Kuangshi Technologies, or Megvii as China’s largest facial recognition developer, released FaceStyle beauty cloud solution to empower the beauty industry with AI technologies such as face recognition and human image processing. Through the online makeup trial SDK/API and offline makeup trial app solutions for brick-and-mortar stores, consumers can easily and virtually try out the makeup […]
Xiaohongshu community trends 2020
In terms of overall trends, beauty makeup, travel, fashion, cultural entertainment, and gourmet food rank among the top five in the content ecology of Xiaohongshu’s (a.k.a. Little Red Book) community. Education, photography, sporting events, technology & digital and home furnishing are among the top five rising categories according to a report from Xiaohongshu. Further, Xiaohongshu, […]
Postponed or canceled purchase due to Covid-19: China vs. US vs. UK
65% of Chinese consumers have postponed or canceled their traveling due to the impact of COVID-19, according to a survey by Strategy Analytics. 43%, 41%, and 37% have postponed or canceled the holidays, automobile purchases, and smartphone purchases respectively. Smartphones and 5G were not immune from delayed purchasing in China. 37% have delayed a new […]
China surpassed the U.S. as the top source of patent applications in 2019
China surpassed the United States as the top source of international patent applications filed with WIPO amid another year of robust growth in 2019.
China third-party mobile payment market overview in 2019
In the fourth quarter of 2019, China’s third-party mobile payment transactions reached 59.8 trillion yuan (US$8.56 trillion), with a year-on-year growth rate of 13.4%. The proportion of mobile consumption in China’s third-party mobile payment increased to 24.5% in Q4 2019 from22.2% in Q3 2019. Alipay and Tenpay continued to dominate the third-party mobile payment in […]
China’s largest holographic AR app platform WiMi listed on NASDAQ
WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc., a holographic augmented reality (AR) application platform in China, started trading under the ticker symbol of “WIMI” on NASDAQ on 1 April 2020.
Sales from Alibaba live streaming platform grew by 150% for 3 consecutive years
Taobao sales referred from Taobao Live, Alibaba’s live streaming platform, grew by 150% for 3 consecutive years from 2017 to 2019. Hangzhou, the headquarter of Alibaba Group and Taobao, accounts for over 10% of the total number of live-streaming anchors on Taobao Live. Guangzhou, Lianyungang, Suqian, Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Suzhou, Jinhua, and Wenzhou are […]
JD.com founder Richard Liu resigns as a general manager
Jingdong Century Trading Co., Ltd., the operating entity of Jingdong, has undergone changes in its business registrations on April 2, 2020.
Xiaomi highlights in 2019; MIUI MAU up 28% to 310M in 2019
In 2019, Xiaomi’s total revenue was RMB205.8 billion, an increase of 17.7% year-over-year. Adjusted net profit was RMB11.5 billion, an increase of 34.8% year-over-year. For Q4 2019, Xiaomi recorded RMB56.5 billion in revenue, an increase of 27.1% year-over-year, while adjusted net profit was RMB2.3 billion, an increase of 26.5% year-over-year.
Alibaba takes on Pinduoduo with Taobao Special Offer
Along with Taobao’s “special offer edition”, there are also “super factory plan” and “10 billion production area plan”, three major initiatives that Alibaba uncovered asd three pillars of Taobao’s C2M strategy.
Alibaba launched its own snacks brand Bonbater
Bonbater, a snacks brand owned by Alibaba with rising popularity on Taobao, is recently revealed by the Chinese media. What are Alibaba’s advantages of running its own brand? The official business registration information shows Bonbater’s dealer is Hangzhou Xinxuan E-Commerce Co., Ltd, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Taobao. The company’s former legal representative is […]
Cloud infrastructure services spend in China increased by 64% in 2019
China’s cloud infrastructure services market grew 66.9% and reached US$3.3 billion in total spending in Q4 2019, accounting for 10.8% and the second largest of the global market, according to data from Canalys.
China OTA Tongcheng eLong MAU exceeded 205 million in 2019
The average MAUs of China’s OTA Tongcheng-eLong (HKG: 0780) increased by 18.5% year-to-year from 173.7 million in Q4 2018 to 205.9 million in Q4 2019 according to its unaudited financial results.
Insights of TikTok’s corporate accounts and TikTok Challenge
The number of Blue V accounts, corporate verified accounts with at least 1 post in the past 30 days, reached 158,000 on TikTok, 11.19 times compared to the same period last year, according to data collected by CaasData. TikTok Verified Corporate Accounts Culture & Art related accounts are still the majority among Blue V accounts, […]
China’s wearable device shipment up 37.1% in 2019, led by Xiaomi and Huawei
The wearable device shipment grew by over 25% to 27.61 million units in the fourth quarter of 2019, according to data from IDC. Xiaomi has over 24% market share in Q4 2019, followed by Huawei (21.5%) and Apple (17.8%). BKK Electronics and Qihoo 360 have a market share of 4.6% and 2.9% respectively. The basic […]