population, and this percentage was 26.2% for those with the education level of senior high school/secondary specialized school/technical school. The latter fell 3.0 percentage points from the end of 2015. When compared with the data at the end of 2015, the percentage of netizens with primary school education or below rose by 2.2 percentage points, showing that the Internet continues penetrating among those poorly educated. Education Structure of Chinese Internet Users 40% 37.4%37.3% 30% 29.2% 26.2% 20% 15.9% 13.7% 11.2%11.5% 10% 8.4% 9.1% 0% primary school junior high school high junior college undergraduate and below school/secondary education and above specialized school/technical school 2015 2016 Source： Statistical Survey on Internet Development in China 2016.12 Figure 44 Education Structure of Chinese Internet Users (IV) Occupational Structure Students are the largest group of Internet users. By December 2016, 25.0% of Chinese netizens were students; 22.7% were self-employed persons/freelancers, up by 0.6 percentage points from the end of 2015; and 14.7% were enterprise managers/ordinary staff members. The proportions of these three groups remained relatively stable. The 39th Statistical Report on Internet Development in China 4747