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The Uprising of China Fintech

April 8, 2018 By Liu Sha

China’s financial sector used to be famous for its poor service and imperviousness to innovation. Even today, when customers go to make a transaction at one of the country’s big state-run banks, they often take a bag of snacks with them—they know they’re in for a long wait. But things are changing fast in the Middle Kingdom. A new generation of digital finance firms is taking the country—and the global markets—by storm in everything from digital payments and micro-lending to insurance and wealth management. How will China’s lumbering state-run banks react? Will tightening regulation nip this revolution in the bud?

Filed Under: All Articles, Banking, China, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Technology Tagged With: Alipay, Fintech, JD.com, WeChat

Chinese Express Delivery Companies Deliver a New Way of Life

November 3, 2016 By CKGSB Knowledge

Each year Alibaba breaks a new record on Singles Day, the 24-hour online shopping extravaganza has now become a celebratory annual event. The rise of online ecommerce has transformed the way Chinese people shop. According to 2015 e-commerce stats, 46% of Chinese people buy groceries online, 30% people made impulse buys, and $ 333 billion purchase were conducted on mobile devices. The online shopping phenomenon, on one hand, is hurting retail, on the other is fostering a multi-billion dollar express delivery business. With 8,000 express companies national wide, China’s express delivery market was worth $ 42.1 billion in 2015.

Filed Under: All Articles, China, Consumers, eCommerce, Infographics, Retail Tagged With: express Delivery, JD.com, Taobao

Lenovo-backed ZUK Co-creates Smartphones With Millennials

September 7, 2015 By Major Tian

Unlike parent company Lenovo, ZUK is trying to woo youngsters and blaze its own path. To do that it is immersing its engineers in their environment and involving youngsters in the conceptualization and design process.

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, C-Suite Interview, Consumers, Conversations, Digital Economy, Know China, Technology, The Chinapreneurs Tagged With: Consumers, Crowdfunding, JD.com, Lenovo, Slider, Smartphone, Xiaomi, ZUK

The Future of Retail in China is Both Online and Offline

August 21, 2015 By Xinlei Chen

Alibaba’s investment in Suning is a signal that companies in retail in China need a multichannel strategy: embracing both the online as well as offline worlds.

Filed Under: All Articles, Digital Economy, eCommerce, ExpertSpeak, Know China, Opinion, Retail Tagged With: Alibaba, Competition, E-Commerce in China, JD.com, Retail, Slider, Wal-Mart

“Go to China”: Jack Ma to American Small Businesses

June 10, 2015 By Major Tian

During his whistle-stop trip to the US, Alibaba founder and Executive Chairman Jack Ma is busy courting small businesses

Filed Under: All Articles, Connections, Digital Economy, eCommerce, Globalization, Videos Tagged With: Alibaba, Amazon China, Globalization, Jack Ma, JD.com, Slider, Taobao, Tmall

Marketing in the Moment

June 10, 2015 By Li Hui

Social media can be a great tool for marketing in the moment. Also the worst.

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Branding, Marketing Tagged With: Branding, Infiniti, JD.com, Lei Jun, Marketing Strategy, Meizu, Slider, Social Media, Twitter, Weibo, Xiaomi

The Next Big Gold Rush: China’s Smart Home Market

May 29, 2015 By Li Hui

Several companies—from tech giants like Alibaba to durables manufacturers like Haier—are betting big on the Smart Home market in China. Who’s doing what?

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Infographics, Innovation, Talent Tagged With: Alibaba, Baidu, Haier, Infographics, JD.com, Slider, Smart Home, Xiaomi

Future Perfect: Smart Home Technologies Take Off

May 28, 2015 By Li Hui

Smart Home technologies are out to change the way we live and make our life more efficient.

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Digital Economy, Infographics, Innovation, Technology Tagged With: Alibaba, Electronics, Haier, Infographics, JD.com, Slider, Smart Home, Xiaomi

Chinese E-commerce Companies Head to the Countryside

April 22, 2015 By Nicole Sy

Chinese e-commerce companies like Alibaba and JD.com are finding a lucrative opportunity in rural areas. But what kind of strategies will work there?

Filed Under: All Articles, Digital Economy, eCommerce, Know China, Logistics, Retail Tagged With: Alibaba, Jack Ma, JD.com, Logistics, Retail, rural life, Slider, Urbanization

China Roundup: Chinese Economy Data Dampens Spirits

April 16, 2015 By Major Tian

This week, new data on the Chinese economy painted a bleak picture; the Shanghai Composite Index surged (again); and a Chinese company bought Segway.

Filed Under: All Articles, China Round-up, Chinese Economy, Digital Economy, eCommerce, Finance, Know China, Stock Exchange Tagged With: AIIB, Debt, Economic Growth, JD.com, Slider, Stockmarket, Tmall, Xiaomi

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