From Xinhua (link):
China is expected to have nearly 100 million bloggers in 2007 with the fast increase in the number of netizens, according to a recent report.
The number of bloggers in the country this year is predicted at more than 60 million, said the report released by the research center of media management under Qinghua University.
The most eye-catching Internet event in 2005 was the spread of bloggers, the report said.