CRI听力:Increase of Mobile Internet Users

More than seventy percent of mobile phone users are using the phones in their hands to surf the internet. It also means that one in three Chinese people are using their mobile phone to connect to the internet. China's mobile internet has entered a booming period.

Here I talked to a few Beijing residents about how using their smartphone to surf the internet has become an indispensable part of everyday life.

"I use my phone a lot more than a personal computer to surf the web these days. I spend 3 to 4 hours on it everyday."

"I can't live without my phone during commuting hours. Browsing web pages on my mobile phone kills time. I'm back on the internet on my Ipad when I reach home."

"My smart phone is the medium for internet-surfing in my leisure time. Entertainment, shopping, chatting with friends, you name it. I only use my PC to get online in the office."

The latest figure published by the Internet Information Center shows that more than half of the new internet surfers logged on via their mobile phones are migrant workers. For those who don't sit at their desk with a computer in front of them all day, a mobile phone conveniently substitutes all it's functions, bringing a revolution for internet users.

With more internet users going mobile, the habits we've acquired by using computers has transferred onto phones. For instance, using a browser to open an internet link is what most do on their mobile phones just like on computers.

Domestic internet browser providers dominate the Chinese market, with the UC browser as the champion which accounts for 46 percent of the market.

Yu Yongfu, president and CEO of UC browser says his company has benefited from this change of user behavior from PC to mobile phone.

"According to data analysis of the 500 million customers UC possesses, only 17 percent of customers shopped online in 2012. But 6 months later, 36.7 percent of our users chose to pay online. You see what a change it is!"

The seamless corporation between mobile phone browser providers and online payment providers may be credited for the fast growth of internet shopping on mobile phones. Customers find it a faster and more convenient option when making a purchase and payment.

Mobile phone services that include bill payment, shopping and ticket-booking, along with other factors such as the diversity of apps and cheaper access to internet on phones will continue to lure more netizens from computers to the mobile devices.

If the Internet has changed our lives, using your smartphone to surf the internet has changed our lifestyles.

For CRI, I'm Zhou Heyang.