Size of Mobile Internet Users in China and Its Proportion 10,000 persons 95.1% 75000 in Internet Users 85.8% 90.1% 69531 100% 81.0% 61981 60000 69.3% 74.5% 55678 80% 60.8% 66.2% 50006 45000 41997 60% 39.5% 35558 30274 30000 23344 40% 24.0% 15000 11760 20% 5040 0 0% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 size of mobile Internet users proportion of mobile netizens in Internet users Source： Statistical Survey on Internet Development in China 2016.12 Figure 38 Size of Mobile Internet Users in China and Its Proportion in Internet Users Mobile Internet promotes the consumption model featuring resource sharing, intelligent devices and diversified scenarios. First, mobile Internet provides the sharing economy with platforms and sharing models emerge including online car-hailing service, shared bike and online short-term rental, further cutting transaction costs and improving resource use efficiency; then, the rapid development of intelligent wearable equipment, smart home and intelligent industry facilitates the interconnection of intelligent hardware via mobile Internet, with the advent of the “interconnectivity” era; last, the online-offline integration and the diversified development of workplace and consumption scenarios of mobile netizens further refine different scenarios and expand the service scope. (III) Size of Internet Users in Provinces By December 2016, 26 out of 31 Chinese provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government boasted more than 10 million Internet users each, the same with that in 2015. Internet users in Jiangxi Province and Anhui Province grew the fastest, up respectively by 15.7% and 13.6%. As provinces, municipalities directly under the central government and autonomous regions advance the “Internet +” initiative, the Internet penetration rate of provinces is increasing, with Jiangxi Province’s penetration rate growing the most, up by 5.9 percentage points over the end of 2015. Because of the gap in local economic development and Internet infrastructure construction, 4141 The 39th Statistical Report on Internet Development in China