China’s mobile internet growth started to slow down since 2015. It generated 8,229.88 billion yuan (US$1,233.52 bn) in 2017 and expected to reach 19,265.43 billion yuan (US$2,887.57 bn) by 2020. As of June 2017, there are 772 million netizens in China with a penetration rate of 55.8%, among which, mobile netizen accounted for 97.5%, according to […]
Archives for July 2018
iPhone X tops best-seller list for 8th month, but crisis looming
Apple loses No.1 position in NPS ranking in China, replaced by Vivo. The decline of iPhone’s NPS was mostly because many users were still using its various older models – apparently, Apple had failed in encouraging them to upgrade to its latest models. iPhone X continued to be the top-selling device, making up 5.3% of […]
Paid content is becoming a mainstream in China
With the widespread membership system of video and audio platforms including WeChat Official Accounts, Chinese users are gradually developing the habit of paying for good content on the internet. Online video market generated 21.79 billion yuan (US$3.4 billion) from the paid users in 2017. It will keep the fast-growth of over 60%.
Alibaba buys into Focus Media to find New Retail synergy
Alibaba buys into China’s leading out-of-home (OOH) marketing network which covers 150 cities and creates 500 million daily offline impressions. Alibaba Group announced on July 19 that it will pay US$1.43 billion for a 6.62% share of Shanghai-based Focus Media. It will also acquire another 5% interest in it within the next 12 months. Alibaba […]
Online education grew to 220M MAU in China; K12 and preschool saw rapid growth
Total downloads of education training apps category in China increased by 72.8% year-on-year while the proportion of downloads to total downloads in app stores grew by 34.1% in April 2018. Online education training is increasing developed in the tier-3 and lower-tier Chinese cities. With the widespread mobile client of education training, to some extent, it helps to solve […]
[STUDY] Chinese online shoppers prefer cross-border online shopping
China has more online shoppers than the US, the United Kingdom, and Australia combined. With online sales now at over 16% of total retail sales, China is second only to the UK in online shopping penetration, according to the report from Frost & Sullivan. China is not just the world’s largest online shopping market, it […]
China filed 217,000 invention patents in H1 2018, led by Huawei
China had a total of 751,000 new patent filings in H1 2018, 217,000 of which were granted, according to the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO). Specifically, 171,000 granted invention patents are domestic patents, among which, 159,000 are service innovation-creation, accounting for 93.2% of granted domestic patents.
Second-hand products trading on the rise in China
Consumption value and method are changing along with the rising of the Chinese middle class, post-90s, and post-00s. Users aged between 24 and 30 y-o accounted for 43.3% of Alibaba’s second-hand goods trading Xianyu mobile app users while users of mid-level to high-end purchasing power accounted for 52.4% of the total.
China mobile internet market forecast 2018-2020
China’s mobile internet saw slower growth of 48.8% in transactions to 8,229.88 billion yuan (US$1,267.10 bn) in 2017. And, it’s expected to reach 11,432 billion yuan in 2018 and exceed 19 trillion yuan in 2020. Check out some forecast into various mobile internet segments from 2018 to 2020, including shopping, payment, advertising, travel, and etc. […]
China’s pharmaceutic industry after ‘Dying to Survive’
A hugely successful Chinese movie has brought China’s pharmaceutical industry into the spotlight. What changes might happen? Starting from June 30, the Chinese movie “Dying to Survive” became the social topic in China. The movie is based on a true story of how Chinese leukemia patients struggle to buy generic drugs from India because they […]
ex-Googler founded Pinduoduo ready for US IPO
Ex-Googler and founder of Pinduoduo China’s social e-commerce player Pinduoduo updated its IPO prospectus previously filed with US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on July 17, 2018. It plans to raise at best US$1.87 billion by offering 85.6 million American depositary shares (ADS). The price range is from US$16 to US$19 each. The founder, ex-Googler, […]
WeChat Mini-Programs: top categories and referring sources
The number of WeChat Mini-Programs is estimated to reach 3 million by the end of 2018. It is also expected to reach 400 million daily active users and improve its 1-day retention rate to 31% (which is currently 25.5%; 7-Day retention rate is 13.5% in June).
China’s GDP grew by 6.8% to US$6,263 bn in H1 2018
The gross domestic product (GDP) of China was 41,896.1 billion yuan (US$6,262.90 bn) in the first half year of 2018, a year-on-year increase of 6.8% at comparable prices, according to the preliminary estimates of National Bureau of Statistics of China.
Information consumption trend in China 2018
News and information mobile apps have improved a lot in user stickiness in China. The monthly total usage duration and average usage duration per user all increased by around 20% in December 2017. Different demographics of users in China show a different appetite and preference in the types of content. Over 80% of Chinese users […]
China’s B2B e-commerce exceeded US$3 trillion transaction in 2017
The transactions of B2B E-Commerce market in China reached 20.5 trillion yuan (US$3.07 trillion) in 2017, an increase of 22.75% year-on-year. The total revenues of B2B market in China reached US$5.24 billion, led by Alibaba and HC360. B2B E-Commerce revenues went up by 34.6% year-on-year to 35 billion yuan (US$5.24 bn) in 2017. Within this market, […]