| Objective:Digital Divide ( or Information Divide ) means the difference among the present information environment and information resource and its substance is Information Divide. On the one hand, the paper introduces the general status of distribution of network information resource in China; on the other hand, the paper observes the "Digital Divide" in the development of the distribution of Network information resource in all provinces of China and brings out measures and suggestions based on the analysis of the development influencing factors and the present distribution of network information resource.Methods:To define the outline of the paper through reading literatures widely, referring the domestic and international research results and combining the objective of the paper. To describe statistically and analyze the general development of network information resource in China, the development of network information resource per capita, the development of mass network information resource and the development of the general level of network information resource from CN domain name, website, IP address and web page; To discuss the "Digital Divide" in the present situation and the development of network information resource in different provinces of China from absolute difference, relative difference and general difference. In the paper, to bring out the general level index in the analysis of the general gap and introduce the updated "Gap Coefficient" and "Gini Coefficient to make the result more convincible; finally to make the multifactor linear regression analysis for the development influencing factors of network information resource by the stepwise regression; then to make relevant measures and suggestions for the development and region difference of network information resource in China.Results:1. Generally, network information resource in China develops fast and has huge potential profiting from rapid development of internet in China.2. Absolute difference, relative difference, Gap Coefficient and Gini Coefficient shows: there is problem of "Digital Divide" in the distribution of network information resource in China. The distribution of network information resource in east region is much advanced than it is in the west, which shows remarkable difference.3. The advanced region of network information resource has engendered. The development of network information resource masses in eastern provinces, especially in Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Fujian and Jiangsu. The eastern provinces have become "first class" of network information resource in China based on the Growth Theory and the new distribution of " East High West Low" has shaped.4. The Digital Divide Coefficient among region is reduced. The regional Gini Coefficient of network information resource in China is reduced yearly ( 0.58685 in 2005, 0.55385 in 2006, 0.550875 in 2007). The difference among some regions keeps steady relatively based on related relative mean, so the unbalance among regions keeps steady comparatively.5. Network information resource in the middle and west of China develops rapidly.6. The proportion of R&D fund in GDP and the whole revenue of post and communication are influencing factors of general development of network information, its coefficient R2 is 0.359; the R&D fund, the whole revenue of post and communication and revenue per employee are influencing factors of development per capita of network information resource, its coefficient R2 is 0.395; the proportion of R&D fund in GDP is the influencing factor of depth of web application, the higher proportion, the deeper application; The GDP, R&D fund and the optical fiber length per square kilometer per capita are influencing factors of general level of network information resource, its coefficient R2 is 0.691.Conclusion:1. The network information resource in China develops rapidly and its general situation and per capita are both good.2. There is problem of" Digital Divide " in the distribution of network information resource in China and the regional difference is remarkable. Recently new policies have been carried out to make reasonable distribution of network information resource step by step in China.3. The proportion of R&D fund in GDP and the whole revenue of post and communication are influencing factors of general development of network information; the R&D fund, the whole revenue of post and communication and revenue per employee are influencing factors of development per capita of network information; the proportion of R&D fund in GDP is the influencing factor of depth of web application; The GDP, R&D fund and the optical fiber length per square kilometer per capita are influencing factors of general level of network information resource. We must take powerful measures to accelerate the development of network information resource in China based on the concerned influencing factors.
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