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Tourism transactions on WeChat grew by 43% during Dragon Boat Festival holiday
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...
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Top short video, live streaming Chinese apps in global market in H1 2020
Bytedance's TikTok is the most popular mobile app in the first half of 2020 in the global markets outside China with close to 600 million downloads with an increase of 88.7% YoY. Half of the Top 20...
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Chinese e-scooter brand NIU sales over 61% growth in Q2 2020
In the second quarter of 2020, NIU sold 160,138 e-scooters, representing a 61.2% year-over-year growth. The number of e-scooters sold in China market reached 154,959, representing an 81.0%...
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How content help businesses in branding and driving sales in China
Nowadays, contents have penetrated all sectors in China and become an important productivity tool. They can help companies realize brand premium, iterate product selection, and upgrade CRM tools. Use...
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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...
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Baidu starts offering Microsoft’s MSN ad inventory on a new ad platform
Baidu announced on 8 July 2020 that it is providing advertisers direct access to Microsoft’s MSN native desktop inventory via Baidu’s MediaGo advertising platform. The agreement enables advertisers...
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China advertising spend forecast; Alibaba, Tencent lead digital ad spend
The estimated growth rate of advertising spending in China in 2020 is 3.9%, higher than 3% in 2019, according to the revised forecast from Dentsu Aegis Network (DAN). Tencent displaces Baidu and...
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China online entertainment overview Q2 2020; short video continued strong growth
China online entertainment market grew by 8.1% over the first quarter of 2020 and reached 116.6 billion yuan in the second quarter of 2020. Login or subscribe to see China’s online entertainment market...
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China smartphone shipments down 16% in the first half of 2020
China’s domestic mobile phone shipments were 28.63 million in June 2020, down 16.6% year-over-year (YoY). 47 new models were released in the month, up 23.7% YoY. The total domestic mobile phone...
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China’s automobile sales up 12% in June 2020
China’s auto sales surged by 11.6% year on year in June to 2.3 million units, driven by rising demand for trucks and other vehicles, improved consumption market, and stimulative policy, according to...
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China eSports market overview and forecast 2020
The revenue of the eSports market in China exceeded 100 billion yuan in 2019 and it is expected to exceed 160 billion yuan in 2021. In the future, the commercial development of eSports will further...
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China wearable device shipments down 11.3% in Q1 2020; Apple Watch up 12%
In the first quarter of 2020, the total shipments of China's wearable device market totaled 17.62 million units, a year-on-year decrease of 11.3%. Apple has about 15% and 12% market share in China's...
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China retail sales down 3.9% in Q2 2020; online retail up 7.3% in H1
In the first half of 2020, China’s online retail sales totaled 5,150.1 billion yuan (US$727.36 billion), up 7.3% year-on-year. In June 2020, the total retail sales of consumer goods totaled 3,352.6...
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China’s GDP grew at 3.2% in Q2 2020
China’s gross domestic product (GDP) for the first quarter declined by 6.8% year on year and grew by 3.2% in the second quarter of 2020 according to China’s National Bureau of Statistics. The GDP in Q2...
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China’s mobile apps market 2020 [updated]
The number of mobile apps available in the market decreased to 3.67 million in China in 2019 from 4.52 million in 2018; Apple App Store accounts for over 40%. Find out the top mobile app categories by...
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China B2B market status 2020; e-commerce revenue up 20%
A McKinsey survey finds that the Chinese B2B decision-makers are responding quickly to COVID-19, though actions and customer preferences vary. About two-thirds are optimistic about the economy as of...
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China post-epidemic trend: shoppers increased frequency using e-commerce...
Over 23% of users changed their preference of channels for buying daily commodities, medical care, and fresh grocery products, according to a recent iResearch report. Overall, users tend to favor JD...
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Alibaba-backed Ant Group going duo-IPOs in Hong Kong and Shanghai
Ant Group, renamed from Ant Financial and the parent company of China’s largest payments platform Alipay and leading provider of financial services technology, announced its concurrent initial public...
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Starbucks expands its O2O service to all major Alibaba apps
Alibaba Group (NYSE: BABA; SEHK: 9988) announced yesterday that Starbucks will expand its reach to Chinese customers by introducing its mobile order and pay feature “Starbucks Now” to multiple...
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Tmall a crucial platform for beauty brands’ success in China
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...
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