China’s average internet speed highest in Shanghai, slowest in Qinghai: report

A new report reveals that while internet speeds in China remain relatively slow, steady strides in improving online connectivity have been made.

According to this data, the national average internet speed for the fourth quarter of 2013 reached 3.45Mb/s, up 33.2 per cent from 2012.

Region by region, Shanghai sits at the top  with an average connection speed of 5.40Mb/s, followed by Beijing at 4.17Mb/s and Fujian Province at 3.93Mb/s.

China’s eastern provinces, where most of the country’s developed cities are located, enjoyed internet speeds at a new average of 3.79 Mb/s, slightly above central China at 3.37 Mb/s and western China at 3.18 Mb/s.

From the first quarter to the fourth quarter in 2013, however, all three regions saw average quarterly speeds jump an aggregate of over 11 per cent.