(20 April 2015, Beijing) Xinhua reports that digital media have overtaken books as the most read media in China, according to a national survey released on Monday.
About 58.1 percent of Chinese adults read digitally in 2014, up 8 percent, while 58 percent read books, only 0.2 percent up, said an annual survey on reading habits polling about 35,500 adults in 29 provincial divisions.
The survey, conducted from September by the Chinese Academy of Press and Publication, revealed that 51.8 percent of the respondents read on their mobile phones while 49.4 percent on ordinary computer and 5.3 percent on e-reader such as a Kindle.
The announcement full of data is here.
