Nearly 273 of Chinese newspapers have created websites of their own, accounting for one seventh of the country's total.
According to sources at the 21st China Internet Conference which open on April 20, about 116 Chinese newspapers have registered their independent domain names, accounting for 42.6 percent of the country's total. The rest have established their own homepages on other websites.
Nearly one forth of the 273 newspapers are national ones and about 213 regional and local newspapers have been providing on- line services.
Most of the on-line provide morning and evening newspapers. On- line economic newspapers come in second, totaling 41. South China's Guangdong Province has most on-line newspapers in China.
