Time spent on mobile internet in China before and after COVID-19

During the COVID-19 epidemic in China in early 2020 - a period starting shortly before the 2020 Chinese Spring Festival holiday and extending to the weeks afterwards - when the majority of Chinese people were confined to their homes, the use of mobile internet saw a strong increase, surging to 7.3 hours per day per user - an increae of more than one hour in comparison to the period prior to the epidemic. Among other factors, the need to work and learn remotely contributed to the increased use of mobile internet.