国内英语资讯:China Focus: China has 802 million internet users_时事

国内英语资讯:China Focus: China has 802 million internet users

The number of online financial service users in June increased by 39.74 million, up 30.9 percent from the end of 2017.

At the same time, online shopping and online payment users accounted for 71 percent of China's total online users.

Online shoppers numbered 569 million. The value of online retail sales reached 4.08 trillion yuan (about 594 billion U.S. dollars) during the first half of 2018, a year-on-year increase of 30.1 percent.

Online takeout service users also continued to increase. As of June 2018, 43.6 percent of Chinese internet users had used mobile phones to order takeout food.

In the first half of 2018, the internet has provided more comprehensive and profound impacts on China's employment situation, the report said, adding that "it provides the youth with low-cost and low-threshold opportunities, stimulates large-scale business start-ups, and unleashes grassroots innovation capabilities."

IMPROVING PUBLIC SERVICES

By June 2018, users of China's online government services reached 470 million, accounting for 58.6 percent of the total online users.

They can access 19,868 government websites and 137,677 verified Sina Weibo microblog accounts run by government agencies.

In addition, the registered users of the Civic Service account on popular app WeChat also reached 503 million in May 2018, a 20.6 percent increase from the end of 2017.

E-government has helped ensure the effectiveness of public services as well as allow the public to obtain information or services in a more convenient and faster way, according to the report.