Attention is a scarce resource in today’s world. It has unique distribution patterns and characteristics. Only with proper methods, can brands capture, develop and manage it. Chinese Gen-Z Attention Distribution Time Chinese Generation Z’s attention is widely allocated across different time periods. If we look at a 24-hour calendar day, Gen-Zs generally spend a significant […]
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7 Major Consumer Segments Shaping Chinese Market Landscape
China’s domestic consumer market has grown to a considerable size. However, there’s still much potential in it. China will offer a US$5 trillion consumption growth opportunity in the next decade, according to a latest research by the McKinsey Global Institute. Citizen’s incomes are increasing at a steady pace. China’s number of households with upper middle […]
Tmall Global cross-border e-commerce insights 2021
The number of brands and merchants on the Tmall Global platform as of December 31, 2020, grew over 60% year-over-year, according to Alibaba’s announced financial results. Merchants Growth on Tmall Global From 2017 to 2020, the number of online businesses on Tmall global grew rapidly, with an average annual compound growth rate of 55.2% In […]
How Tencent’s investment strategy made it US$120 billion in 2020
Tencent made a total of about US$120 billion in 2020 through its minority stakes in about 100 listed companies. Such achievements are enough to make any venture capital company in Silicon Valley envious. Tencent is one of the largest and smartest technology investors in the world, holding shares in a range of companies, including Snap […]
China smart speaker market overview 2021
In 2020, the smart speaker market in China sold 36.76 million units, a year-on-year decrease of 8.6%; among them, smart speakers with screens accounted for 35.5% and sales increased by 31.0%, according to data from IDC. Baidu leads the smart speakers (with screens) market, followed by Alibaba and Xiaomi. The overall market share this time […]
Forecast: China smartphone market in 2021
Thanks to the better market environment under the stable epidemic prevention and control, IDC predicts that the domestic smartphone shipment will grow by 4.6% year on year in 2021, with total shipments of about 340 million units. 2. supply chain instability Potential changes in the market structure have stimulated a new round of the market […]
Baidu won the bid for the largest domestic intelligent transportation project
Apollo intelligent travel technology (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Baidu Apollo, won the bid of “new infrastructure project of intelligent transportation for automatic driving and vehicle road coordination” in Guangzhou Development Zone, Huangpu District, Guangzhou.
7 trends in China’s data center market
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 […]
Social dating app Momo MAU down 6% in Q1 2020
Online dating and social networking mobile platform Momo reported 108 million monthly active users (“MAU”) in March 2020, compared to 114.4 million in March 2019.
Game streaming platform Huya mobile MAU up 39% in Q1 2020
China’s game live streaming platform Huya announced 47.8% growth in net revenues to RMB2,411.9 million (US$340.6 million) in Q1 2020 from RMB1,631.5 million in Q1 2019.
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.
Pinduoduo and Taobao’s manufacturing strategies
This is the second part of a three-part series on e-commerce companies’ exploration and collaboration with the manufacturing industry. Read part 1 here. You can download the full eBook here. E-commerce giants are speeding up their deployment of factories. C2M, or customer to the manufacturer, is the direct connection between the customer and the manufacturing […]
Kuaishou live broadcast DAU exceeded 100 million in 2019
Kuaishou, also known as Kwai, announced last week its daily active live broadcasting users exceeded 100 million. 56% of Kuaishou anchors are post-90s.
WeChat mini-programs can be accessed on Samsung phones outside WeChat
Mini programs competition is heating up with ByteDance building its own ecosystem on its leading apps short-video TikTok and news Toutiao. With Alipay and Baidu following closely, WeChat is stepping up its Mini Program game by going beyond the WeChat interface and partnering with hardware vendors like Samsung.
Dayparting ads on WeChat Moments
Tencent ads on WeChat Moment only supported daily volume buying with no shorter than 12-hour ad delivery. Last week, WeChat team announced a new type to allow a shortened ad delivery of minimum of four hours. It also shared quick case studies of Prada and Olay utilizing the new promotion mode. For the launch of […]