Number of 2016.12 2015.12 Ranking of Internet Internet Internet Province Size growth penetration users penetration penetration rate （10,000 rate rate people） Hunan 3,013 44.4% 39.9% 12.2% 25 Anhui 2,721 44.3% 39.4% 13.6% 26 Sichuan 3,575 43.6% 40.0% 9.7% 27 Henan 4,110 43.4% 39.2% 11.0% 28 Guizhou 1,524 43.2% 38.4% 13.2% 29 Gansu 1,101 42.4% 38.8% 9.6% 30 Yunnan 1,892 39.9% 37.4% 7.4% 31 The whole 73,125 53.2% 50.3% 6.2% - country (IV) Size of Rural Internet Users Up to December 2016, China had 201 million rural Internet users, accounting for 27.4% of the national total, with an increase of 5.26 million or 2.7% from the end of 2015; it had 531 million urban Internet users, accounting for 72.6%, with an increase of 37.72 million or 7.7% from the end of 2015. Urban-rural structure of Internet users 80% 71.6% 72.6% 60% 40% 28.4% 27.4% 20% 0% urban areas rural areas 2015 2016 Source： Statistical Survey on Internet Development in China 2016.12 Figure 39 Urban-rural structure of Internet users The number of rural netizens is on the rise, but a wider urban-rural gap still exists in the Internet penetration rate. As of December 2016, Internet penetration in urban areas was 69.1% 4343 The 39th Statistical Report on Internet Development in China