Local Internet surfers top the country

　　SHENZHEN netizens spend some 151.8 yuan (US$18) in surfing the Internet per month this year, an increase of 16.68 percent year-on-year.Netizens spend 11.9 hours on Internet per week, that is, 1.7 hours a day, and 36.4 percent of them spend more than 10 hours on the Internet per week, yesterday’s Shenzhen Economic Daily quoted a survey as saying. Local netizens spend 3.4 hours more than the national average per week, according to the report. About 49.5 percent of Shenzhen netizens surf the Internet at their own expenses while only 20 percent at public expense. That indicates 80 percent of Shenzhen netizens pay their own expenses, either fully or partly, the survey said. Each Shenzhen netizen has spent an average of 2.9 years on the Internet, an increase of 0.33 year-on-year. Male netizens have as long as 3.1 years’ experience on the Internet while females 2.4 years.Most of the local netizens have their own email boxes and they received and sent 11.8 and 7.3 emails averagely per week, according to the survey.Browsing news, entertainment information, electronic books and information in computer software, hardware, technology and education are what the netizens favor.According to statistics, the number of Internet users in the city has soared to over 1.5 million, a 100 percent year-on-year increase, accounting for 40 percent of the total netizens in Guangdong Province. The average age of Shenzhen netizens is 25.4, among whom males make up 66 percent and females 34 percent. About 40 percent of local netizens hold a bachelor degree or above, the report said.(Peng Zhaoxia)