Goverment to Promote Internet Cafe Business

Xinhua - English: "Govt to promote Internet cafe business

www.chinaview.cn 2005-08-01 16:49:25

BEIJING, Aug. 1 (Xinhuanet) -- The Chinese Ministry of Culture recently set up a special organ to promote the country's 113,000 Internet parlors, which have a yearly income of 25.68 billion yuan (about 3.2 billion US dollars).
The new organ, known as the Center for the Promotion of the Internet Cafe Industry, is subordinate to the Ministry of Culture.
China has more than 1 billion Internet surfers. Though many families and offices have internet access, internet bars receive some 40 million people a day, according to official figures.
A total of 1,056,000 people are hired by Internet parlors with 8.28 million set of computers, and the industry has brought revenues of 128.2 billion yuan (about 18 billion dollars) to auxiliary enterprises. Enditem "