China's mobile internet growth started to slow down since 2015. It generated 8,229.88 billion yuan (US$1,233.52 bn) in 2017 and expected to reach 19,265.43 billion yuan (US$2,887.57 bn) by 2020.
As of June 2017, there are 772 million netizens in China with a penetration rate of 55.8%, among which, mobile netizen accounted for 97.5%, according to the 40th CNNIC Report. Mobile phone becomes the basis of the internet of everything.
As of December 2017, online music has rapidly gained the popularity among mobile netizens with a penetration rate of 68%, closely behind that of the online video.
Within the audio entertainment market, mobile music took the largest share of over 72%, followed by mobile Karaoke TV (20.81%).
Much intensified copyright awareness vitalizes original music creativity. Upgraded technology and enhanced users requirements all promote the innovation and development of the music market.
Music market has kept a steady growth in 2016. Digital ...
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