| The Chinese internet users find the web applications | | | | information acquisition regarding products and service |
| challenging, interesting and inspiring. The web based | | | | that they would like to purchase from the internet. |
| applications have become a part and parcel of a | | | | Internet entertainment seems to rule the roost when |
| regular day in the life of an average Chinese internet | | | | it comes to the popularity of internet applications |
| user. They make use of the various internet | | | | with the Chinese internet users, as online Video and |
| applications for different purposes like acquiring useful | | | | gaming occupy the fifth and sixth Chinese ranking. |
| information on the internet. One can also share | | | | Communications internal applications like email, blog or |
| information with the use of various web based | | | | Forum/BBS come next and all three are above 50%. |
| applications that make it easy to share photographs, | | | | However, the level of application of business |
| documents and much more. | | | | transactions like online shopping, online payment, and |
| According to the statistics of various internet | | | | online stock and travel reservations by, making online |
| applications, they include the Chinese ranking for | | | | payments remains very low. In fact, the number of |
| information acquisition, communication, internet | | | | users in china who are shopping online has been |
| entertainment and business transaction. This again | | | | found to be 26% only. This is very low as compared |
| contains Chinese ranking for more specific applications | | | | to the other developed countries. It is very important |
| like internet news, search engine, instant messaging, | | | | for China to enhance security on the internet and |
| online game, online music, online shopping, online | | | | boost online shopping in order to stabilize the Chinese |
| payment and online banking. | | | | internet economy. |
| According to the results, it has been concluded that | | | | Very few Chinese have internet trust as only 22.4% |
| the Chinese ranking for internet entertainment, | | | | make use of the internet to make their payments. |
| specifically online music was very high reaching the | | | | The last but not the least, only 4.1% of internet |
| 85.5% mark. Next in line of Chinese ranking, is | | | | users like to make their travel arrangements by using |
| information acquisition for internet news that has | | | | the internet. This decline in transaction application |
| been found to be 78.7%. Instant messaging occupies | | | | usage can be attributed to the lack of internet trust |
| the fourth position in Chinese ranking for internet | | | | in the Chinese internet users. |
| applications in the communications category. 72.2% of | | | | Today, the Chinese seem to be varying of giving out |
| internet users have been found to communicate | | | | their personal information on the internet as they |
| through instant messaging. | | | | think that the security is inadequate and there is a |
| According to statistical data, 69.4% of Chinese in | | | | possibility of fraud and viruses on the internet |
| internet users made use of search engines for | | | | applications. |