More than 60 percent Chinese prefer reading on digital devices or via the Internet in 2018, according to 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 they prefer reading paper books, a 6.7-percentage-point decrease year on year, according to the survey by the 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 in 2017,.
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 for 65.12 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 people from 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。