According to China National Tourism Administration, in the first half of 2013, the number of foreign visitors in China was merely 4.94 million. Compared to the number of visitors in the first half of 2012, 2011 and 2010, it has been dropping consistently for three years.
Chinese Mobile IM Active Accounts Reached 770M in Q2 2013
According to Enfodesk, in Q2 2013, Chinese cumulative mobile IM accounts hit 1.48 billion, with a QoQ increase of 21.3%. Chinese mobile IM active accounts reached 770 million, 75% more than that of 2012. Mobile QQ was the top mobile IM app with 39.9% market share,, followed by Wechat with 29.1%. Together, QQ and Wechat […]
Chinese Spending More on Gifts for Mid Autumn and National Day
According to Kantar WorldPanel Consumer Price Index, gift market grew 27% in 2012 compared to 2011 during mid autumn festival and National Day. Expensive gift became the trend. Gifts with more than 150 yuan (USD 24.4) surpassed 30% during the holidays in 2012.
Trending in China: Cross-border E-commerce
Since the IPO of LightInTheBox in the U.S., Chinese e-commerce has turned their interest in international cross-border transactions. Besides, the new government policies supporting foreign e-commerce retailers might make it new highlight. International e-commerce actually is a low cost and low risk business. Data from China, the UK and the U.S. all showed that international […]
Preparing For Double 11: The Battle Over Logistics Begins
Although Double 11 is one month ahead, big B2C platforms are busily preparing for logistics. Last year, the battle over Double 11 began with the competition for brands. This year, the prologue is logistics. Some enterprises revealed that Jingdong’s emails claiming that it would offer logistics compensation and traffic compensation. Experts said Jingdong aimed not […]
Chinese B2C Platforms Comparison
iResearch made a comparison of Chinese major three B2C platforms, which are Tmall, Jingdong and Suning. Tmall fully opens its B2C platform, without selling its own products. However, Jingdong and Suning offer warehouse and logistics service, which would help increase enterprise loyalty. In the aspect of payment, Alipay is the most popular payment method with […]
Chinese Netizen Camera Phone User Behavior Report in 2013
ZDC, which is ZOL Data Center, released a report on Chinese netizen camera phone user behavior in 2013. This report was based on a survey on ZOL, it collected 1,260 responses and received 1,248 effective responses.
Baidu iQiyi Joined With TCL to Launch TV+
iQiyi, a video provider now owned by Baidu, jointly announced with China’s biggest TV manufacturer TCL to launch 48 inch TV+, also known as internet TV. According to iResearch, iQiyi and PPS (Baidu acquired PPS this May) monthly users reached 358 million, is the biggest video platform in China. Data showed that TCL has 25.2% […]
Top Sharing Website Verticals on Wechat
According to JiaThis.com, a social sharing company, top shared websites category on Wechat in July 2013 was living services services. Since the launch of Wechat, sharing on Wechat has been increasing all the time. In July 2013, except for E-Commerce websites who had a slight drop, other categories of websites sharing on Wechat all went […]
Chinese Travellers Favorite Destination in August
In August 2013, China outbound travelers kept growing, Asia was the main destination for Chinese tourists. Data showed that Hong Kong, Macao, Thailand and Singapore were the top choices of Chinese outbound travelers. And the number of travelers to Australia surged 40% compared to last month.
Weitao, Wechat and Weibo Marketing Value Comparison
Weitao Recently, Taobao has shut down QR code access from Wechat, officially waging war with Tencent on mobile traffic entrance. Taobao released its own CRM service Weitao, competing Wechat directly. For Taobao sellers, they have to keep up with Taobao’s changes and learn how to do marketing on Weitao. Before they begin investing and putting […]
17 Third-Party Enterprises Granted Cross-Border Payment License
Alipay, together with 16 other third-party enterprises, were granted with cross-border payment license. The 17 enterprises are located in five cities and their licenses were granted in different businesses. Alipay, Tenpay, Chinapnr, Allinpay, Unionpay, 99Bill, shengpay,IPS, fuiou, yeepay and chinagpay are allowed in trade in goods, overseas education, air tickets and hotels; yinyingtong is allowed […]
Chinese Ranked Fifth in Mobile Apps Purchase
You’re mistaken if you think Chinese don’t pay for mobile app and only use pirated software. According to a survey by GameLook in August this year, Chinese mobile app including tablets and mobile phones’ revenue ranked the fifth in the world. The U.S. ranked the top, followed by Japan, South Korea and the UK.
China Social Travel White Paper in 2013
CIC and GroupM jointly released China social travel white paper in 2013. By collecting and analyzing social media discussion and related information, they classified Chinese travelers into five categories which could be helpful for brands to make market strategies. China National Tourism Administration estimated that Chinese tourism industry would reach 2.9 trillion yuan (USD 471.4 […]
China’s Tier 2, 3 Cities’ Mobile Internet Growth Surpassed Tier One
According to a report released by Dianping, a Yelp like top review website in China, tier two and three cities’ mobile internet growth speed surpassed tier one cities for the first time.It also showed that mobile consumers had become more localized and personalized, the need for services kept growing. Dianping’s mobile life report in 2013 […]