By the end of December 2016, the number of .CN domain names had reached 20.61 million, increasing by 25.9% year on year and accounting for 48.7% of all domain names of China; the number of“.中国”domain names had totaled 474,000, up 34.4% annually. II. Personal Application Internet users up to 731 million, a figure equivalent to the population of Europe Up to December 2016, China’s Internet users amounted to 731 million, with an Internet penetration rate of 53.2%, 3.1 percentage points higher than the world average and 7.6 percentage 1 points higher than the Asian average . In 2016, China had 42.99 million new netizens, with an annual growth rate of 6.2%. The total number of China's netizens is equivalent to the population of Europe. Mobile Internet users taking up 95.1% of the total, with an annual growth rate exceeding 10% for three consecutive years As of the end of 2016 the number of mobile Internet users in China reached 695 million, with an annual growth rate exceeding 10% for three consecutive years. More and more individuals used the mobile phone to access the Internet, resulting in the declining use of desktops and laptops. Mobile Internet and offline economy are increasingly interconnected, which promotes the consumption model featuring resource sharing, intelligent devices and diversified scenarios. The number of mobile online payment users up to nearly 470 million, with an offline payment habit developed As of December 2016, China had 469 million mobile online payment users, an annual growth of 31.2%, and the proportion of mobile online payment users increased from 57.7% to 67.5%. More offline payment is made by means of mobile payment, greatly creating more payment scenarios. 50.3% of netizens pay bills through mobile payment when shopping at a physical store. The number of online car-hailing users increasing 37.9% in half a year; ride-sharing 1 For the Internet penetration rate for the world and for Asia, please visit 2 http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm. The 39th Statistical Report on Internet Development in China