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| Sep 18, 2026 | iQIYI Capitalizes on China's Big-Screen Viewing Trend as Long-Form Video Enters Next Chapter | BEIJING, Sept. 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- iQIYI, China's leading online entertainment platform, is well positioned to capitalize on the growing trend toward big-screen viewing, as the big screen increasingly becomes a key destination for... |
| Jun 12, 2026 | Beijing Watchdog Tells Alibaba, JD.Com, Other E-Commerce Giants to Fix 618 Campaign Practices | (Yicai) June 12 -- Beijing's market regulator has told China's five leading e-commerce platforms, including Alibaba’s Taobao and Tmall Group and JD.Com, to rectify non-compliant practices in their promotional activities for the 61... |
| Mar 27, 2026 | China Instant Delivery Orders Hit Record 60 Billion in 2025 as Sector Expands Beyond Food, Report Says | (Yicai) March 27 -- China’s instant delivery orders exceeded 60 billion in 2025 for the first time, rising 25 percent from a year earlier, according to a new industry report.
The figure highlights the rapid expansion of the instant retail s... |
| Mar 22, 2026 | Not just buying ‘things’: Why China’s emotional economy is on the rise | Data shows that Chinese consumers are increasingly spending on goods and experiences chosen for their emotional resonance over practical value.
While some analysts see these consumption patterns as a stress response, others see it as a func... |
| Feb 6, 2026 | Dingdong Sinks After Revealing USD717 Million Sale of China Grocery Business to Meituan | (Yicai) Feb. 6 -- Dingdong Cayman’s shares plunged after the online grocer said it will sell its China business to local on-demand services giant Meituan for USD717 million.
Dingdong [NYSE: DDL] closed 14.4 percent lower at USD2.74 per shar... |
| Dec 11, 2025 | China’s JD.Com to Buy Half of Hong Kong Office Tower for USD450 Million | (Yicai) Dec. 11 -- JD.Com is set to spend HKD3.5 billion (USD450 million) acquiring half of an office building in the heart of Hong Kong, expanding its presence in the city as the Chinese e-commerce giant builds out its local infrastructure... |
| Dec 4, 2025 | China’s Market for Coffee and Tea Drinks May Top CNY1 Trillion This Year | (Yicai) Dec. 4 -- The Chinese market for coffee and tea beverages is already vast, but industry insiders remain bullish on growth, with some even predicting the market could exceed CNY1 trillion (USD141.4 billion) as early as this year.
Inv... |
| Oct 24, 2025 | DongCheng Repeats "Asia's Top 500 Brands" Honor - Asian Brand Influence on the Rise | NANTONG, China, Oct. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- On September 24, 2025, the 20th Asia Brand Summit took place in Hong Kong, at which the World Brand Lab officially released its annual "Asia's 500 Most Influential Brands 2025" re... |
| Sep 11, 2025 | Alibaba Adds AI-Powered Local Services Review Feature to Map App | (Yicai) Sept. 11 -- Chinese internet giant Alibaba Group Holding has released a major update to its navigation platform Amap, adding a new artificial intelligence-powered feature allowing users to leave a ranking for local businesses just l... |
| Sep 4, 2025 | How I've Mastered the Art of Watching Trends to Predict and Create Viral Products — and How You Can, Too I've made trend-watching and in-depth analysis my habit. Here are the hacks that will be useful for anyone who wants to create products that appeal to global audiences. | When our vertical series "Brace Face Betty" became the week's top series by user engagement according to Social Peta, it wasn't a big surprise for me. Our team has been working on content production for a long time, grow... |
| Aug 26, 2025 | Beauty Farm Announces 2025 Interim Results | Revenue and Net Profit Reached Record High
Cash-generating Capability Significantly Enhanced
HONG KONG, Aug. 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Beauty Farm Medical and Health Industry Inc. ("Beauty Farm" or the "Company") (02373.H... |
| Aug 13, 2025 | Three hours onstage, and an economy moves: Inside China’s concert boom | On July 25, a torrential downpour swept through Beijing just as Taiwanese rock band Mayday took the stage for their first concert in the capital. The skies opened, drenching fans and performers alike. Lead vocalist Ashin, unfazed, joked tha... |
| Jul 28, 2025 | Digital humans show future of livestreaming e-commerce | Digital human technologies used for livestreaming sessions are displayed at the 4th China International Consumer Products Expo in Haikou, Hainan province, in April. LUO YUNFEI/CHINA NEWS SERVICE
What happens when a livestreaming session is ... |
| May 14, 2025 | Can Iceland crack China’s frozen food market? | Header photo source: Iceland.
Even as tariff tensions simmer between global powers, Iceland—the UK’s largest frozen food supermarket—has made a bold return to China, launching its inaugural offline store in the country.
Founded in 1972 and ... |
| Apr 1, 2025 | Chinese handset giants joining lighter, thinner fray | Consumers experience the Huawei Pura X, a foldable phone that can be used both horizontally and vertically, at a Huawei mobile store in Shanghai on March 20. CHINA DAILY
Chinese smartphone companies are scrambling to roll out lighter, thinn... |
| Mar 5, 2025 | The Shifting Landscape of E-Commerce in China: From Big Boxes to Small Shops | The world of retail is changing. In China, the shift is palpable. Freshippo, Alibaba's grocery chain, is closing its large membership stores. Instead, it’s opening smaller outlets. This move signals a new strategy focused on profitabil... |
| Mar 4, 2025 | Alibaba’s Freshippo to Grow Number of Smaller Grocery Shops as More Big Outlets Close | (Yicai) March 4 -- Freshippo plans to shut more of its large membership stores and open more smaller outlets, in a possible sign that Alibaba Group Holding’s grocery chain has set aside its ambition to compete with Sam's Club in China ... |
| Sep 12, 2024 | AI, 5G technologies help e-tailers boost sales via livestreaming | Sellers promote freshly picked peaches via livestreaming at a plantation in Shiyan, Hubei province, in August. CAO ZHONGHONG/FOR CHINA DAILY
Competition in China's booming livestreaming e-commerce segment — the practice of promoting pr... |
| Sep 12, 2024 | Low commission, no deposit: Xiaohongshu dives into F&B group buying | Since September 3, Xiaohongshu has expanded its group buying services for food and beverage businesses across 49 key cities in China, with a commission rate of 0.6% and no deposit required for now. This perk, however, is currently limited t... |
| Aug 7, 2024 | Turn Trash Into Treasure — How Businesses Can Build Consumer Trust in the Booming Secondhand Market These three measures are vital for overcoming the challenges that impede growth in the secondhand market. | As consumers worldwide embrace sustainability and economic savviness, the secondhand market is booming globally, unlocking the potential for many related business initiatives.
According to consignment company ThredUp's latest report, t... |
| Apr 16, 2024 | JD.Com Unveils Founder in Digital Form as New Live Sales Host | (Yicai) April 16 -- Chinese e-commerce giant JD.Com, which said last week that it will invest CNY1 billion (USD138.2 million) to attract video creators, is rolling out a digital version of its founder and chairman to draw more attention to ... |
| Mar 29, 2024 | Alibaba's Taobao to Invest Extra USD1.4 Billion in Content Commerce Next Fiscal Year | (Yicai) March 29 -- Taobao, the Chinese e-commerce site under Alibaba Group Holding, plans to invest an additional CNY10 billion (USD1.4 billion) in content commerce, with a special focus on livestreaming, in the upcoming fiscal year starti... |
| Nov 24, 2021 | Pop Culture Group Co., Ltd Wins Tender for Hanfu Cultural Festival | XIAMEN, China, Nov. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Pop Culture Group Co., Ltd ("Pop Culture" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: CPOP), a hip-pop culture company in China, announced today that the Company had won the tender for Hanfu C... |
| Sep 13, 2021 | Sequoia China, IDG, Hidden Hill co-lead $186m round for e-signature service eSign | eSign, a Chinese provider of electronic signature services backed by investors including Ant Group, has closed a Series E funding round at 1.2 billion yuan ($186.1 million).
The investment was jointly led by Sequoia Capital China, IDG Capit... |
| Aug 13, 2021 | China is tempting customers with its flawless AI idols – virtual influencers who don’t gain weight, never age, and keep their computer-generated noses out of controversy | Ling is one of China’s top influencers, and has worked with brands like Tesla. She’s also not real. Ling/Weibo
She has wrinkle-free, porcelain skin, her hair glistens in every type of light, and her eyes sparkle with joy all the time. She d... |
| May 26, 2021 | Kuaishou kicks off cross-border sales to boost growing e-commerce presence | Overseas merchants can now sell their products in China to Kuaishou’s 379.2 million daily active users (DAU), the short-video platform confirmed with KrASIA on Tuesday.
This new feature comes as Kuaishou reported that the total gross mercha... |
| Dec 22, 2020 | Consumers love cheap groceries, but can community group buying withstand government scrutiny? | |
| Nov 30, 2020 | China’s tech firms rush to deliver solutions for grocery shopping | Nearly all of China’s largest internet firms have established a presence in online grocery. Just this week, news arrived that Alibaba co-led the $196 million C3 funding round of Nice Tuan, the two-year-old grocery group-buying firm’s fourth... |
| Nov 24, 2020 | China blocks teens, unverified users from spending on livestreaming apps | Chinese authorities have tightened their grip on the country’s thriving livestreaming sector, banning virtual gifts for teens and users who aren’t using real names, and ordering platforms to set a spending cap for users.
In a move to entren... |
| Oct 29, 2020 | ByteDance debuts new brand to reignite its education business | ByteDance has announced the creation of a new independent brand named Dali Education, which will cover all of ByteDance’s existing education businesses, the company behind short-video apps TikTok and Douyin announced at a press conference o... |
| Sep 8, 2020 | Viral article puts the brakes on China’s food delivery frenzy | For China’s food delivery workers, life can feel like a constant battle with algorithms, traffic police and disgruntled customers.
An essay detailing the hazardous work conditions of China’s food delivery drivers went viral on the internet ... |
| Aug 24, 2020 | Pinduoduo’s latest aim: Sell $145 billion of farm produce in 2025 | Still working to turn a profit and shake off its fake-goods reputation, China’s e-commerce upstart Pinduoduo set itself another ambitious goal for 2025: surpass 1 trillion yuan or $145 billion annual gross merchandise volume of agricultural... |
| Jun 29, 2020 | Chinese dating app Tantan claims 360 million registered users but no profits | Tantan, known as China’s answer to dating app Tinder, announced on Sunday that it has more than 360 million registered users worldwide and has generated 15 billion matches since founder Wang Yu launched the app in 2014 in Beijing. The WeCha... |
| May 11, 2020 | Tencent Music bets on China’s crowded audio content space | Listeners of podcasts, audiobooks and other audio shows are estimated to number 542 million in China this year, according to a third-party survey by marketing firm iiMedia. It’s a healthy jump from the 489 million users recorded in 2019, an... |
| Apr 25, 2020 | Магазины на диване 2020 года: как онлайн-трансляции повлияли на ведение бизнеса в Китае в эпоху пандемии Covid-19 Статьи редакции | Трансляции стали способом продвижения, который успешно работает для любого бизнеса в Китае — от производителей косметики и фермеров до продавцов автомобилей и домов.
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| Apr 21, 2020 | Qihoo 360 enters workplace collaboration market with FangCloud acquisition | Chinese cybersecurity giant Qihoo 360 has acquired an enterprise collaboration service provider named FangCloud, in a step into the booming workplace collaboration market, the company announced on Tuesday.
After the acquisition is completed... |
| Apr 5, 2020 | Shopping in livestreaming apps is booming in China thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic | Over the course of three days, 130,000 viewers tuned in to watch a livestream from the Shanghai New World shopping mall. For 12 hours each day, from March 6 to 8, 12 different hosts hired by the mall hawked branded goods from the likes of A... |
| Mar 17, 2020 | Pinduoduo unveils Knock app, entering booming workplace collaboration market | Chinese social e-commerce company Pinduoduo has unveiled an enterprise communication app called Knock on Monday, stepping into the booming workplace collaboration market, local media outlet Caijingtuya reported.
Knock provides basic functio... |
| Mar 12, 2020 | CHINA BRIEF | Alibaba partners with Taihe Music Group for online music content | Alibaba announced yesterday that it reached an agreement with one of China’s biggest record labels, Taihe Music Group, to obtain music content and distribution support for its suite of entertainment products, including streaming service Xia... |
| Mar 9, 2020 | Alibaba taps China’s online education market with latest homework-helper app | In its latest effort to tap into China’s growing online education market, tech giant Alibaba has released a new app that lets students ask and pay others for answers to their homework-related questions, local media Techplanet reported.
The ... |
| Jan 19, 2020 | Chinese audio platform Lizhi debuts on Nasdaq, aiming to turn profitable this year | Chinese audio content sharing platform Lizhi FM shares closed at USD 11.63 per American depositary shares (ADSs) on its trading debut on Nasdaq last Friday, up 5.73% from its initial pricing of USD 11.03 apiece.
The company, which trades un... |
| Dec 25, 2019 | Exclusive | Chinese power bank rental platform Energy Monster raises SoftBank-led USD 71 million Series C | Chinese power bank sharing startup Energy Monster has raised an RMB 500 million (USD 71.3 million) Series C round led by SoftBank Vision Fund, with participation from existing investors including Hillhouse Capital and Shunwei Capital, local... |
| Nov 28, 2019 | Exclusive | Tencent leads Chinese online recruiting platform Boss Zhipin’s new funding round | Chinese social media giant Tencent has led an undisclosed new round of financing in Boss Zhipin, a major Chinese online job listing site, buying 10% of the company, 36Kr reported citing a source close to the deal.
The specific figure of thi... |
| Nov 25, 2019 | Chinese Tinder-like Tantan launches “Flash Chat” mode to boost matches | Tantan, one of the biggest Tinder-like dating platforms in China, has rolled out a new in-app feature called “Flash Chat,” which connects users based on factors like location, age, job, and interests, but without revealing a key element in ... |
| Nov 23, 2019 | China: WeiyangX Fintech Review | The People’s Bank of China Releases China’s Green Finance Development Report (2018)
In order to introduce China’s achievements and experience in green finance, the People’s Bank of China (PBC) has worked with relevant authorities and organi... |
| Oct 8, 2019 | Qutoutiao works on two short-video apps to take on Douyin, Kuaishou | Nasdaq-listed Chinese news aggregator app Qutoutiao has been developing two short-video apps since July, in a bid to diversify its revenue sources and compete with larger rivals Douyin and Kuaishuo, local media TechPlanet reported on Monday... |
| Aug 27, 2019 | Meituan to make a comeback to shared power bank business | Meituan Dianping, China’s largest on-demand services provider, is poised for a comeback to the power bank sharing business, as it looks to expand its revenue sources and enhance user stickiness, LatePost reported on Monday.
The move comes a... |
| Jul 1, 2019 | China silences podcast and music apps as online crackdown widens | Audio apps are flying high in China. In 2018, online listeners in the country grew 22.1% to surpass 400 million, at a rate far exceeding that of the mobile video and e-reading populations, according to market researcher iiMedia.
But the fle... |
| Apr 19, 2019 | Chinese Airbnb rival Tujia aims for profitability in 2019 as it prepares for IPO | As it builds up for an IPO, Tujia, one of China’s largest home-sharing platforms, says it has passed 1.4 million global listings and expects to break even in the second half of 2019, 36Kr reports.
Backed by Ctrip, China’s largest online tra... |
| Mar 21, 2019 | Alibaba launches $300m reward scheme for mini-programmes | Alibaba has launched a RMB 2 billion (roughly $300 million) reward scheme for developers and companies to use its mini-programme platforms – including Alipay, Taobao, Dingtalk, and AutoNavi, the company announced today at the Alibaba Cloud ... |
| Mar 20, 2019 | Tencent-backed Kwai launches new app to go after Douyin’s core users | Tencent-backed short-video and live-streaming platform Kwai has recently launched a new app, Kwai Concept, to target the core users of ByteDance’s popular short video app Douyin (also known as TikTok internationally).
With a sleek single-vi... |
| Mar 11, 2019 | Tencent Live tests live-streaming in WeChat | Tencent Live is testing a microprogram-based tool that allows owners of WeChat public accounts to initiate and promote live-streaming sessions with their followers.
The new tool, which is currently only available to a selected group of WeCh... |
| Mar 6, 2019 | Food delivered to the doorstep is not so cheap in China anymore | A big selling point of ordering food to the doorstep in China is price, which, in the early years, could be much cheaper than eating in-house. That’s arguably indulged a demographic of lazy, indoorsy eaters, but that may not last for much l... |
| Feb 25, 2019 | Alibaba challenger Pinduoduo is bringing imported goods to rural homes | Pinduoduo, the latest challenger to China’s ecommerce dominators Alibaba and JD.com, wants to bring affordable, imported items to shoppers in China’s smaller cities and rural areas.
The three-year-old Tencent-backed ecommerce upstart is rec... |
| Dec 27, 2018 | Alibaba just gave Chinese youth another reason to never leave their desk | People in China have a host of reasons not to go outdoors these days. They may be too busy to leave their office, wary of air pollution or have chosen to live isolated lives. Among them is an expanding young consumer base that prefers to dw... |
| Jun 21, 2018 | Deals | Online education platform VIPKID raises $500m Series D+ round; its valuation crosses $2.9b | VIPKID, China’s leading online education company, announced on Thursday it has closed a USD 500 million Series D+ round co-led by Coatue, Tencent, Sequoia Capital China, and Yunfeng Capital, marking the world’s largest funding round in the ... |
| Jun 11, 2018 | Deals | Ant Financial bets on China’s staffless snack bars; strategically invests in Xingbianli | Alibaba’s financial affiliate, Ant Financial, has made a strategic investment in Xingbianli (猩便利), a Chinese operator of staffless convenience stores and snack bars, Chinese biztech media and KrASIA parent company, 36Kr reported on Monday.
... |
| Sep 28, 2016 | Galaxy Note 7 explosions in China send customers running to the iPhone 7 | China is the one major market that was not affected by the massive Galaxy Note 7 recall. Samsung said the phones in the region are safe because they contain batteries made by a local supplier, not Samsung SDI. The Samsung subsidiary made th... |
| Nov 5, 2013 | 75% of Chinese consumers interested in buying wearables, according to Baidu report | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Wearable devices have become the one of the most anticipated digital products after smartphone and tablets, although there is still a l... |
| Galaxy Note 7 explosions in China send customers running to the iPhone 7 | China is the one major market that was not affected by the massive Galaxy Note 7 recall. Samsung said the phones in the region are safe because they contain batteries made by a local supplier, not Samsung SDI. The Samsung subsidiary made th... |
| ByteDance launches AI studio for short-drama production | ByteDance’s Jimeng AI has launched a short-drama studio that brings script development, character and scene creation, storyboarding, video production and post-production into one workflow. The platform uses three in-house models: DreamScrip... |
