Mobile phone internet users exceed PC users in China

Most of China's internet users are now choosing to connect through their mobile phones.

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Mobile phones have become the major gateway for Chinese users to access the internet, said the China Internet Network Information Center.

Internet users surfing the internet through mobile phone has reached 388 million people, compared with the 380 million PC users using the internet in the first half of the year.

The convenience of accessing the internet, usefulness of applications and affordable prices of mobile phones have fueled the number of mobile phone users choosing to access internet through their gadgets, said the information center.

The most popular applications on mobile phones have been attributed to social communication and information access in the first half of the year, followed by microblogging and search engines.