Alibaba Cloud has launched a software-as-a-service (SaaS) product Energy Expert, a sustainability platform to help customers worldwide measure, analyze and manage the carbon emissions of their business activities and products.
China tourism revenues down 43% in Labor Day golden week 2022
During the five-day “May Day” holiday in 2022, China saw 160 million domestic person-trips, a year-on-year decrease of 30.2%, and recovered to 66.8% in the same period before the epidemic according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
Mobile reach in 2022: Tencent, Alibaba, Baidu, ByteDance, Kuaishou
Tencent has the highest reach of internet users in China in 2021 (95%) with 442 mobile apps, followed by Alibaba (88%), Baidu (81%), and ByteDance (73%), according to data from QuestMobile.
China grocery e-commerce market to more than double by 2023
China’s grocery consumption retail market is estimated to reach 5469.7 billion yuan in 2021 and exceed 6817.3 billion yuan by 2025. Grocery Consumption by Categories Grocery retail market Online contributed to 14.6% of the total grocery retail market in China in 2020 from 8.8% in 2019. China grocery e-commerce market is estimated to exceed 1.2 […]
China senior internet users overview 2022
China senior internet users, who are above 50 years old, reached a record number of 275 million as of January 2022, according to data from QuestMobile. The seniors in China spend an average of 5.7 hours per day on the internet, down from 6.2 hours a year ago. Mobile phones, TV, and Desktop computers are […]
Top 10 Advertisers in China in 2021
Taobao, JD, and Pinduoduo are the top 3 advertisers by total ad spend in 2021 among all Chinese internet companies. Taobao’s total ad spend exceeded 10 billion yuan (US$1.68 bn) in 2021, followed by JD (9.5 billion yuan or US$1.50 billion), according to data from QuestMobile.
China online advertising market insights 2022
In 2022, 42.9% of advertisers in China expect to increase spending in digital marketing, 25 percentage points more than advertisers expect to reduce spending, according to CTR. China advertising market vs online ad market Advertisers of large enterprises with a budget of 500 million yuan or more are more confident in digital marketing spending. In […]
6 trends of China’s digital economy innovation
In a relatively short time, China has become one of the world’s largest digital economies. Thanks to the support of nearly one billion internet users, China’s e-commerce sales rose to $1.7 trillion in 2020, accounting for about 30% of the country’s total retail sales. But scale is not the whole point of the story. Innovation […]
Double 11 (Singles’ Day) Shopping Festival 2021: Alibaba Tmall GVM hit US$84.54 billion
Would Double 11, the biggest shopping event in China, remain the most important shopping festival in 2021? The total amount of GMV this year will be twice that of 2019, reaching about US$85 billion, according to App Annie’s forecast.
Alibaba unveiled 5nm Yitian 710, among China’s most advanced chips
Alibaba Cloud unveiled a new in-house processor design for use in its data centers. The server chips, named Yitian 710, are custom-built by Alibaba Group’s chip development business, T-Head.
China IT security service market overview; more than doubled in 2021
In the first half of 2021, the overall revenue of vendors in the IT security service market in China is approximately US$1.11 billion (about RMB 7.15 billion). The revenue of vendors has doubled compared with the same period last year, with an increase of 110%, or a year-on-year increase of 38% from 2019. China’s IT […]
China National Day Travelers’ Insights 2021
Self-driving tour has become the standard for National Day Golden Week travel in 2021, and the popularity rises by 150% according to Mafengwo. From October 1 to 7, UnionPay online transactions totaled 2.72 trillion yuan, with 4.863 billion transactions, and the average number of daily transactions increased by 31.73% year on year. UnionPay data show […]
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 […]
New product online consumption trends in China
More than 60% of brands choose to launch new products online during the past one year, and most choose Tmall, according to a joint report by Yicai and Alibaba. According to the data of the report, in recent years, the total number of new products on the Tmall platform has doubled year by year, and […]
China 618 Shopping Festival 2021: Tmall vs. JD
Alibaba Tmall kicks off 2021’s 618 Shopping Festival on 24 May. This year’s pre-sale activities are obviously ahead of schedule. The balance will be paid on June 1, and the discount will last for 20 days.