BAT, Bilibili, Kuaishou and Tik Tok: Big Tech competing in China’s online education market
China’s online education market has seen expansion since 2014, especially during the COVID-19 crisis, driven by distance learning’s increasing demands. The Chinese government’s policies to encourage the development of the online education market and the massive jump of the capital inflows propel the expansion. In recent years, information technology has improved, including in lower-tier cities. […]
6G in China is at the initial stage of development, here is what you should know
As early as 2018, The 5G Technology Working Group at the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology started research into 6G in China. This makes China one of the first countries to explore 6G technology. In November 2019, the Ministry of Science and Technology, together with other key ministries and research institutions organized a 6G […]
Lesser known ride hailing platforms in the ride hailing market in China cause tight competition
The ride hailing market in China is increasingly competitive and price-driven. Although DiDi has long held the largest share, lesser known ride hailing platforms in China are emerging to challenge the company’s dominance. With Geely’s Caocao Chuxing (曹操出行), Tencent and Alibaba-backed T3 Chuxing (T3出行), JD.com-backed Dida Chuxing（嘀嗒出行）entering the local ride hailing market with lower prices, […]
5G development in China: covering more industries and cities in 2020
The Chinese internet reaches 900 million people, most of which are mobile users, setting the foundation for success in 5G development. Forecasts show that Chinese 5G users will reach 650 million by 2023, covering around 40% of the Chinese population. Additionally, the government views 5G development in China as crucial to the country’s tech sector […]
Huawei’s market strategy during a really, really rough year
For Huawei’s smartphone business, 2020 was particularly difficult. On the one hand, under the trade ban signed by the United States in 2019, Huawei’s smartphones sold overseas cannot be equipped with Google’s GMS (Google Mobile Service), which has seriously affected their overseas sales of smartphones. Even though the Chinese smartphone brand launched HMS (Huawei Mobile […]
The era of WeChat mini-games has come: How to monetize and advertise on mini-games
Firstly introduced in 2017, Wechat Mini-games gradually conquered the heart of Chinese consumers. Wechat Mini-games are easy convenient and easy-to-play: there is no need to download them or install them. What is unique about mini-game players, is that compared to the general population of gamers, mini-game players are, on average, much older and include more […]
How Xiaomi, “the Apple of China”, has grown into the world’s 4th largest smartphone brand in just 4 years
Xiaomi Inc. (小米) is a mobile internet company founded by Lei Jun and seven co-founders in 2010. In 2013, Xiaomi grew into China’s largest e-commerce company with its e-commerce platform Mi Market. By 2014, the company had grown into the world’s fourth-largest consumer electronics company. In the same year, the company expanded into several foreign Southeast […]
Keep: the APP dominating China’s fitness market and inspiring millions
Relying on China’s robust economic advancements and Chinese people’s increasing health awareness, China’s fitness industry has boomed. In 2019, China has become the largest fitness market in the world with approximately 49,860 fitness clubs and 68.1 million members. An optimistic estimation is that China’s fitness industry total out-put value, including gym memberships and equipment purchases […]
The darling of China’s Southeast Seaboard: What Foreign Companies should know about Xiamen’s Economy
With three and a half million citizens in the city proper and roughly four million in the built-up area of the city, Xiamen is only the thirtieth most populated city in China. However, the city had a GDP of 600 billion yuan and a GDP per capita of 142,000 yuan in 2019. This makes Xiamen […]
Mobility in China: Opportunities and challenges of when ride-hailing meets delivery
Meituan officially launched its own ride-hailing APP Meituan Dache (美团打车Meituan ride-hailing) for Shanghai and Nanjing’s markets. Meituan Dianping is a Chinese website and APP for food delivery services, consumer products and retail services. As a very typical representative of mobility in China, Meituan Dianping was originally called Meituan. After merging with Dazhong Dianping it changed […]
Daxue Talks 73: China as a tech powerhouse: 5G, software development, and programming languages
China as a tech powerhouse 0:54: Have clients ever asked you to develop on the Huawei OS? 1:46: How is the development of 5G so far in China? What do you expect as an impact of 2020? 3:53: What are the differences in developing software in China and the rest of the world? Are the […]
Daxue Talks transcript #70: Key components of private traffic in building a brand’s ecosystem in China
Find here Daxue Talks episode 70. In this interview, Aurelien Rigart shares his expertise on the coding of mini-programs in China and tells us more about the key components of private traffic in China. What are the different components of private traffic? What is used to create private traffic in China besides your own website and WeChat? […]