BEIJING, Sept. 28 -- "Wolf falls in love with sheep; he is crazy about the love." This popular song "Wolf Falling in Love with Sheep," derived from the Internet, was performed in China's Zhejiang E-Music Festival, arousing crazy atmospheres on the spot. In China now, even 7- or 8-year-old primary school students can sing many e-songs like this.

With the booming of the Internet, a fire-new kind of music, e-music, is emerging.

With humorous lyrics, funny and interesting flashes, simple rhythms, and folk characteristics, these e-songs have gained much favor rapidly among young netizens in China. Some songs even got more than ten million hits for download, such as "Mice Love Rice" sung by Yang Chengang, "Lilac Flower" by Tang Lei, and "The Pig" by Xiangxiang. They are fairly popular everywhere in China now.

By June 30, 2005, the number of the netizens of China had reached 103 million. According to an investigation, Chinese netizens go online mainly aiming at getting information and entertainment, with 37.9 percent of netizens choosing entertainment.

According to a report released by iResearch Ltd., the sale of China's e-music market climbed to 3.6 billion yuan in 2005 from 0.8 billion yuan in 2003, and this year the amount is expected to hit 5 billion yuan. Music consumption through the Internet and mobile phone will be part of people's daily life.

(Source: CRIENGLISH.com/Chinanews.cn)