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Farmers behind China's rapid Internet users growth: blue paper

Farmers behind China's rapid Internet users growth: blue paper

Write: Ahneta [2011-05-20]

BEIJING - Farmers will become a "major driving force" in the growth of China's Internet population, which is already the world's biggest with its number exceeding 420 million, according to a blue paper recently released by a publishing house.

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About 100 million people in rural areas had access to Internet as of 2009, and there was plenty of room for increases given Internet coverage in rural areas was considerably less than in urban areas, according to the blue paper, which analyzed and forecasted the development of China's information industry this year.