China Post-95s Online Video User Insights
The post-95s refers to teenagers born between 1995 to 1999 in China. The number of post-95s accounts for about 78 million in China and they will become the driving force of Chinese consumers in 5 to...
View Article482M Chinese Visited Social Media Per Month in 2015
China social media users maintained a rapid growth across all age groups in 2015 according to Kantar. The most popular social media was WeChat, Qzone and Weibo. 50.9% Chinese internet users used...
View ArticleJD GMV Exceeded US$69 Bln in 2015
JD reported net revenues of 54.6 billion yuan (US$8.4 billion) with an increase of 57% for the fourth quarter of 2015 from the fourth quarter of 2014. The increase was primarily due to the growth in...
View ArticleAlibaba Mobile Revenues Almost Doubled in Q4 2015
Alibaba reported revenue of 34,543 million yuan (US$5,333 million) with an increase of 32% year-over-year in Q4 2015 and mobile revenue was 18,746 million yuan (US$2,894 million) with an increase of...
View ArticleWeChat Launching An Enterprise Product
WeChat is launching a separate app for enterprises according to Weixin Team. It’s currently under internal testing with selected enterprises. WeChat Enterprise will be available in one to two months...
View ArticleChina Travel Market Overview for Q4 2015
As of 31 December 2015, the number of travel agencies in China reached 27,621 according to China National Tourism Administration. The top ten inbound traveler regions by the total number of person...
View ArticleBrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Chinese Brands 2016
The total value of the BrandZ™ Top 100 Most Valuable Chinese Brands has risen 13% to $525.6bn in the last year despite China’s slowing economic growth, according to the sixth annual ranking announced...
View ArticleTraditional Media Remains Most Trusted News Source in China
Over three-quarters of China internet users trust news and information from traditional media in 2016 compared with 70% in 2015 according to a research by Edelman. Owned media is the least trusted...
View ArticleAlibaba’s Retail Marketplace Platforms Surpassed RMB 3 Trillion
Alibaba’s China retail marketplace platforms surpassed RMB 3 trillion (US$476 billion) in GMV in its fiscal 2016 which ends March 2016, as of 21 March 2016 at 14:58:37. If you wonder how much RMB 3...
View Article220 Million Chinese to Travel Overseas in 2025
A total number of 220 million Chinese residents will travel overseas with a total spend of $450 billion in 2025 , up from 120 million residents spending $250 billion in 2015 according to Goldman...
View Article72% China Online Shoppers Keep Online All Day
72% China online shoppers keep online all day according to a recent survey conducted by Epsilon. The top factor that affects Chinese consumers brand satisfaction is brand accessibility whenever needed...
View ArticleCtrip Performance Overview in 2015
Ctrip achieved net revenues of RMB10.9 billion (US$1.7 billion) with a gross margin of 72% in 2015, up 48% year-on-year according to its official unaudited financial results. Ctrip’s accommodation...
View ArticleChina to Adjust Tax Policy for Cross-border Retail Goods
On March 24 2016, China Ministry of Finance, the General Administration of Customs and the State Administration of Taxation jointly issued the “notice on cross-border e-commerce retail import tax...
View ArticleChina Mobile Internet Market Forecast 2016-2018
China mobile internet market is expected to exceed 4,672 billion yuan (US$717 billion) in 2016 with 830 million users, an increase by 51.7% and 5% respectively according to Analysis. In 2018, it will...
View ArticleApple’s iOS Growth in China Reached the Slowest in Jan 2016
Apple’s iOS growth in urban China reached the slowest since late 2014 according to the latest smartphone sales data from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech for the three months ending January 2016. However,...
View ArticleChina Online Banking Market Overview in Q4 2015
China’s online banking transaction values reached 510 trillion yuan (US$78.24 trillion) with an increase of 17.6% QoQ in Q4 2015 according to Analysys. The increase was mainly due to the improvement...
View ArticleChinese Outbound Tourists Spent $229 Billion Shopping in 2015
China had 109 million outbound tourists who spent a total amount of US$229 billion on shopping in 2015 according to GFK. China was the largest outbound country in the world. GFK’s survey showed that...
View ArticleChina’s Top 20 Inbound Tourism Regions in Jan 2016
Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan were the top three inbound tourism sources in January 2016 according to China National Tourism Administration. Also read: China Travel Market Overview for Q4 2015
View ArticleQihoo 360 Enhances Search Solutions with New Analytics Tool
Qihoo 360 announced the launch in Hong Kong of Shangyi on 31 March 2016, which is a set of integrated data and marketing analytics tools designed to help local and overseas marketers and advertisers...
View ArticleChina Consumer Retail Sales in Jan, Feb 2016
In first two months of 2016, the total retail sales of consumer goods in China reached 5,291.0 billion yuan (US$816.71 billion), up by 10.2% year-on-year nominal growth rate. The real growth rate was...
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