Baidu and Sanofi, a leading biopharmaceutical company focused on human health, have entered into an agreement to integrate Baidu’s messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) design optimization platform, LinearDesign, into Sanofi’s product design pipeline.
17 million more marriageable men than women in China
Double Eleven is not only a shopping festival but also known as Singles Day in China. There are “30 million singles” in China. Is this really the case? In fact, there are 17.52 million more men of marriageable age than women according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
Double 11 (Singles’ Day) Shopping Festival 2021: Alibaba Tmall GVM hit US$84.54 billion
Would Double 11, the biggest shopping event in China, remain the most important shopping festival in 2021? The total amount of GMV this year will be twice that of 2019, reaching about US$85 billion, according to App Annie’s forecast.
Game streaming platform Huya mobile MAU up 15% in Q3 2021
Huya’s total net revenues for the third quarter of 2021 increased by 5.7% to RMB2,975.5 million (US$461.8 million), from RMB2,814.8 million for the same period of 2020.
Nio vehicle delivery more than double in Q3 2021
Deliveries of vehicles were 24,439 in Q3 2021, including 5,418 ES8s, 11,271 ES6s and 7,750 EC6s, representing an increase of 100.2% from Q3 2020 and an increase of 11.6% from Q2 2021.
China internet economy overview 2021
In the first three quarters of 2021, the Internet and related service industries showed a steady development trend, business revenue and operating profit continued to grow rapidly, and the growth rate of R & D expenses maintained double digits. The growth of online sales and short video is prominent. In the first three quarters, China’s […]
Chinese Generation Z’s Media Consumption Habits
Music, video, and gaming are the primary types of media consuming Chinese Gen Zer’s attention. More and more new media types are emerging to attract Generation Z’s attention. In terms of engagement, Music (59%), Video (short-form 58%, long-form 55%), and gaming (53%) are Generation Z’s top choices in China. In terms of usage time, Chinese […]
Exploring new ways to capture Chinese Gen-Z’s attention
Identifying proper styles of communication is critical in capturing Chinese Generation Z’s attention. Generation Zs value the way brands communicate and prefer particularly “young” and “surprise” ways of communication.
Baidu announced an expansion of its robotaxi fleet
Baidu held an event in the last week of October 2021 dedicated to its Apollo autonomous driving technology at Shougang Park in Beijing. The company announced an expansion of the Baidu Apollo robotaxi fleet, a tripling of the available safe road test mileage for autonomous vehicles and a significant update to its 5G Remote Driving […]
Chinese Gen-Zs’ attention insights 2021
Attention is a scarce resource in today’s world. It has unique distribution patterns and characteristics. Only with proper methods, can brands capture, develop and manage it. Chinese Gen-Z Attention Distribution Time Chinese Generation Z’s attention is widely allocated across different time periods. If we look at a 24-hour calendar day, Gen-Zs generally spend a significant […]
Alibaba unveiled 5nm Yitian 710, among China’s most advanced chips
Alibaba Cloud unveiled a new in-house processor design for use in its data centers. The server chips, named Yitian 710, are custom-built by Alibaba Group’s chip development business, T-Head.
China IT security service market overview; more than doubled in 2021
In the first half of 2021, the overall revenue of vendors in the IT security service market in China is approximately US$1.11 billion (about RMB 7.15 billion). The revenue of vendors has doubled compared with the same period last year, with an increase of 110%, or a year-on-year increase of 38% from 2019. China’s IT […]
Digital Transformation of Chinese Enterprises 2021
According to Accenture’s Global CEO survey in 2021, about 70% of the Chinese executives interviewed believe that the competitiveness of Chinese enterprises has improved compared with North American and European enterprises. In contrast, about 40% of the European and North American executives interviewed believe that their enterprise competitiveness has decreased compared with Chinese enterprises. China […]
China National Day Travelers’ Insights 2021
Self-driving tour has become the standard for National Day Golden Week travel in 2021, and the popularity rises by 150% according to Mafengwo. From October 1 to 7, UnionPay online transactions totaled 2.72 trillion yuan, with 4.863 billion transactions, and the average number of daily transactions increased by 31.73% year on year. UnionPay data show […]
UnionPay integrates with Alipay and WeChat Pay
WeChat Pay has officially implemented mutual recognition and mutual scanning of offline QR codes with UnionPay’s Flash app. Users can scan WeChat payment codes through the UnionPay Flash payment app in provincial capitals across the country to complete payment.