Top 10 trends in China's internet development

Updated: 2016-09-02 07:15

By Zhu Lingqing(chinadaily.com.cn)

An internet user browses the website of Taobao.com of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group in Tianjin, March 22, 2016. [Photo/IC]

Trend 4: The number of online shoppers keeps rising

A total of 448 million internet users shopped online as of June, with 61 percent of them shopping via smartphones.