MWC Barcelona 2020: 5G, IoT, AI, Security
Innovative breakthroughs are happening every day in the tech and mobile world, which makes it challenging to pinpoint exactly what topics we’ll be concentrating on
China Internet Stats, Trends, Insights
Technology
How is WeChat Work 3.0 valuable to businesses
Tencent launched a critical update to WeChat Work (version 3.0), an enterprise version of WeChat. The updated WeChat Work helps businesses connect deeply with consumers
Top Chinese mobile apps in 2010s dominated by video apps
ByteDance-owned TikTok and UC Browser (Alibaba) top App Annie‘s most downloaded app list in 2010s, ranking the 7th and 8th respectively.
Who dominates China mobile app stores, Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent, or ByteDance?
Tencent has the highest internet user penetration of 97.3% in China in September 2019, followed by Alibaba, Baidu, and ByteDance. But, ByteDance saw the largest
Top mobile apps in China in Q3 2019, led by WeChat, Alipay, QQ, Taobao, iQiyi.
The top mobile apps in China by total MAUs are led by WeChat, Alipay, QQ, Taobao, iQiyi, Tencent Video, and TikTok. Check out the top
Top mobile apps used by post-00s, middle-aged, elderly in Q3 2019
There are more than 100 million post-00 (those born in and after 2000) mobile users in China; and, the middle-aged and the elderly have more
China business mobile apps overview; top social apps Maimai and LinkedIn
China’s urban population under employment is about 425 million. Beijing, Shenzhen, and Guangzhou have the most employed post-85s and post-90s. Business mobile apps see an
Xiaomi in Q3 2019; IoT platform saw 213 million connected devices
The number of connected IoT devices on Xiaomi’s IoT platform reached approximately 213.2 million in Q3 2019, up 62.0% YoY. The number of users who
China smartphone market in Q3 2019; Huawei 42% market share
Worldwide smartphone shipments increased 0.8% year over year in Q3 2019 after seven quarters of decline and Huawei doubled down on China, according to IDC.
China tablet market share in Q3 2019; Apple and Huawei have a combined 80% share
The tablet market saw 37.6 million units shipped globally for a year-over-year increase of 1.9% in the third quarter of 2019 according to IDC. The
Alibaba, Baidu, Xiaomi in the top 5 global smart speaker brands by total shipment in Q3 2019
Global smart speaker market shipment reached 28.6 million units in Q3 2019 with an increase of 44.9% according to research company Canalys. Amazon led the
Tencent highlights in Q3 2019; WeChat MAU grew to 1.15 billion
Tencent’s social media platform WeChat MAU grew to 1.15 billion and QQ mobile MAU 653.4 million in Q3 2019. WeChat Mini Programs DAU exceeded 300
Business essentials for WeChat in Oct 2019
WeChat banned external links. Mini-programs in the travel and entertainment categories enjoyed high popularity. Tencent Cloud empowers WeChat mini programs. Increasingly refined WeChat Mini Program
Xiaomi launched new smartphones, smart watch, and smart TV for Double 11 2019
Xiaomi launched multiple smart devices this week including several smartphones (Mi CC9 Pro, Mi Note 10, Redmi Note 8T), smart watch Mi Watch, and Mi
Baidu in Q3 2019: search, AI, voice assistant, roboTaxi
Baidu App traffic continues to grow with DAUs reaching 189 million, up 25% year over year, in September 2019, according to Baidu’s announced financial results.
CIW eBooks
eBook: China E-Commerce Factories
E-commerce factory is the collaboration of the manufacturing industry and the internet. Under the circumstances of retail sector being depressed while the traffic of e-commerce
eBook: Xiaohongshu Growth & Product Strategies
This eBook explores how Xiaohongshu successfully pivoted its growth and product strategies from a PDF-based product at the beginning and become a top social platform
eBook: Launch Product in China with Tmall Key Box
Launched in 2017, Hey Box of Alibaba’s Tmall is designed specifically to provide new product release marketing solutions to brands. 50 million new products were