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Fortune picked 12 Chinese companies as the top 50 well positioned for growth

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12 Chinese companies made it to the Future 50 index this year. Alibaba and Tencent made it to the list but the top 3 highest-ranked Chinese companies are TAL Education Group, WuXi AppTec, and Haidilao. BCG and Fortune created a Future 50 index to identify companies with the greatest capacity to continually reinvent their businesses […]

S&P Global: Bank disruptors doubling down on mobile payments in China

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Users of most payment platforms reported high engagement for mobile payments (around  90% considering the margin of error), with Du Xiaoman Pay users being a notable exception (80%). WeChat Pay users appeared to be evenly distributed across all ages, but QQ  Wallet users skewed younger. A pair of big technology firms has further consolidated its […]

China’s pets retail market to double by 2024

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China’s pets retail market reached 108.8 billion yuan (US$16.02 billion) in 2019 and is estimated to grow by 13.6% and reach 123.6 billion yuan (US$18.20 bn) in 2020. It will exceed 222 billion yuan (US$32.69 bn) in 2024. The contribution of online sales will continue to grow and is estimated to reach 115.6 billion by […]

Top Chinese Web Browsers in China

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Google Chrome browser still takes the first place in Chinese browser market in August 2020, accounting for 58.22% of the market share, down 0.3% from July.

Chinese influencer platforms: Weibo, Douyin, Kuaishou, Xiaohongshu

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Each of the biggest influencer community platforms, including Weibo, Douyin (TikTok’s Chinese version), Kuaishou (Kwai’s Chinese version), and Xiaohongshu, has its own characteristics and features, which also come from the differences in terms of KOL follower bases. Top 10,000 KOLs by Total Followers Weibo: after years of operation and user retention, all of the Top […]

AI + Retail market in China to reach US$390 million by 2020

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In 2019, the scale of AI + retail market reached 650 million yuan (US$95 million) in China. With the continuous improvement of AI solution capability and increasing demand, it is estimated that the market will reach 2.67 billion yuan (US$390 million) by 2022, and CAGR will reach 44.6% in 2018-2022. The main reason for the […]

Meet China’s Generation Z

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China has the largest group of Generation Z (Gen Z) in the world with a population of 149 million. Gen Z is between 15 and 23-year-old and will account for 40% of consumption power in 2020. Their average time spend on mobile internet is 4.7 hours per day. And, they like Zhihu, Tantan, Xiaohongshu more […]

Tmall a crucial platform for beauty brands’ success in China

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China’s mass local brands are gaining shelf share of Alibaba’s Tmall platform while the visibility for western brands is increasingly challenging. Chinese color cosmetic brands now account for 55% of top 10 default search results and 65% of sales-sorted search results, up 14% and 11% YoY respectively, according to a Gartner report. The report shows […]

7 trends in China’s data center market

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Under China’s “new infrastructure” development plan, data center is listed as a key development project in 2020. Tencent, Alibaba, and Baidu all have set ambitious goals; local governments have responded positively; first-tier cities, such as Shanghai and Shenzhen, which are in short supply of land resources, have also shown some degree of policy flexibility. Driven […]

Tourism transactions on WeChat grew by 43% during Dragon Boat Festival holiday

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WeChat Pay transactions for the tourism industry increased by 43% year-on-year during the recent 3-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday, and the payment amount increased by 27% year-on-year, according to a joint report by WeChat and LY.com. The short-haul getaway trips are the top options for many; the transactions on WeChat Mini Programs increased by 123.52% […]

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