Baidu.com, Inc. (ADR) (BIDU): 25 Scintillating Facts About the Internet in China

Mobile

17. Tencent was named as Fast Company’s 8^th Most Innovative Company this year. It’s China’s largest publicly traded Internet company, and its mobile messaging app — WeChat — now has 300 million users.

18. China makes more than 50% of the world’s mobile phones, computers, and TVs.

E-Commerce

19. China now has more than 242 million online shoppers. That is: (a) 75 million more than the U.S. (b) 2 times the number in Japan (c) 6 times the number in the United Kingdom.

Source: We Are Social’s Guide to Social, Digital and Mobile in China

20. Below is a look at e-commerce sales in China from 2011 to 2016:

Data compiled by Go-Globe.com.

21. By 2015, e-commerce will represent 7.4% of China’s total retail market.

22. Below are China’s Top 10 E-commerce sites, which account for more than 65% of the market:

Data compiled by Go-Globe.com.

23. 59% of Chinese smartphones users have used their phones to shop online. (Source: We Are Social’s Guide to Social, Digital and Mobile in China).

Online video

24. China’s leading Internet television company, Youku Tudou Inc (ADR) (NYSE:YOKU), could reach 310 million unique visitors each week, while generating 1.6 billion hours of video each month.

25. The Chinese online video market should grow to $1 billion in 2013. In 2012, 130 million people watched video on their mobile phones in China. (Source: We Are Social’s Guide to Social, Digital and Mobile in China).

The article 25 Scintillating Facts About the Internet in China originally appeared on Fool.com and is written by Kevin Chen.

Fool contributor Kevin Chen owns shares of Baidu. The Motley Fool recommends Baidu and SINA. The Motley Fool owns shares of Baidu.

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