Total advertising revenues of 16 leading internet companies in China surged by 39% to US$57.28 billion in 2018. The BAT together accounted for over 70% of the total. Qutoutiao, ByteDance, Bilibili, and Meituan are among the fastest-growing ones with annual growth exceeding 100%. The leading internet companies still earned a lot from online advertising in […]
Outbound Chinese tourists mobile payment usage 2019; average spend US$6,706
On average an outbound Chinese tourist plans to spend US$6,706 traveling overseas in 2019, up 15% from 2018. Product quality became the second most important factor to consider when shopping abroad. 69% of outbound Chinese tourists made purchases on their mobile phones in 2018. Chinese citizens made a total of 149.72 million outbound visits in […]
Top Chinese mobile apps by UVs in March 2019
The top 10 Chinese mobile apps by UVs are WeChat, QQ, Taobao, iQiyi, Sogou Input, Alipay, Weibo, QQLive, Baidu Search, and Amap according to data from iResearch for March 2019. Check out the chart below for the top 30. The top two mobile apps are instant messenger apps from Tencent. WeChat’s monthly UV exceeded 1.1 […]
A Chinese retailer’s digital transformation journey
Last November, Tianhong’s Junshang 3019sp@ce supermarket officially upgraded to a WeChat payment smart retail store. The number of cashiers reduced from 15-20 to only two on that day, most of which were replaced by self-checkout machines.
Taobao to enable farmers to find new markets and customers
Taobao will leverage its live streaming technology to help incubate 1,000 key opinion leaders in China’s countryside in an effort to boost rural development according to Alibaba. By helping farmers go online, Taobao aims to enable farmers to find new markets and customers from their homegrown products.
China social media users’ content preference by education levels 2019
WeChat and QQ have similar reach among users with different educational backgrounds. Weibo reached less than 30% of the 378 million users with a low education background; its penetration among users with a bachelor’s Degree was nearly 50%. Only 15% users with a low education background used Bilibili, comparing to 45.8% users with a bachelor’s […]
Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent investment overview
China’s leading internet companies such as Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent, a.k.a. BAT, also compete in the investment. In 2018, companies received around 2.6 billion yuan investment from Baidu, over 12.7 billion yuan from Tencent, and near 40 billion yuan from Alibaba.
5 consumption trends of post-90s on Tmall Global
There are five trends of China’s post-90s and post-95s consumers’ consumption on Tmall Global. They care very much about their appearances and spend a lot on skincare; they expect tasty health supplement; and, they like overseas street fashion, smart home, pet companion. They couldn’t care less about facial skincare Post-90s and post-95s consumers are willing […]
Tmall Global overview in 2018
Tmall Global introduced 122% more overseas brands in 2018, over 80% of which enter into the Chinese market for the first time. China cross-border import retail e-commerce grew to a US$16.86bn market in Q4 2018, led by Tmall Global, NetEase Kaola, and JD Worldwide. CBNData and Tmall Global forecast the number of Chinese consumers who […]
How Tmall played a vital role in China’s largest wool and textile enterprise
When talking about e-commerce, Chen Zhongwei, general manager of Hengyuanxiang, said: “E-Commerce has indeed subverted our understanding of the entire business model.” He felt that a new era is here, and it came very quickly.
Low education, young, and senior internet users in China
Among 827 million residents who only received middle school education or lower, excluding those who are still in school and preschoolers, 378 million or 45.7% are online. Furthermore, 40 million or 16.6% of the 241 million silver users aged above 60 years old are online. Low education users The internet has greatly affected users’ sleeping […]
China online shoppers trends 2019
The higher educated Chinese are the least likely to be attracted by incentivized sharing. Nearly 90% of users with middle school or lower education spent less than 40% of the monthly expenditure online. Over 50% of the 40 to 49-year-olds choose to buy home appliances and digital equipment online. A comparison of online shopping behavior […]
How one utilizes Alipay mini-programs to acquire new users
Alipay recently introduced a new feature Sports on its mini-programs platform and opened beta testing to some developers. It has helped promote brand exposure and user acquisitions. Previously, Alipay mini-programs has opened over 600 functions including face recognition to developers. Alipay, the leading online payment platform owned by Ant Financial and affiliated with Alibaba Group, […]
China retail market overview for Q1 2019; online grew by 15%, 23% of total
Total retail sales of consumer goods in China increased to US$1,457 billion in Q1 2019 and roughly 85.3% came from urban areas. Online retail sales of goods and services totaled US$333.45bn, representing 22.9% of the total.
China GDP unexpectedly rose 6.4% to exceed US$3T in Q1 2019
The gross domestic product (GDP) of China amounted to 21,343.3 billion yuan (around US$3,180.22bn) for the first three months of 2019 (Q1 2019), up 6.4% from a year ago, according to the preliminary estimates of the National Bureau of Statistics of China.