Chinese children are surfing the web earlier in life, with almost 75% saying they first used the internet before the age of 10, up significantly from 55.9% in 2010, a study has found.

一项研究发现，我国儿童触网年龄走低，近75%的儿童称自己10岁前首次触网，这一数字比2010年的55.9%有了显著增加。

The Annual Report on Internet Use and Reading Practice of Chinese Minors¹ (2017-18), released last Monday, said 98.1% of students under the age of 18 have browsed² the internet.

上周一发布的《中国未成年人互联网运用和阅读实践报告（2017-2018）》指出，18岁以下学生的互联网运用率高达98.1%。

The study, carried out by several organizations led by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences' Media Research Center, shows children from urban areas start using the internet earlier than their rural peers.

由中国社会科学院媒体研究中心领导的几个组织开展的这项研究表明，城市地区的孩子比农村同龄人要更早开始使用互联网。

The report also found that those from single-parent households and those whose parents do not hold college degrees all tend to use the internet at a younger age.

该报告还发现，单亲家庭和父母无大学学历的孩子触网年龄往往更早。

64.2% of primary school students owned cellphones, while the rate for middle and high school students was 71.3% and 86.9%, respectively.

在小学生、初中生和高中生群体中，拥有手机的学生比例分别为64.2%、71.3%和86.9%。

Though more than half of the respondents said the internet had helped them with their studies, almost 30% said they surf the internet for unrelated content while studying, the report said.

该报告称，尽管超半数受访者称互联网对自己的学习起到了促进的作用，但近30%的人称自己会在学习过程中上网浏览与学习无关的内容。

Zhong Fuhai, a teacher at a rural primary school in Macheng, Hubei province, said early exposure to the internet is common at his school.

湖北省麻城市一所农村小学的教师仲复海表示，在他的学校里，早早接触互联网是很常见的。

"I don't regard mobile phones as being necessary for kids, even for middle school students," he said.

他说：“我不认为手机对孩子来说是必要的，即使对于中学生来说也是如此。”