As of May 11 2020, 107.792 million students have resumed school classes, accounting for 39% of the total number of students in China, according to the Ministry of Education.
Alibaba launched Tmall Luxury Soho, targeting Gen-Z luxury shoppers
Alibaba quietly launched Luxury Soho, a new channel on the Tmall e-commerce platform targeting young and value-conscious luxury shoppers. Coach, MCM among the first to join Luxury Soho Luxury Soho is named after New York’s fashionable Soho district. It’s created as a solution to help luxury brands attract younger consumers as well as those who […]
China EdTech GSX revenues increased by 382% in Q1 2020
GSX Techedu Inc. (NYSE: GSX), a leading online K-12 large-class after-school tutoring service provider in China, reported net revenues of RMB1,297.6 million in Q1 2020, a 382.0% increase from RMB269.2 million in the first quarter of 2019.
China Purchasing Managers Index for April 2020
The manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) in China was 50.8% in April 2020, 1.2 percentage points lower than the previous month; the non-manufacturing business activity index was 53.2%, 0.9 percentage point higher than the previous month; and, the comprehensive PMI output index was 53.4%, 0.4 percentage point higher.
How “Lite” apps help drive tech companies’ growth in China
Alibaba launched a “Lite” version of its DingTalk, an enterprise communication and collaboration platform in early April 2020. And, ByteDance also launched a light version of its enterprise messaging app Feishu. Launching a “Lite” version of a mobile app is a common tactic in the Chinese companies’ competitions, which is a lightweight version of the […]
China now the second-largest wealth market with 2.3M HNWIs
China has overtaken Japan to emerge as the second-largest wealth market, with an estimated 2.3 million high net worth individuals (HNWI) including almost 26,700 UHNWs in 2019 – though the market remains substantially smaller than the US, according to research company Wealth-X.
JD partners with Cloudflare in China’s cloud market
Cloudflare announced a significant strategic partnership with JD Cloud & AI, the cloud and intelligent technology business unit of JD.com (Jingdong).
China to account for 44% of global robotics market (including drones) by 2024
China is the largest robotics (including drones) market in the world. It is expected to account for 38% of the global total in 2020, with a total expenditure of US$47.38 billion according to IDC. By 2024, China will account for 44% of the global market. And, it will reach US$121.12 billion. IDC believes that in […]
XPeng delivered 5,147 EVs in April 2021, up 285%
XPeng delivered a total of 5,147 smart EVs in April 2021, representing a 285% increase year-over-year.
Ant Financial’s digital bank MYbank saw net profit growth of 91% in 2019
MYbank, a digital bank under Ant Financial Services Group, served 20.87 million small and micro businesses (SME) in China as of the end of 2019, an increase of 70% YoY, according to its annual report. MYbank worked with more than 400 financial partners to provide business loans to those Chinese SMEs as of 2019, and […]
China’s mobile search market overview 2020
The number of mobile search users grew to 705 million in 2019 in China, according to a Chinese research company iiMedia. Baidu has the largest market share reaching over 70% mobile users in China, followed by Shenma and Sogou. The actual spending on search advertisements in China was 1.13 times higher than the budget. Over […]
China’s Bitcoin mining machines manufacturer Ebang filed for U.S. IPO
Ebang International, a leading Chinese bitcoin mining machine manufacturer based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, is trying to raise up to $100 million through an initial public offering (IPO) in the U.S..
China evening podcast users overview 2020
31.2% of the Chinese population have the habit of listening to audiobooks. And, China has over 200 million evening podcast users with a total playing duration of 10.9 billion hours, according to a recent report from research company Analysis. Users’ evening usage time in the mobile audio segment account for 46.3% of the total usage […]
WeChat advertising trends for luxury products
It has been 6 years since the first advertising for luxury products appeared on WeChat Moments in 2015 and the luxury sector first tested out WeChat Advertising. WeChat as a social platform has redefined luxury product marketing, allowing luxury brands to use social and digital ways to tell Chinese customers their own brand stories. Over […]
China gaming revenues rose 25% in Q1 2020
Gaming revenues in China exceeded 73.2 billion yuan (US$10.31 bn) in Q1 2020, an increase of 25% compared with Q4 2019 according to a joint report by China Audio-Video Digital Publishing Association and IDC.