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In the West, today is the remembrance of the end of World War One. But in China, November 11 is Singles’ Day and the entire country has prepared for an online sales onslaught. In 2014, Alibaba posted more than USD9 billion in sales on China’s Singles’ Day. And this year rivals JD.com and Suning hope […]
China Internet Network Information Center’s latest Internet statistics showcase the breadth of the country’s online population. Its recently published 36th Statistical Report on Internet Development in China states that by June 2015, China had 668 million netizens, representing an increase of 18.94 million netizens over the past six months. At the same time, China’s Internet […]
Alibaba is working directly with foreign embassies in China to expand its influence and sales potential around the world. The e-commerce company has opened 11 official country pavilions on its Tmall Global platform and cooperative partnerships between Juhuasuan, Alibaba’s group-buying platform, and 26 foreign embassies in China. A total of 11 countries, including United States, […]
China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom published their performance for the first quarter of 2015 and all of them reported a net profit decline during the period. China Mobile said that the company’s operating revenue in the first quarter of 2015 was CNY160.9 billion, a year-on-year increase of 3.9%; while its net profit was […]
Consumer complaints during the first quarter of 2015 for Internet shopping increased by 174.4% year-on-year to 24,100 cases, according to statistics published by State Administration for Industry and Commerce of China. The State Administration revealed that China’s nationwide industry and commerce administrative units received a total of 1.701 million consumer complaints, reports and inquiries in […]
On Valentine’s Day, two of China’s taxi-hailing apps agreed to merge. But is this a good business decision and does it benefit consumers in China? China’s two leading taxi-hailing apps Didi Dache and Kuaidi Dache jointly announced on February 14, 2015, that the two companies will realize a strategic integration and they will hold an […]
During the first half of 2014, the number of adults using the mobile Internet in Taiwan reached 9.87 million. The Taiwan Network Information Center published a report on the broadband network usage in Taiwan in 2014, which said that over the past three years, Taiwan’s Internet growth rate maintained a rate of over 70% and […]
Chinese telecom operator China Mobile announced its annual results for 2013 in Hong Kong, and those financial numbers did not impress. During the entire year of 2013, China Mobile’s operating revenue was CNY630.2 billion, a year-on-year increase of 8.3%; but its net profit was CNY121.7 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 5.9%. This is reportedly the […]
China Central Television published a report on China’s economic life between 2013 and 2014 which shows that 81.52% of Chinese families had online shopping experiences in 2013. Compared with other consumer groups, university students and people in management positions shopped online more often, especially those in the 18-25 age demographic. By region, citizens in Hainan, […]
From January to September 2013, Beijing’s Internet retail sales reached CNY63.73 billion, exceeding the retail sales of traditional department stores, and the sales accounted for over 10% of the total retail sales in Beijing for eight consecutive months, according to Lin Ya, secretary general of Beijing Electronic Commerce Association. Lin said that compared with traditional […]
China’s Internet consumption maintained rapid growth and the 3,000 retail enterprises monitored by China’s Ministry of Commerce realized a year-on-year increase of 34.7% in the Internet sales sector from January to September 2013. Mofcom predicted that during the first three quarters of 2013, the Internet consumer retail sales would reach CNY1.3 trillion, which is equal […]
China’s TravelSky Technology Limited and Sugon Information Industry Company Limited have signed a strategic agreement covering cooperation in joint research and big data analysis.
According to Yan Xiaobing, vice president of the Chinese e-commerce website JD.com, the company aims at the retail sales of nearly CNY100 billion by the end of 2015.
Chinese Internet company Tencent announced that its WeChat service has gained over 50 million registered users.