China's health QR code has facilitated the free movement of 900 million people during the COVID-19 pandemic, the China Internet Network Information Center said in a report published on Wednesday.
On February 3, the 47th
Statistical Report on China’s Internet Development Status was released by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), breaking down users by variables like age, gender, occupation, income, education level and more.
Below we highlight some of the most interesting facts in a simple infographic:
The large majority of Internet users in China use their mobile phones, with people accessing the Internet 6.2 hours per day in 2019.
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Chinese authorities have banned the use of mobile phones in schools.
The Ministry of Education said the ban, which applies to both primary and secondary schools, was designed to crack down on “internet and games addictions” and help students focus their attention on study.
The ban restricts students bringing mobile phones onto school grounds. A pupil will need parental approval, along with the school’s written permission, before the student is allowed to bring their device to campus.
However, all phones must be relinquished during class time, the ministry said on its website on Monday.
Its directive, which is effective immediately, is aimed at “protecting the students’ eyesight, making them focus on study and preventing them from getting addicted to the internet and games”. It has the added goal of “enhancing students’ physical and psychological development”.
In the past, few plaintiffs have successfully won cases relating to abuse of market dominance, says an analyst. The legal environment for monopoly cases could be set for change after Beijing named antitrust as one of its top agenda issues for 2021. SCMP
ByteDance and Tencent Holdings, China’s largest players in content, entertainment and social media, have been engaged in a public battle since 2019 when WeChat, Tencent’s social network and messaging app, blocked links to Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok.
Since then both sides have traded barbs in public but ByteDance just upped the stakes in what could become a landmark case in China’s antitrust case law as Beijing tightens antitrust regulations, say analysts.