On July 12th, at the closing forum of the 2018 China Internet Conference, the China Internet Development Report 2018 (hereinafter referred to as the Report) was released. The Report discusses the horizontal development environment such as big data in detail, analyzes the vertical applications such as audio and video services, and systematically combs the development of the Internet industry in China and looks forward to the trend. This print extracts the wonderful contents of the Report for readers.
????The number of netizens has reached 772 million, and the mobile Internet has driven the growth of netizens.
By the end of 2017, the number of Internet users in China reached 772 million, including 753 million mobile phone users. The rapid development of mobile Internet has driven the growth of Internet users. In 2017, the proportion of mobile Internet users increased from 95.1% in 2016 to 97.5%, and mobile phones have become the most important mobile Internet devices.
Internet users are mainly 10-39 years old, with an average of 27 hours online every week.
By the end of 2017, the group aged 10-39 accounted for 73% of the total netizens, among which20—29Internet users aged 30 account for the highest proportion, reaching 30%. In 2017, the average weekly online time of netizens in China was 27 hours.
The total number of websites is 5.33 million, and the IPv6 address keeps growing.
By the end of 2017, the number of websites in China reached 5.33 million, with an annual growth rate, of which 3.15 million were under the domain name ".CN", accounting for 59% of the total, with an annual growth rate of 21.8%. By the end of 2017, there were 338.7 million IPv4 addresses in China, and the total number of IPv6 addresses allocated was 23,430 (/32), accounting for 10.38% of the total number of allocated IPv6 addresses in the world, ranking second in the world.
The number of online news users has reached 647 million, and mainstream news websites have more credibility.
In 2017, the number of online news users in China reached 647 million, the coverage rate of netizens was zero, and the number of users maintained steady growth. In terms of industry distribution, commercial information media has more advantages in influence and traffic, which is especially obvious on the mobile side. In the PC market, integrated portals and traditional news websites still dominate the market, among which mainstream news websites are better in credibility.
Wechat is still the leader of social media, and the webcast market continues to grow.
Among the major media platforms in 2017, WeChat WeChat official account was far ahead with a market share of 63.4%. Wechat is still the leader in the field of social media, but its user growth and user activity have slowed down significantly. In 2017, the number of webcast users in China reached 398 million, and it is estimated that the number of users will exceed 500 million in 2019. In 2017, the growth rate of users in the live broadcast industry slowed down significantly, with a growth rate of 28.4%. It is expected that the growth rate will further slow down to 10.2% by 2019.
The online game market is about 235.49 billion yuan, and the scale of mobile game users tends to be saturated.
In 2017, the online game market in China was about 235.49 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 31.6%. It is estimated that by 2021, the online game market will exceed 400 billion yuan. In 2017, the number of mobile game users in China was about 554 million. After the explosive growth in the previous two years, the demographic dividend gradually faded, and the scale of mobile game users became saturated.
The number of online video users has reached 579 million, and the ability of users to pay has been significantly improved.
By the end of 2017, the number of online video users in China reached 579 million, accounting for 75% of the total netizens. The number of mobile network video users reached 549 million, accounting for 72.9% of mobile netizens. In 2017, the proportion of online video users in China reached 42.9%, an increase of 7.4% compared with 2016, and the user satisfaction reached 55.8%. According to incomplete statistics, by the end of 2017, the total number of paid members of video websites exceeded 170 million.
E-commerce transactions amounted to 29.16 trillion yuan, and online shopping market transactions amounted to 7.18 trillion yuan.
In 2017, the transaction volume of e-commerce in China reached 29.16 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase and the growth rate slowed down. In 2017, the transaction scale of online shopping market in China reached 7.18 trillion yuan, up 32.2% year-on-year, and the market growth rate once again ushered in an inflection point to further climb.
The trading volume of the sharing economy market is 4,920.5 billion yuan, and the financing scale is about 216 billion yuan.
In 2017, the transaction volume of China’s sharing economy market was 4,920.5 billion yuan, an increase of 47.2% compared with 2016. Although the market size still keeps growing, the growth rate is significantly slower than 103% in 2016. In 2017, the financing scale of the sharing economy was about 216 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 25.7%. Among them, the financing scale of sharing economy in transportation, life service and knowledge and skills ranks in the top three.
The scale of artificial intelligence industry reached 15.21 billion yuan, and the growth of enterprises slowed down.
In 2017, the scale of artificial intelligence industry in China reached 15.21 billion yuan, with a growth rate of 0. It is estimated that the scale of artificial intelligence industry in China will increase to 34.43 billion yuan in 2019. In 2016 and 2017, the number of newly-added artificial intelligence enterprises was 128 and 28 respectively. Although the number of newly-added enterprises declined in recent two years, this situation is a short-term fluctuation under the investment boom and does not affect the long-term trend. Development trend of artificial intelligence: artificial intelligence chips will develop from non-customization to customization, artificial intelligence technology will realize new formats of application scenarios, swarm intelligence and human-computer collaboration will build a new intelligent ecology, and a new business model led by "platform+scenario application" will soon appear, and "platform+technology+hardware+content" will build an AI industrial chain ecosystem, and AI talents will become a hot spot for grabs in major industries.
The big data market has reached 35.8 billion yuan, and the transaction demand is strong.
In 2017, China’s big data market reached 35.8 billion yuan, with an annual growth rate of 10 times that of 3.5 billion yuan in 2012. It is estimated that the market size will exceed 70 billion yuan in 2020. China’s big data trading market has formed and the trading demand is strong. Take Guiyang Big Data Exchange as an example. As of October 2017, the cumulative transaction volume of the exchange exceeded 120 million yuan, the transaction framework agreement was nearly 300 million yuan, the number of development members exceeded 1,500, and 225 high-quality data sources were connected, with nearly 4,000 tradable data products, and the total amount of tradable data exceeded 150PB. In addition, platforms such as Shanghai Data Trading Center, Zhejiang Big Data Trading Center, Chongqing Big Data Trading Market and Central China Big Data Trading Platform also provide services such as data transaction, settlement, delivery, security and data resource management.
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