Shoppers fueling fresh online boom

Purchases, public services grow as number of netizens surges anew

China's internet has seen rapid developments in online purchases and public services over the past two years and will continue to benefit from the two areas, a national internet authority said on Friday.

A report released by the China Internet Network Information Center said China had 751 million netizens by the end of June - 19.92 million more than the number in December.