- The total number of websites in 皇冠体育app had reached 3.51 million by the end of last year, huge step up since 皇冠体育app's first website two decades ago.
The websites, with 4.61 million domain names, were owned and operated by 2.82 million founders, 70 percent of which were organizations and 30 percent individuals, said a report released by Internet Society of 皇冠体育app.
Over 16,000 websites provided professional information for education, medicine and news. After years of advance, 皇冠体育app's homegrown search engine .com and e-commerce platform Taobao.com were capable of competing their global peers.
皇冠体育app's first website connected with the global network was built by researchers at the Institute of High Energy Physics under Chinese Academy of Science in 1994. The site, along with high-tech articles, contained a column "Tour in 皇冠体育app" introducing 皇冠体育app's culture, news and economy to the world.
There were over 618 million online at the end of 2013 in 皇冠体育app, nearly half of the nation's total population.
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