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China Provinces by Tiers according to Internet Penetration Rate

China’s Internet penetration rate (IPR) is 34.3%, higher than the world Internet penetration rate. Provinces with IPR higher than 34.3% can be classified as Tier 1. According to the Internet World Stats, world wide Internet users reached almost 2 billion by 30th June ’10. There were about 1,966,514,816 online users with a penetration rate of [...]

2.556 billion passenger trips during Chinese New Year

About 2.556 billion passenger trips are expected to be taken during this year’s Spring Festival travel rush, up 11.6 percent year on year, said the Ministry of Transport on Monday. Passenger trips by water will rise about 6% and those on flights about 10.8%, according to the country’s transport authorities.

China’s 2010 auto sales up 32% to hit 18.06 million units

China remained as the world’s biggest auto market last year after it overtook the United States in 2009 to become the world’s largest after it sold 13.64 million units. China’s 2010 auto sales up 32 percent to hit 18.06 million units, according to China Association of Automobile Manufactures (CAAM). China’s car output topped 18.26 million [...]

Three key factors explaining China’s high savings rate

Nielsen’s research reveals that three key factors play a stronger role in explaining China’s high savings rate than the frugality theory:

DCCI estimates China local websites audience will reach 318 million in 2010

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DCCI forecasts by 2010 China’s local web sites will reach 318 million, with 67% growth rate. It’s not hard to tell the growth of China’s local advertising could be surprising to you in the coming two years.

Benz sold 205 smart in three and half hours on Taobao

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About two weeks ago on Sep 6 2010, Benz put up its 200 “smart” cars on Taobao‘s Groupon-like website offering 23% discount. Mediaedge:cia was the agency behind this campaign and the plan was to sell 200 “smart” cars on Taobao in three weeks’ time. Surprisingly, all cars were sold out in three and half hours. [...]

China to become the world’s top credit card market

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The number of credit cards issued by Chinese banks could quadruple to 800 million or more by 2020, up from 200 million today.

China Internet Status Report 2010

The latest report on China Internet is ready, which is based on CNNIC data. China internet status 2010

420 million Internet users in China now and counting…

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By June 2010, the number of China internet users has reached 420 million, up 9.38% compared to Dec 2009.

Consumer confidence in China’s rural areas continues to increase

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A recent survey by Nielsen and CEMAC (Chinese Economic Monitoring & Analysis Center) showed consumer confidence slowing among those in cities, but steadily increasing among consumers in rural villages, who have a greater willingness to spend compared to those in larger cities.

Tencent Q2 Advertising Revenue Exceeded Sohu

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Tencent’s Q2 online advertising market share increased a lot after a fall in Q1 exceeding Sohu for the first time.

Growing adoption of credit card in China

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From 2004 through 2009, credit card adoption in China has been growing an average of 40% annually, says Euromonitor International.

Top China Internet Properties by Unique Visitors in May 2010

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In a recent report released by comScore, in terms of engagement among the top 20 most-visited properties in Asia Pacific, Tencent ranked as the most-engaging property with visitors averaging 6.5 hours on the site during the month, consuming 716 pages of content and visiting the property an average of 39 times.

Chinese Sites Among Top 100 Visited sites on the Web

Google recently released a list of 1000 most visited websites and these Chinese sites below are in top 100 in April 2010:

Consumer Confidence in China Back to Pre-Recession Levels

Chinese consumers’ confidence has reached levels not seen since 2007, according to the China Economic Monitoring and Analysis Center (CEMAC), jointly run by China’s National Bureau of Statistics and the Nielsen Company. For the survey, they interviewed over 3,500 Chinese shoppers in ities, towns and rural villages, and concluded that the consumer confidence index has [...]

China Online Advertising Summary in Q1 2010

China’s Q1 online advertising spend in 2010 showed strong growth, with an increase of 85.4% to 6.36 billion yuan (USD 931 million) compared to Q1 spend in 2009. Baidu leads China’s online advertising market in quarter one in 2010 with total sales of 1.293 billion yuan. The next five are: Taobao: 590m yuan Google China: [...]

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