The number of China enterprise email users was estimated to reach 112 million in 2016 and is expected to reach 135 million in 2017 according to iResearch.
China mobile music apps users overview 2016
Kugou Music, QQ Music, Kuwo Music were the top three mobile music apps by total number of downloads in 2016 with 28.4%, 16%, and 13.9% market share respectively.
Weibo monthly active users grew to 313M in Q4 2016
Weibo’s monthly active users (“MAUs”) grew 33% year over year to 313 million in December 2016, 90% of which were mobile users according to Weibo financial results.
China digital marketing focus of advertisers in 2017
More than 80% advertisers said they would increase their digital marketing budget in 2017 with an average increase of 15%; only 3% would reduce their budget in 2017 according to an AdMaster survey.
China FMCG spending growth slowed to 2.9% in 2016
The spending growth of China’s FMCG market showed to 2.9% in 2016 from 3.5% in 2015, according to Kantar Worldpanel. The growth of hypermarkets, supermarkets, and convenience stores slowed to a growth rate of just 0.7% in 2016。
Top China Provinces/Municipalities by GDP in 2016
The top 6 regions by GDP in China remain the same in 2016 as compared to 2015: Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shandong, Zhejiang, Henan, Sichuan.
China online shoppers bought US$5 bn from South Korea in 2016
Cross-border online shopping of South Korea products saw fast growth in 2016 with Chinese consumers the fastest.
China cross-border e-commerce insights 2016/2017
The total transactions of China cross-border e-commerce market reached 6.3 trillion yuan (US$920 billion) in 2016, including retail and B2B according to a Chinese research company iiMedia. And, it’s expected to reach 8.8 trillion yuan (US$1.28 trillion) in 2018.
“Say It with Starbucks” available on WeChat
WeChat and Starbucks started strategic cooperation in Dec 2016, which made WeChat Pay available in stores of Starbucks. They started offering social gift cards in early 2017 and launched “Say It with Starbucks” product.
14 Chinese retailers made it to Top 250 retailers list
Deloitte’s annual Global Powers of Retailing report identifies the 250 largest retailers around the world. JD.com ranks on top of all Chinese companies in the Top 250 retailers list.
WeChat Usage Stats for Chinese New Year 2017
WeChat users made 2.1 billion minutes of free calls and exchanged 46 billion red packets (hongbao)on WeChat during the past Chinese New Year 2017, five times more than the previous year according to WeChat.
Top smartphone models in China in 2016
China smartphone shipments were up 9% in Q4 2016 and 12% in 2016 according to Counterpoint. Huawei, Oppo, and Vivo (HOV) emerged as clear winners in 2016.
China online retail sales grew by over 26% in 2016
The total retail sales of consumer goods in China reached 3,175.7 billion yuan in December 2016, up by 10.9% yoy (nominal growth rate. The real growth rate was 9.2%) according to National Bureau of Statistics of China.
Top 30 Chinese Export Brands
Lenovo was ranked the most powerful Chinese export brand by WPP and Kantar Millward Brown, followed by Huawei, Alibaba, Elex and Xiaomi.
China Outbound Travel Forecast 2016-2021
China is the largest outbound travel market and expected to see 103.4 million trips in 2021 constituting 40 percent of all Asia Pacific outbound travel, nearly four times that of the #2 and #3 markets being South Korea (25.6 million) and India (21.5 million) respectively according to a latest Mastercard Report.