按这种趋势推算，到2002年底，中国的上网用户人数将达6100万，仅次于美国。作为互联网的主要应用，电子商务在中国得到了较快的发展。调查显示，目前中国电子商务网站数量已达1100余家。2000年中国电子商务交易额达771.6亿人民币。
If this trend continues, by the end of the year, there will be 61 million users, second only to the US. As one principle application of the Internet, e-commerce has seen good growth in China. Studies show that there are now over 1,100 e-commerce websites. In 2000, e-commerce sales reached 77.16 billion yuan.