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The number of Internet users in China climbed to 94 million by the end of 2004, according to a survey just released by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), with broadband users jumping by nearly 150 percent to almost 43 million.
Still, China lags behind the world average, Wang Enhai, the director of the CNNIC said to the Xinhua news agency. "China's Internet users account for 7.2 percent of the population, still below the world average of 12.7 percent," Wang was quoted by Xinhua as saying.
Hong Kong and Macao easily lead the rest of China in Internet usage, the CNNIC's survey showed. Hong Kong has 3.3 million Internet users, while Macao has 201,000 online -- 51 percent and 46 percent of their populations, respectively.
The CNNIC was bullish about China's Internet future.
"We have been in fast lane in terms of number of Netizens and the rapid momentum will continue subsequent years," Wang told Xinhua.
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