As of 30 June 2018, China’s movie box office reached 32.03 billion yuan (US$4.7 bn), increased by roughly 18% compared with 27.19 billion yuan (US$3.99 bn) in H1 2018, according to the State Film Bureau. Movie theatre attendance totaled 900 million, up by 15.3% compared with 780 million in H1 2017. Domestic movie box office […]
China online travel market insights Q1 2018, led by Ctrip, Qunar, and Fliggy
The transactions of China’s online travel market reached US$32.94 billion in the first quarter of 2018. Ctrip and Qunar combined accounted over half of the whole market, followed by Alibaba affiliated Fliggy. Online transportation remains the major part of the online tourism market, compared with accommodation and vacations. The total transactions of China’s online travel market reached […]
Top mobile banking apps in China in Q1 2018
The mobile banking apps in China obtained 27.98 million DAUs in Q1 2018, up 12.6% over the previous quarter. ICBC, CCB, and mobile banking of ICBC took the top three places with average DAUs of 6.313 million, 4.342 million, and 4.327 million respectively. While seeing from the number of average daily app launches, ICBC took the […]
China FMCG sales growth hits 4.7% in Q2 2018
The growth rate of the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) in China accelerated during Q2 2018, with annual value growth hitting 4.7%, higher than 2.3% recorded in Q1 and also higher than 4.3% for the whole year of 2017. In the 12 weeks ending June 15, growth for modern trade channels (including hypermarkets, supermarkets, and convenience […]
China’s top 10 cross-border export e-commerce apps 2018
The transactions of cross-border e-commerce in China reached US$1.22 trillion in 2017, with an increase of 20% from 2016 (US$1.01 trillion). The transactions of export e-commerce totaled US$0.84 trillion in 2016, up 22.49% from last year, and reached US$0.42 trillion in the first half year of 2017. The transactions of cross-border e-commerce in China is estimated […]
Getting to know China’s post-00s consumers
Chinese post-00s, who were born since the year 2000, are turning adult in 2018. Comparing with post-90s’ past consumption, post-00s save more with higher purchasing power and autonomy. Post-00s has much more affluent material life The savings of post-00s are around 3 times more than that of post-90s when they were at the same age. […]
Self-driving tour trending in China
By the end of 2017, China had 310 million active motor vehicles, among which, 217 million were cars. Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Shanghai, Suzhou, Shenzhen, and Zhengzhou together had over 3 million cars in operation. The top 10 largest tourist sources for self-driving tours in China are Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Nanking, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Shenyang, Chengdu, […]
China’s mobile music entertainment market 2018; reaching RMB 20 trillion by 2020
China’s mobile internet growth started to slow down since 2015. It generated 8,229.88 billion yuan (US$1,233.52 bn) in 2017 and expected to reach 19,265.43 billion yuan (US$2,887.57 bn) by 2020. As of June 2017, there are 772 million netizens in China with a penetration rate of 55.8%, among which, mobile netizen accounted for 97.5%, according to […]
iPhone X tops best-seller list for 8th month, but crisis looming
Apple loses No.1 position in NPS ranking in China, replaced by Vivo. The decline of iPhone’s NPS was mostly because many users were still using its various older models – apparently, Apple had failed in encouraging them to upgrade to its latest models. iPhone X continued to be the top-selling device, making up 5.3% of […]
Alibaba buys into Focus Media to find New Retail synergy
Alibaba buys into China’s leading out-of-home (OOH) marketing network which covers 150 cities and creates 500 million daily offline impressions. Alibaba Group announced on July 19 that it will pay US$1.43 billion for a 6.62% share of Shanghai-based Focus Media. It will also acquire another 5% interest in it within the next 12 months. Alibaba […]
Online education grew to 220M MAU in China; K12 and preschool saw rapid growth
Total downloads of education training apps category in China increased by 72.8% year-on-year while the proportion of downloads to total downloads in app stores grew by 34.1% in April 2018. Online education training is increasing developed in the tier-3 and lower-tier Chinese cities. With the widespread mobile client of education training, to some extent, it helps to solve […]
[STUDY] Chinese online shoppers prefer cross-border online shopping
China has more online shoppers than the US, the United Kingdom, and Australia combined. With online sales now at over 16% of total retail sales, China is second only to the UK in online shopping penetration, according to the report from Frost & Sullivan. China is not just the world’s largest online shopping market, it […]
China mobile internet market forecast 2018-2020
China’s mobile internet saw slower growth of 48.8% in transactions to 8,229.88 billion yuan (US$1,267.10 bn) in 2017. And, it’s expected to reach 11,432 billion yuan in 2018 and exceed 19 trillion yuan in 2020. Check out some forecast into various mobile internet segments from 2018 to 2020, including shopping, payment, advertising, travel, and etc. […]
China’s pharmaceutic industry after ‘Dying to Survive’
A hugely successful Chinese movie has brought China’s pharmaceutical industry into the spotlight. What changes might happen? Starting from June 30, the Chinese movie “Dying to Survive” became the social topic in China. The movie is based on a true story of how Chinese leukemia patients struggle to buy generic drugs from India because they […]
ex-Googler founded Pinduoduo ready for US IPO
Ex-Googler and founder of Pinduoduo China’s social e-commerce player Pinduoduo updated its IPO prospectus previously filed with US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on July 17, 2018. It plans to raise at best US$1.87 billion by offering 85.6 million American depositary shares (ADS). The price range is from US$16 to US$19 each. The founder, ex-Googler, […]