Paying with digital wallets has become a second nature for Chinese people. They use apps like Alipay and WeChat Pay at home, but also while living abroad or travelling around the world. With over a billion users, Alipay and WeChat Pay are impossible to ignore for any...
As China’s economy continues to grow, and incomes of the country’s middle and upper-middle classes continue to rise, more Chinese people are travelling abroad. Recent data compiled by the World Economic Forum, UNWTO (United Nations World Tourism Organisation) and...
With 1.15 billion monthly active users, WeChat is China’s ultimate all-in-one app, touching upon every aspect of Chinese people’s daily lives. Businesses looking to increase their digital presence in China should know about WeChat’s marketing and advertising programs...
With numbers of Chinese travellers growing every year, China is poised to be the world’s biggest source of outbound tourists. And just as online shopping within China is booming, Chinese consumers are increasingly looking overseas to shop: valued at $78.5B in 2016,...
Higher incomes, better standards of living and the rapid growth of e-commerce have all contributed to the rise of China’s consumer market, making it the second largest in the world after the U.S. In Canada, this market translates into increasing numbers of affluent...
Mobile payment solutions are ubiquitous in China. Chinese people choose digital wallets over credit cards to pay for goods and services, but they also rely on super-apps like Alipay and WeChat Pay to manage every aspect of their lives. The same thing is true when they...
