the Internet in the past six months, but not limited to those surfing the Internet via mobile phones only. ◇ Computer Internet Users: Internet users who have used computers to access and surf the Internet in the past 6 months, but not limited to those surfing the Internet via computers only. ◇ Rural Internet Users: Internet users who have been living in rural areas of China in the past six months. ◇ Urban Internet Users: Internet users who have been living in urban areas of China in the past six months. ◇ IP Address: As the basic resource on the Internet, the IP address functions to identify computers, servers and other devices connected to the Internet. Connection with the Internet can be realized only when an IP address (in any form) is acquired. ◇ Domain Name: Domain name in the Report only refers to the English domain name, which is a string comprised of numbers, letters, and hyphens (-) and separated by dots (.). It is a hierarchical structural Internet address identifier corresponding to the IP address. Common domain names are divided into two categories: country code top-level domain (ccTLD), such as the domain names ended with “.CN” which represents China; and generic top-level domain (gTLD), such as the domain names ended with “.COM”, “.NET” and “.ORG”. ◇ Website: It refers to the web sites with domain name itself or “WWW. + domain name” as the web address, including the web sites under our top-level domain name “.CN” and gTLD. The registrant of the website is within the territory of P.R.C. For example: for the domain name of “cnnic.cn”, it has only one website and the corresponding web address is “cnnic.cn” or “www.cnnic.cn”. Other web addresses like “whois.cnnic.cn” and “mail.cnnic.cn” with such domain name as the suffix are regarded as different channels of the website. ◇ Enterprises: They refer to those enterprises which have registered with industry and commerce administration authorities at all levels, and obtained the License of Business Corporation and the corporate capacity in accordance with the Regulations of the People’s Republic of China for Controlling the Registration of Enterprises as Legal Persons and the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Administration of Registration of Companies. ◇ Online Sales or Online Purchase: Orders receiving or delivering products or services via the Internet, with payment and final delivery completed online or offline. The statistics cover 117117 The 39th Statistical Report on Internet Development in China