In the constantly evolving landscape of China’s mobile internet, 2023 stands out as a year of significant demographic shifts and a pronounced clustering effect, underscored by compelling data from QuestMobile’s annual report. With the total number of mobile internet users in China reaching 12.27 billion, the year saw a steady growth rate of 2%, showcasing […]
Idle Fish Shatters Records: A New Era in China’s Second-Hand Economy
In an unprecedented leap, Idle Fish (a.k.a. Xianyu), Alibaba’s leading second-hand trading platform, has broken significant ground in China’s digital marketplace. As of 2023, the platform has astonishingly surpassed a daily Gross Merchandise Volume (GMV) of 1 billion yuan (US$141 million), marking a colossal shift in consumer behavior towards the second-hand market. This surge reflects […]
Baidu’s XuanYuan Outperforms GPT4 and LLaMA2 in Financial LLMs
Du Xiaoman, previously known as Baidu Finance, is a leading AI-powered financial services platform in China. It recently announced the release of 12 new financial large models (FLMs) under its “XuanYuan” series. The new models, with parameters ranging from 6B to 13B and 70B, are open-sourced and have demonstrated outstanding financial performance in a variety […]
China’s Tech Giants Lead in Global User Spending, Tencent Tops the Chart
Tencent and ByteDance Secure Top Positions in Global Rankings Data.ai, a leading provider of internet data and analytics, has released its Global Publisher Awards for the year 2024, showcasing the world’s top 50 publishers based on user spending across iOS and Google Play stores in 2023. Leading the pack, Tencent and ByteDance, both hailing from […]
Alibaba’s “Hui Wa”: Future of E-commerce or Mere Hype?
In the evolving landscape of digital commerce, Alibaba’s recent foray into AI-driven e-commerce with the launch of “Hui Wa” marks a significant milestone. As the digital giants of China, including Baidu and ByteDance, pave their paths in AI e-commerce, the question arises: Is AI the new frontier for e-commerce, or is it simply a buzzword? […]
China’s Bluetooth Headset Market Rebounds with a 7.5% Surge in 2023
In 2023, China’s Bluetooth headset market witnessed a notable rebound, with sales volumes reaching approximately 85.52 million units, marking a 7.5% increase year-over-year, according to data from IDC. This growth was spearheaded by the true wireless headset segment, which accounted for 60.9 million units, up by 5.1% from the previous year. The true wireless market […]
“Dazi” Socializing: A New Wave of Youth Companionship in China
In recent years, China has seen the rise of a new social phenomenon known as “Dazi” socializing, a term that encapsulates the idea of forming temporary, activity-based companionships. This trend, which spans across a variety of activities such as dining, fitness, and travel, is a reflection of the changing dynamics in how young Chinese people […]
Top Apps Dominating China’s Holidays
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently announced that during the 2024 Spring Festival holidays, spanning nine days from February 9th to February 17th, mobile internet users consumed a staggering 674.5 million TB of data. This represents a 21.7% increase from the previous year, with the growth rate accelerating by 15.4 percentage points. On […]
Chinese Entrepreneurs Seize Early Profits from OpenAI’s Sora
Before OpenAI Sora’s public testing, a niche market emerged in China, capitalizing on the collective anxiety to be ahead in the AI curve—selling knowledge courses and speculative ventures around Sora. The introduction of OpenAI’s video model Sora in early 2024, following the stir caused by the text-to-text LLMs in 2023, showcased the relentless pace of […]
China’s Import E-Commerce Trends 2024
In 2023, China’s import e-commerce market has seen transactions soar to 551.77 billion yuan, a climb from 462.84 billion yuan in 2018, highlighted by a 10.4% growth peak in 2023, according to data from Analysys. This burgeoning market is led by Tmall Global with a formidable 37.6% share, followed by other key platforms contributing to […]
China’s Data and Analytics Market Forecast 2024
IDC’s latest forecast reveals a significant upturn in the data and analytics software market, projecting a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16% to reach $340 billion by 2027. This surge underscores the accelerating enterprise drive to harness analytical insights and operational efficiency from their data. The advent of Generative AI (Gen AI) alongside the […]
Douyin’s Billion-Dollar Brands Reveal China’s 2024 Digital Trends
In 2023, China’s digital commerce arena, led by Douyin (TikTok’s China version), displayed extraordinary growth, with its GMV expanding by a staggering 277%. This surge signifies a pivotal shift in the digital commerce landscape, challenging established e-commerce players like JD.com and Pinduoduo. The top 10 brands on Douyin, including Duck Duck (8 billion yuan), Apple […]
China’s Big Data Boom: A $43 Billion Forecast by 2027
Globally, big data IT investments in 2022 stood at approximately $247.1 billion, with expectations of nearly $528 billion by 2027, marking a 16.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), according to IDC. China’s market is particularly noteworthy, with IDC forecasting a leap to $43 billion in big data IT investments by 2027. This figure represents about […]
China’s Video Cloud Market Navigates Through Slowdown: Insights from IDC’s 2023 Mid-Year Report
IDC has released its mid-year report, “China Video Cloud Market Tracker, First Half of 2023,” outlining current trends and projections within the industry. In a market contending with a post-pandemic deceleration in consumer entertainment demand and reduced IT expenditure from industry clients, China’s video cloud market faced a 7.0% year-on-year decline, reaching $4.62 billion. The […]
China’s Chip Market Expected to Shrink by 18% to $135 Billion in 2023
According to TechInsights, China has maintained its position as the largest global IC consumer market since 2005, reaching a peak of $177.3 billion in 2021. However, it is expected to decrease by 7.3% in 2022. Besides the $164.4 billion in 2023, due to the global economic slowdown, China’s COVID-19 policies, and the tightening of US […]