The China Internet Information Center is the largest web site providing information on China. It began operation on January 1 1997, and had received over 10 million hits from users in more than 80 countries by the end of 1997, over 90 percent of them from abroad. On its busiest day, it received 10,000 visits. It also received some 1,000 E-mails, 70 percent of them highly praising the information available.