China Business

China has been the world’s largest online market for years now, and it will continue to be as more people are taking part in this phenomenon. The online shopping industry in China is booming, and it’s not just e-commerce giants like Alibaba that are benefiting from this rise in consumption. According to a recent study…

Chinese consumers have been fascinated by American products for a long time now. This trend has given great opportunity to American brands to offer their products to Chinese consumers. Despite geopolitcial indifferences and what could be seen as a turbulent relationship between the US and Chinese governments, the popularity of American products among Chinese consumers…

Pinduoduo can be considered one of the biggest in the incredible Chinese digital world. During the last years, all relevant big tech Giants introduced their own payment method. This year was the turn of the innovative Pinduoduo. After Alibaba, Tencent, JD.com, Didi, Toutiao, Meituan, Baidu, Xiaomi (and not only), in early December 2020, Pinduoduo finally…

The realm of eCommerce has reached a point of change. It seems that this online space won’t be a monarchy anymore… the tech giant Alibaba is under attack.  The king of the realm, Alibaba’s e-commerce platform Tmall, which occupies 50% of the market, has in fact been targeted by the government. On December 24, China…

Thanks to a getting huge middle-class consumer base, China is surely a land of opportunities for international franchisors. In this article, we are going to explain: why it is convenient to develop a franchise in China, how can a foreign company do it what can we take from two of the most important franchise food…

According to a TechNode report, Baidu is nearing a deal to acquire Joyy’s Chinese operations for a deal worth US$3 billion to US$4 billion. Its overseas business will maintain independence. Baidu and YY did not respond to this news, at the time of writing. After this report, YY’s stock price surged to as much as…

From 5thto 10th November 2020 it was held in Shanghai the third edition of CIIE, The China International Import Export. What is CIIE and why is it so important? It is the first exhibition in China that is dedicated only to importations of products and services that boosts the presence of foreigner exhibitors. The initiative,…

Chinese consumers are willing to create new relationships with worldwide brands. It’s a tremendous opportunity for a small or big business to develop with Chinese consumer’s brand affinity and build strong relationships. Selling International products in China Guide to selling in China The rapid urbanization combined with a growing and evolving Chinese economy sets the…

Bytedance company overview Bytedance (字节跳动) is a Chinese internet technology company headquartered in Beijing. It was founded by Zhang Yiming in 2012. ByteDance claims to be “one of the first companies to launch machine learning-based mobile products, to combine the potential of artificial intelligence with the growth of the internet for mobile devices and revolutionize…