TECHNOLOGY

China’s Mobile Apps Exceed 4.02 Million

China’s mobile app market continued to thrive in the first half of this year, with total apps exceeding 4.02 million.

Mobile games boasted the largest number of apps with 1.17 million as of the end of June, followed by daily life services and e-commerce, according to a report released by the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

Mobile system tools were the most downloaded apps, followed by games and video- and audioplaying apps.

The report also showed that Chinese key firms in the Internet sector and related industries raked in 284.3 billion yuan (US$42.68 billion) in the first half of the year, up 24.9 percent year-on-year.

E-commerce platforms were the biggest winners, reporting total revenue of 107.4 billion yuan (US$16.5 billion), up 42.9 percent year-on-year.

The latest report from the China Internet Network Information Center showed that China had about 751 million netizens and 724 million mobile Internet users as of the end of June.