Mobile continues to lead broadband connections among China’s growing population
According to a statistics data from CNNIC , 95 percent of Chinese users access the Internet via mobile networks, and half of them tried offline payments with phone apps. In late February, the National Bureau of Statistics China (NBS) released its annual report on the country’s social and economic development. The report provides an overview of a range of topics in 2016, including population growth, shifting demographics, the labor force, retail sales and inflation—to name just a few. Here are some takeaways distilled from the topically wide-ranging report. No. 1: Mobile Broadband Continues to Outshine Fixed Broadband In case you needed any more proof about the mobile-first nature of China’s population, the NBS reported that mobile broadband connections numbered 940.75 million at the end of last year, compared with 297.21 million fixed broadband connections. The number of mobile broadband connections—which include 3G and 4G—increased 304.1% between 2012 and 2016, while fi...