China Internet Watch

Geographic Insights on China Online Shopping 2015

CIW Team — Fri, 22 Jan 2016 03:00:57 +0000

Top 10 provinces with the highest average online shopping spends on Taobao are Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Fujian, Guangdong, Xinjiang, Sichuan, Tianjin, Beijing and Liaoning according to Taobao based on data from October 2014 to September 2015. Provinces with the lowest average spends are Gansu, Qinghai and Tibet.

Regional economic level influenced the development level of the online shopping market. The top five provinces with the highest online consumption located in the southeast coastal provinces where citizens got a higher income level than the average.

E-commerce in Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Fujian and Guangdong has entered an advanced stage. These five regions received and delivered most online order packages in China.

Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai in total account for 15% national delivery packages on Double 11 shopping festival in 2015. Packages the three provinces received on Double 11 accounted for 25% of total and packages sent from these provinces accounted for half of total. High population concentration, a large volume of e-business companies (such as Alibaba in Hangzhou, Zhejiang) and low delivery fees led to busy logistic transportation here.

Well-developed transport and logistics system further stimulated online shopping. The purchasing power is relatively strong in Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Fujian and Guangdong provinces. Many were new demands stimulated by online shopping market.

Xinjiang and Sichuan ranked sixth and seventh respectively surpassing Beijing, Tianjin, Shandong and other provinces which mainly resulted from various good categories and low costs in online shopping. Traditional commerce in Xinjiang wasn’t as developed as other regions in China; thus online shopping became an essential channel to buy products unavailable or expensive locally.

Taobao data also showed that Shanghai, Guangdong, Beijing, Tianjin, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang ranked top for being the most diversified online shopping consumption regions. Regions with advanced economic level tends to be more diversified in online consumption. Tianjin, Guangdong, Zhejiang and Jiangsu also ranked in the top.

Also read: China Retail V.S. Online Shopping 2015

China Annual Cross-border Consumption in 2015

CIW Team — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 00:00:13 +0000

Under the great efforts of the government, China’s cross-border consumption would enter a period of rapid development. The cross-border e-commerce would double the growth targets in the next three years, according to the annual cross-border consumption index report released by Xinhua News Agency and Visa.

In 2014, the United States was the top cross-border online shopping importing country of China by transaction frequency among the 10 countries researched, followed by U.K. and Japan, which takes the place of Hong Kong.

For China, the United States also was China’s largest cross-border online shopping export country by transaction frequency; and the United Kingdom and Canada were the second and third respectively. South Korea, Germany and Hong Kong imported the lowest from China.

Although China’s online shoppers purchased most frequently from the United States, Australia was the top country of cross-border online shopping by average single transaction value, followed by France and the UK.

In addition, China’s cross-border e-commerce market had a strong seasonal pattern. The peak of importing appeared at the end of year, due to the U.S. Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Cyber Monday and other shopping seasons. The major imported commodities were educational goods, clothing and leisure products. The transaction amount from October to December was the peak of cross-border e-commerce of China’s exporting market, which was also the period of the Christmas Day in many western countries.

Fuzhou was re-elected as the most attractive city, followed by Hangzhou, Quanzhou, Xiamen and Suzhou. The inbound and outbound travel market of China presented many new features compared with the previous years. Among the top 10 largest provinces (provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions) by income of foreign travelers, the average visit duration in Tianjin was the highest (15.6 days), much higher than other provinces. Fujian province, Beijing and Jiangsu province came next. The average daily inbound tourists expenditure in Shanghai was the highest, followed by Beijing.

In 2014, the United States ranked first as China’s largest cross-border online shopping export and import country. In terms of a average single transaction value, Australia, France and the U.K. were the top three; and Japan, Hong Kong and Korea were at the bottom. While mainland China was the largest importing market of Hong Kong and Japan in terms of a single transaction value.

The United States, Canada, Britain, Australia and New Zealand ranked the top five countries by annual spend by Chinese students studying abroad; the consumption expenditure in Australia was the highest, s much as 121% of the expenditure in the United States.

Also read: How Many Chinese Students Studying Overseas Compared with Others?

China Travel Market Reached 127 Million in H1 2015

CIW Team — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 00:00:17 +0000

In H1 2015, the total number of outbound and inbound tourists in China reached 127 million, with an increase of 9.8% year over year according to China Tourism Academy. The number of inbound tourists reached 65.1 million, with a YoY increase of 4.5%, which exceeded outbound tourism (61.9 million visitors) by 3.2 million. After several years of sluggish, China’s inbound tourism was beginning to show a momentum of steady recovery.

While in the past nine quarters, the number of inbound tourists showed a downward trend, which was in obvious contrast with the thriving outbound market. Statistics show that since 2012, the number of China inbound tourists kept declining, with the decrease rate of 2.5%, 2.2% and 0.45% respectively each year, while the increase rates of outbound tourists were 16.7%, 18% and 16% respectively.

The increase of China inbound market was influenced by the recovery of the market in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. In recent years, tourists from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan have always been the main source of tourists to the mainland, and the tourists number of the three regions was much higher than other foreign inbound tourists.

In 2014, nearly 130 million people came to China, among which Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan tourists in total accounted for 79.49%; and foreigners totaled 26,360,800 passengers. The top three inbound countries were South Korea, Japan, and the United States according to China Tourism Board.

To attract travelers from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan to the mainland, the tourism administration has made some efforts. From July 1, 2015, Taiwanese who hold a valid mainland entry permit could enjoy the visa-free policy.

Also read: China Tourists Travel Intention Study 2015

Chinese GDP Broken Down by Province

Incitez China — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:42:38 +0000

Chinese GDP Breakdown by Province

China Briefing shared a stunning map of Chinese GDP break down by provinces, based on China’s 2011 yearly economic reports of local governments.

An impressive 22 provinces reported GDP figures in excess of 1 trillion yuan (US$158 billion).

China Internet Watch

Geographic Insights on China Online Shopping 2015

China Annual Cross-border Consumption in 2015

China Travel Market Reached 127 Million in H1 2015

Chinese GDP Broken Down by Province

Primary Chinese Provincial GDP Figures