Reporters learned from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on May 6 that in the first quarter, China's Internet and related service enterprises above designated size ("Internet enterprises" for short) completed Internet business revenue of 411.8 billion yuan, up 1.4% year on year; Related enterprises have invested a total of 20.45 billion yuan in research and development funds, a year-on-year increase of 4.6%, with a growth rate 1.8 percentage points higher than from January to February. From the regional perspective, in the first quarter, the eastern region achieved Internet business revenue of 367.6 billion yuan, up 2.9% year on year, 1.5 percentage points higher than the national growth rate, accounting for 89.3% of the national Internet business revenue; The Internet business revenue of Beijing Tianjin Hebei region reached 125.1 billion yuan, up 7.1% year on year, accounting for 30.4% of the national Internet business revenue. In addition, nearly half of the regions achieved positive growth in Internet business revenue. In the first quarter, Beijing, Guangdong, Shanghai, Zhejiang and Guizhou, which ranked the top five in terms of cumulative Internet business income, achieved a total of 343.9 billion yuan in business income, up 4.5% year on year, accounting for 83.5% of the national (excluding trans regional enterprises) Internet business income. (New Society)