Statistical report on Internet development in China(January 2017)

Government Application

Up to December 2016, 239 million people or 32.7 percent of all netizens received e-government services based on Alipay, WeChat, government WeChat official accounts, websites, Weibo, and mobile Apps. All these interconnected platforms and their detailed service content make e-government services more smart and improve users’ happiness and satisfaction.

In 2016, 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government in Mainland China launched government Weibo and Zhengwutoutiao covering all vertical fields such as government, public security, Youth League committee, transportation, justice, etc. Governments and institutions at all levels should speed up the development of “WeChat, Weibo and news Apps” and boost the instant and transparent release of government information via the Internet.

Enterprise Application

Up to December 2016, China’s Internet companies going public at home and abroad totaled 91, with a total market value of RMB 5.4 trillion. Among them, Tencent and Alibaba are two representatives of China's Internet companies whose market value accounted for 57 percent of the total, standing at over RMB 3 trillion.

In 2016, the computer usage rate, Internet usage rate and fixed broadband access rate of Chinese companies respectively reached 99.0 percent, 95.6 percent and 93.7 percent, up by 3.8, 6.6 and 7.4 percentage points respectively from 2015. In addition, in terms of Internet applications for internal support such as those applications for information communication and finance and human resource management, the proportion of enterprises launching Internet activities maintained a growth momentum.

In 2016, the proportion of Chinese companies conducting online sales and procurement respectively reached 45.3 percent and 45.6 percent, increasing by more than 10 percentage points. Against the backdrop of the fast integration of the new and traditional media, the Internet has played an increasingly important role in the marketing system of enterprises, with the proportion of companies doing marketing via the Internet amounting to 38.7 percent. In addition, 60 percent of enterprises have built a system of IT applications, increasing by 13.4 percentage points compared with 2015.
In the transformation of supply chain, companies have given high priority to and brought into full play the role of the Internet.