Redmi, Xiaomi’s entry-level smartphone brand, reached total sales of 110 million units in less than three years as of 30 Jun 2016, announced by Lei Jun in a celebration event.
Archives for July 2016
81% of China population in tier-1 cities shop online
China’s online retail market accounts for roughly 13% of the total retail market.
Over 70% China cosmetics searches online are non-brand terms
In the past 12 months, the makeup industry search queries increased by 93% y-o-y; as of March 2016, the searches on mobile devices reached 86%.
Baidu picked as the second smartest company in 2016
MIT Technology Review lists Baidu as the second smartest company after Amazon in the world.
Chinese cross-border online shopping insights 2016
Shopping guide websites are the top referral of China cross-border online shoppers (59.8%), followed by family & friends (51.2%) and search (47.3%) according to iReseach.
Bangkok is the most popular destination for Chinese tourists
China ranks the first of the top ten sources of tourists to Asia pacific destinations with 50.4 million international overnight visitors; it is nearly 20 million more than that of South Korea which ranks the second according to a MasterCard research.
China cross-border consumers to account for over half of total digital consumers by 2020
As 40% china online consumers buy foreign goods, cross-border e-commerce in China will hit $85.76 billion this year according to the analysis of eMarketer.
The impact of new media on China internet users
A recent report from Tencent’s Penguin Intelligence research team shed some lights on China internet users’ behaviors under the impact of new media. Update: China New Media Trends 2018
43% China mobile payment users are 21-29 years old in top cities
China users in 21 to 29 age group from the first-tier and the second-tier cities are the main mobile payment users, accounting for 43%, followed by users in 30 to 39 age group (30%) according to eMarketer.
China social media users compared: Weibo vs WeChat vs Momo
Momo has the largest ratio of male users, accounting for 61.8%, while the female users of Weibo are majority (50.5%).