Economy

More than 100 million in China shop online

By Yan Weijue (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-06-25 13:57

The number of people who do online shopping has exceeded 100 million in China, accounting for one-quarter of the whole group of netizens, according to data released by iresearch, a company specializing in in-depth studies of customer behavior in new economic fields, Beijing Times reported Friday.

The company also says in 2009, turnover of e-commerce in the country reached 3.6 trillion yuan ($529 billion).