More than 60 percent Chinese prefer reading ondigital devices or via the Internet in 2018, accordingto a survey unveiled Tuesday.

周二公布的一项调查显示，2018年，超过60%的中国人更喜欢在数字设备或互联网上阅读。

Some 38.4 percent of those surveyed said theyprefer reading paper books, a 6.7-percentage-pointdecrease year on year, according to the survey bythe Chinese Academy of Press and Publication.

根据中国新闻出版总署的调查，约38.4%的被调查者表示他们更喜欢阅读纸质书籍，同比下降6.7个百分点。

 

 

Chinese adults on average read on an e-reader for 10.7 minutes per day in 2018, more than in2017,.

2018年，中国的成年人们在电子阅读器上每天花费的平均时间为10.7分钟，高于2017的平均时常。

On average, respondents used mobile phones for 84.87 minutes a day, and the Internet for65.12 minutes a day.

调查对象们平均每天使用手机阅读84.87分钟，使用网络阅读65.12分钟。

The survey, conducted from August to December 2018, had a sample size of 19,683 peoplefrom 29 provincial-level regions.

该调查于2018年8月至12月进行，来自29个省级地区的样本人数为19,683人。