China Online reports that the number of internet users in China has risen by 186% year on year on the period to March 2001.
The survey by Lantian Market Research Company gathered statistics for 16 Chinese cities and the results show that Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou had the highest rate of Internet surfers at 25% of population.
The number of women using the internet is also reported to have grown as is the number of people shopping online.
Business users online rose from 27% to 53% year on year, with 69% of business users now connecting via DSL.
