但是很少上网的占大多数。根据CNNIC调查：很多中国网民缺少电脑知识，或者只有一点使用互联网的知识。在全国的农村地区，网络的渗透力非常的低，仅仅只有百分之二十八。
在过去的一些年里，中国的互联网的增长速度已经变的缓慢。但是刚开始手机帮助更多的中国人到互联网上。CNNIC又加上一点。
知道七月低，全国的用手机上网的人数已经达到4.64亿，比起六月已经增长了0.44亿人。将近百分之七十的中国新闻互联网用户利用手机上网。比较起来百分之三十五使用台式电脑，百分之12.7使用笔记本电脑。
根据Canalys调查公司的结果显示，中国的网民已经超过了美国，成为世界上最大的智能手机市场。在今年低，智能手机的购买量已经达到2.4亿，大概是买过市场的两倍。