Bikini show in 2014 China Final of Miss Tourism World
Close-up view of August Aerobatic Team
Goddesses married in 2014
Polar region photos raise worldwide awareness of global warming
Get off at the last stop — Beijing Subway in vision
Top 100 beauties in the world!
Gallery: Who is the most beautiful one?
If you like autumn, put your hands in the air!
Fan Bingbing's "Queen style" in new play
Lingerie show at 2014 Miss China
BEIJING, Dec. 18 -- China will boast more than half a billion smartphone users by the end of this year, an official with the State Internet Information Office (SIIO) said.
The country has 1.3 billion cellphone users, said Wang Xiangrong, deputy director of the website information broadcasting department under SIIO, China's Web regulator.
With smartphones becoming more affordable and improved telecommunication services, by the end of 2014 three of every 10 smartphone users in the world will be Chinese, Wang said Thursday at an Internet industry conference held in Beijing.
"More than 40 percent of China's citizens will access the Internet through their cellphones next year," he predicted.
"In the last 20 years, the Internet in China has created a fertile market with limitless potential. The Internet has also facilitated new technological advances, products and business models as well as millions of jobs," Wang added.
Joint anti-piracy drill
Unknown 'monster' fish caught in Shandong
20 years on: Relocated Three Gorges residents through lens
Beautiful Chinese woman
Chestnut girl goes viral online
PLA HK Garrison veterans leave behind beautiful smiles
Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
Representative beauties
Excellent photos of Zhuhai Air Show
Another level of law
On their own
Western supremacy echoed in RWB report
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