互聯網在中國被用于公共服務大約有二十年。目前，中國網民人數已經超過5.9億。互聯網在中國被廣泛使用，已經滲透到了生活的各個方面。中國使用最多的互聯網業務是電子郵件、新聞、搜索引擎、網頁瀏覽、在線音樂、即時消息、在線娛樂等。互聯網正逐步改變著人們的消費理念、娛樂方式、社交模式、以及思維方式。現在互聯網信息技術比人類歷史上的任何一項科學發明都更加深刻地影響著人們的生活。

The Internet has been used for public service in China for about twenty years. So far, the number of Chinese Internet users over 590 million. Being widely used in China, the Internet has pervaded all aspects of life. The Internet businesses most frequently used by Chinese Internet users are email, news, search engine, web browsing, online music, instant message, online entertainment and so on. The Internet has been changing people's consumption concept, ways of entertainment and socializing, as well as modes of thinking. Now the Internet information technology has been affecting people's life more deeply than any other scientific invention in human history.