SHANGHAI: China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) survey on Wednesday noted that mobile devices such as cell phones and tablet computers have become the second-most popular tool used for Internet browsing in Shanghai besides computers,Xinhua reported on Wednesday.
About 77.3 per cent of people in Shanghai use hand-held mobile devices such as cell phones and tablet computers to use internet, according to the survey done by NBS in the eastern Shanghai metropolis area.
Shanghai citizens spend an average 1.8 hours a day online using mobile terminals, which amounts for a daily 60 per cent of the total time Shanghai people spend online.
The survey also showed that the Internet, besides television and newspapers, was the second-largest media for people to get latest news. The top three motivations for going online ranged from browsing for finding information to do shopping and also for some entertainment.
Around 3,000 randomly chosen residents of 140 communities in Shanghai participated in the survey.
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