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The war is on between Alibaba and Meituan

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Alibaba and Meituan could become a serious threat to each other. For Alibaba, it’s critical for its success in the local services sector with high hopes on Ele.me and Alipay. Lei Wang took on the role of CEO after Alibaba acquired Ele.me at US$9.5 billion in 2018. He then proposed that acquiring 50% of the […]

Consumers sales rise across several categories during China’s Qixi Festival period

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Maybe it’s weird to you but China has several valentine’s days to celebrate, including the February 14th, 520 Day (or Chinese Internet Valentine’s Day), and Qixi Festival. The Qixi Festival, also known as the Qiqiao Festival, is a Chinese festival celebrating the annual meeting of the cowherd and weaver girl in mythology. It falls on […]

Chinese EV maker XPeng eyes for $1.11 bn IPO in the US

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Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer XPeng hopes to raise up to $1.11 billion in its IPO in New York. It said on 21 August 2020 it intends to sell 85 million shares American depositary share (ADS), each representing two class A ordinary share, priced between $11 and $13 per share.

China saw over 30 billion mobile payment transactions in Q2 2020, up 27%

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China’s central bank People’s Bank of China released the overall situation of payment system operation in the second quarter of 2020. The number of ATM cards issued in use nationwide was 8.658 billion, up 1.52% month on month. There are 6.18 bank cards per capita in China. In the second quarter, there were 30.141 billion […]

China summer consumer products sales overview in 2020

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In July 2020, food (non-fresh) and non-alcoholic beverages, alcohol, fresh produce, sun protection, and cooling products have gotten more attention from consumers across the country, according to data shared by Jingdong. The southern provinces of Guangdong and Zhejiang saw alcohol transaction volume increase 60% YoY. In Hubei and Hebei, the transaction volume of food and […]

Top 10 AI Cities in China

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The Intelligent Cities Index China by The University of Sydney provides a ranking of Chinese cities according to their activity in the emerging field of Artificial Intelligence. It provides a resource for decision-makers and stakeholders who want to gain a regional and geographic overview of AI activity in China.

The secret recipe of TikTok e-commerce in China

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Douyin (Chinese version of TikTok; referred as TikTok below) has a GMV target of 200 billion yuan for its live-streaming e-commerce channel in 2020 according to Chinese media 36Kr. In 2017, after the overnight success of TikTok, its parent company ByteDance immediately developed its e-commerce advertising system “Luban”, and officially integrated in June 2018 the […]

An overview of China EV market

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While electric vehicles only accounted for 2.6% of global car sales last year, this is an all-time high for the industry. It’s been growing steadily at a rate of about 40% each year, so don’t count the EV market as a lost cause yet! China EV Industry Overview Since electric vehicles made their way on to the […]

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