China’s domestic tourism market saw 52.1% fewer trips in 2020 China’s domestic tourism revenues dropped by 61% in 2020 China to expect 42% more domestic trips in 2021 China tourism revenues to grow 48% in 2021. In 2020, China’s domestic tourist market received 2.879 billion person-trips, a decrease of 3.022 billion or 52.1% from 2019, […]
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China smart speaker market overview 2021
In 2020, the smart speaker market in China sold 36.76 million units, a year-on-year decrease of 8.6%; among them, smart speakers with screens accounted for 35.5% and sales increased by 31.0%, according to data from IDC. Baidu leads the smart speakers (with screens) market, followed by Alibaba and Xiaomi. The overall market share this time […]
7-day Chinese New Year online retail sales hit US$19 bn in 2021; box office exceeded US$1.2 bn
China’s key retail and catering companies achieved sales of approximately 821 billion yuan during the 7-day Chinese New Year holiday in 2021, an increase of 28.7% over the Spring Festival Golden Week in 2020, and an increase of 4.9% over the 2019 Spring Festival Golden Week, according to data from China’s Ministry of Commerce. Online […]
China’s tech unicorns overview 2021
The total number of Unicorn enterprises from China is 207 as of December 2020, an increase of 20 or 10.7% over the end of 2019. Beijing and Shanghai account for over 60% of total technology unicorns in China. Over 94% are concentrated in five regions; more than 50% of these enterprises are in five industries. […]
Gen-Z Insights: capturing attention of China’s post-95s consumers
Attention is the first impetus for people to start thinking and take part in the action. It has become a scarce resource in the prosperity of the Internet. Today’s young people’s daily cross-screen multithreading behavior has intensified the dispersion and switching of resources. When is their attention most active? What do they focus on? What […]
Top 10 predictions for China’s blockchain market 2021-2025
By 2025, blockchain-based electronic voting solutions will become the mainstream solution, and 5% of jurisdictions will conduct blockchain voting system testing in China, according to IDC. By 2024, the healthcare blockchain digital identity standard will come from the National Health Commission or other health institutions, and the following four aspects can be achieved: medical data […]
Forecast of China’s digital automobile and transportation market 2021-2025
The digital automobile and transportation market is considered to be the entire ecosystem of companies, products, and services related to automobiles and transportation infrastructure based on the Internet, IoT, and third-party platform technologies. The digital automobile and transportation ecosystem includes a wide range of market participants, including but not limited to: automobile manufacturers, suppliers and […]
China’s wealthy families exceeded 5 million in 2020; there are their desired brands
The number of “wealthy families” with at least 6 million yuan (about US$930 thousand) assets in China exceeded 5 million for the first time in 2020, an increase of 1.4% over the previous year, according to Hurun Research Institute. Beijing is still the area with the most “wealthy families” with assets of at least 6 […]
China networks market forecast 2021-2024
Affected by COVID-19, the global networks market in 2020 (including Ethernet switches, routers, and WLAN) has declined year by year. China’s network market growth is still positive due to effective epidemic control and economic growth resilience. Looking forward to 2021 and the next few years, China’s network market will enter the era of medium speed […]
JD Worldwide cross-border e-commerce trends in 2021
Consumer goods imports to China grew 8.2% in 2020, reaching RMB 1.57 trillion yuan (US $242.1 billion), according to China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM). JD.com’s cross border import e-commerce platform JD Worldwide saw a total sales increase of 50% during the Singles Day Grand Promotion 2020. A driving force: “Be kind to yourself” Popular categories […]
JD targets China middle-class households with membership platform Yihaodian
JD-owned e-commerce platform Yihaodian focuses on middle-class family customers who demand high-quality products with competitive prices. Yihaodian (YHD) provides only around 10,000 SKUs, far less compared with millions of SKUs on JD.com. They are carefully selected based on the preferences of Yihaodian’s members who are usually middle-aged, married, living in first and second-tier cities, and […]
China data center market overview 2021
The total revenues of China’s internet data center businesses reached 113.24 billion yuan and are expected to grow at a CAGR of 30%. China’s data center market is estimated to reach 149.4 billion yuan in 2020, with an increase of almost 32%. The drivers behind the demand in China’s data center include Growth of internet […]
JD.com’s Jingxi platform saw surging sales from college students in 2021
College students’ e-commerce orders on Jingxi platform more than quadrupled in January 2021, according to JD.com. Jingxi is JD.com’s social commerce platform, positioned to compete with Pinduoduo in lower-tier cities, and running Chinese New Year (CNY) Grand Promotion like other e-commerce platforms in China. Annual active consumers of Taobao Deals, a similar product from Alibaba Group […]
China IoT market forecast 2021-2024; Internet of Vehicles the fastest growing segment
IDC predicts that by 2024, China’s Internet of Things (IoT) market spending is expected to reach approximately US$300 billion, with an annual compound growth rate of 13.0% in the next five years. In 2024, China will account for 26.7% of global IoT spending, surpassing the United States to become the world’s largest IoT market. Different […]
How big is the e-cigarette market? Global vs. China 2016-2023E
China’s vaping firm RELX’s share price more than doubled in its trading debut last week. But how big is the e-cigarette market? There were 1 billion combustible tobacco users worldwide in 2019, of which 85.5% were cigarette users. In 2019, the global sales of combustible tobacco and low-toxic cigarette alternative products were US$850.7 billion and […]