Chapter III Basic Internet Application of Enterprises I. Basic Internet Activities 10 (I) Internet Application for Information Communication As of the end of 2016, among companies with Internet access, 91.9% sent or received e-mails via the Internet in the year before, and 63.7% had their own enterprise email service. Proportion of Companies Using E-mail Services and Companies Possessing Enterprise Email 100% 89.0% 91.9% 80% 62.1% 63.7% 60% 40% 20% 0% sending or receiving Email possessing enterprise Email 2015 2016 Source： Statistical Survey on Internet Application in Chinese Enterprises 2016.12 Figure 9 Proportion of Companies Using E-mail Services and Companies Possessing Enterprise Email In addition, 77.0%, 73.3% and 63.6% of companies with Internet access had conducted the following three types of Internet activities, respectively: activities to obtain information on goods or services, to release information or instant messages, and to obtain information from government agencies. 10 Internet application for information communication refers to those applications using the Internet to acquire, release or exchange information, such as receiving and sending email instant messages, obtaining information on commodities or services, acquiring information from government agencies, publishing information or instant 18 messages, etc. The 39th Statistical Report on Internet Development in China