which narrowed the gap to a record low between the proportion of those using the Internet and the proportion of those using the computer. Internet Utilization Rate of Companies 2011-2016 100% 90% 95.6% 89.0% 80% 82.1% 83.2% 78.5% 78.7% 70% 60% 50% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Source： Statistical Survey on Internet Application in Chinese Enterprises 2016.12 Figure 7 Internet Utilization Rate of Companies 2011-2016 III. Broadband Access 9 As of December 2016, the proportion of companies that accessed the Internet via fixed broadband was 93.7% and that via mobile broadband, 32.3%, up by 8.4 percentage points from 2015. 9 The utilization ratios of the Internet access ways released in this survey refer to the proportion of enterprises 16 which access the Internet in various ways among all the interviewed enterprises. The 39th Statistical Report on Internet Development in China