Number of Internet users in China exceeds 500m

People surf the Internet in an Internet café in Quanzhou, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, in this photo taken on August 25, 2011.

The number of Internet users in China has exceeded 500 million, accounting for nearly 40 percent of the country’s total population, and the number of Internet users from the countryside has reached 130 million, said Wang Chen, director of the State Internet Information Office, in Beijing on Thursday. [Photo/Asianewsphoto]