中國的互聯(lián)網(wǎng)社區(qū)是全世界發(fā)展最快的，2010年，中國約有4.2億網(wǎng)民，而且人數(shù)還在迅速增長?；ヂ?lián)網(wǎng)的日漸流行帶來了重大的社會(huì)變化。中國網(wǎng)民往往不同于美國網(wǎng)民。美國網(wǎng)民更多的是受實(shí)際需要的驅(qū)使，用互聯(lián)網(wǎng)為工具發(fā)電子郵件、買賣商品、做研究、規(guī)劃旅程或付款。中國網(wǎng)民更多是出于社交原因使用互聯(lián)網(wǎng)，因而更廣泛的使用論壇、博客、聊天室等等。

The Chinese Internet Community experienced the fastest development. By 2010, there had been 420 million netizens in China and this number is still rising rapidly. The popularization of Internet has brought about huge changes. Generally speaking, American netizens are more often than not driven by real necessities such as sending emails, on-line trading, doing research, travel planning and on-line payment. While, Chinese netizens use Internet out of the need for social communication. Therefore, they log more generally onto web forums, blogs and chatting rooms.