Summary

The stunning emergence, over the past decade, of China’s digital economic miracle is transforming the country – and its domestic and global position. Once a follower, digital China is now a world leader in given industries. Persistent and heavy investment in R&D of the latest technologies has laid the foundations of this exciting prodigy.

A comprehensive cameo of the Chinese digital landscape, this report covers a full scale of topics:

  • the drive behind its surge into the spotlight
  • what is sparking the explosion of its markets
  • how the government is fostering key technologies like 5G and facial recognition
  • who the major players are, domestically
  • the future shape of the Chinese digital ecosystem
  • the expansion of players’ investments abroad

Table of contents

1. Executive summary

2. China is moving into the spotlight

3. Despite remarkable growth, Chinese digitalisation still lags behind global leaders

4. The forces behind the explosion of digital market in China

5. No longer a copycat in e-commerce and OTT communication markets

6. Leadship in 5G

7. Widespread use of facial recognition

8. Chinese IoT market growth is backed by government and wide-scale IoT applications by business and consumers

9. Explosion of Blockchain: China is on a fast track to launch a digital currency

10. The rise of domestic tech players is driving the boom of China’s digital economy

11. However, the digitalisation of Chinese industry still lags behind other developed countries

12. BAT gain weight on stock market for an improved monetising performance

13. Ongoing international expansion, but domestic markets remain BAT focus

List of tables and figures

List of tables and figures

2. China is moving into the spotlight
• Total revenue of telecom services market by region/country, 2018-2022
• Revenue of Internet markets in China, USA and EU5, 2019

3. Despite remarkable growth, Chinese digitalisation still lags behind global leaders
• Evolution of China’s digital economy
• 2019 IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking

4. The forces behind the explosion of digital market in China
• Penetration rate of 4G subscribers by country, 2019
• Number of Chinese Internet user 2010 – 2019
• Number of total fiber subscription by country, 2018
• China 5G subscriptions
• Principal Chinese government initiatives to help the digital economy
• Examples of government policies set behind of market development
• Investment in African ICT development by source 2014-2018
• Investment in Africa by leading Chinese tech companies

5. No longer a copycat in e-commerce and OTT communication markets
• Revenue and per-user revenue of OTT communication market, China, USA & Europe
• Revenue and per-user revenue of e-commerce market, China, USA & Europe
• Per capital GDP, 2018
• M-commerce: Compared shares of e-commerce in USA and China, 2019
• Distribution of online retail market shares in China, 2018
• Sales of principal shopping festivals in 2019
• Most used social media and messaging services in China, 2018

6. Leadship in 5G
• 5G development timeline of China
• Origin of 4G and 5G patent holders

7. Widespread use of facial recognition
• Evolution of Chinese facial recognition market
• Policies related to facial recognition 2015-2019

8. Chinese IoT market growth is backed by government and wide-scale IoT applications by business and consumers
• Volume of cellular M2M Modules/SIMs in China, USA and EU5
• Key city cluster focus on IoT development

9. Explosion of Blockchain: China is on a fast track to launch a digital currency
• Evolution of number of blockchain-related companies in China
• Internet giants invested in blockchain services

10. The rise of domestic tech players is driving the boom of China’s digital economy
• Market capitalisation of major global internet companies

11. However, the digitalisation of Chinese industry still lags behind other developed countries
• Implementation of digital factories
• Industry robot density
• Cloud adoption by enterprise, by region

12. BAT gain weight on stock market for an improved monetising performance
• Revenue of top OTT players in 2018
• Market capital of BAT and GAFA, 2018 -2019

13. Ongoing international expansion, but domestic markets remain BAT focus
• BAT international expansion
• Number of users by social platform, South Africa, 2018

Geographic area

Players

  • Ali WangWang
  • Alibaba
  • Amazon
  • Baidu
  • BBK Electronics
  • ByteDanse
  • Central Bank of China
  • China Mobile
  • Didi
  • Facebook
  • Google
  • Huawei
  • Instagram
  • JD
  • KOL
  • Little Red Book Apps
  • Meituan-Dianping
  • MIIT
  • Naspers
  • Netflix
  • PayPal
  • Pinduoduo
  • Qzone
  • Suning
  • Sunsea AIoT Technology
  • Tencent
  • Tmall
  • Toutiao
  • Tuteng
  • VIP Shop
  • Xiaomi
  • YouTube
  • ZTE

Other details

  • Reference: M19140MRA
  • Delivery: on the DigiWorld Interactive platform
  • Languages available: English
  • Tags: 5G, blockchain, digital China, Digital economy, digitalisation, E-Commerce, facial recognition, iot, OTT

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