The report also found that almost one third of school children said they even use their mobile phones during classes and while doing homework.
The proportion of Chinese children under 10 years old who use the Internet - which was only 56% in 2010 – reached 68% last year, according to the Bluebook of Teenagers published by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS).
More than 90% of Chinese minors, those aged up to 18, can now access the Internet through mobile phone and over 64% of primary school kids have their own phones, according to the report.
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