Tuesday 29 September 2015

Top 10 most valuable Chinese brands

Top 10 most valuable Chinese brands

With an estimated worth of $44,700 million, Tencent has been crowned the year's Most Valuable Chinese brand in a list released by the Hurun Institute,the second consecutive time it has snared top spot.

Taobao, a subsidiary of Alibaba, is second with a brand value of $42,900 million, overtaking China Mobile, Baidu and ICBC.

The total worth of 200 listed brands has risen by 36 percent year-on-year to reach $696 billion, with the top 10 accounting for 46 percent of the total.

Here are the most valuable brands in China.


No 1 Tencent
Brand value: $44,700 million
Industry: IT

No 2 Taobao
Brand value: $42,900 million
Industry: E-commerce

No 3 China Mobile
Brand value: $42,700 million
Industry: Mobile communications

No 4 Baidu
Brand value: $40,300 million
Industry: Search engine

No 5 Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
Brand value: $36,600 million
Industry: Banking

No 6 China Construction Bank
Brand value: $29,800 million
Industry: Banking

No 7 Bank of China
Brand value: $25,200 million
Industry: Banking

No 8 Agricultural Bank of China
Brand value: $19,400 million
Industry: Banking

No 9 China Life
Brand value: $19,000 million
Industry: Insurance

No 10 Chunghwa
Brand value: $16,500 million
Industry: Tobacco

Source: CHINA DAILY

Top 10 most-used currencies in the world

China's yuan has surpassed the Swiss franc to become the seventh most-used currency in the world in January, according to global transaction services organization SWIFT. This is the third consecutive month when the currency has been ranked among the 10 most-used currencies.

It has a global market share of 1.39 percent, followed closely by the Swiss franc at 1.38 percent. Let's have a look at the 10 most-used currencies in the world market.

No 1 US dollar
No 2 European euro
No 3 UK pound sterling
No 4 Japanese yen
No 5 Canadian dollar
No 6 Australian dollar
No 7 Chinese yuan
No 8 Swiss franc
No 9 Singapore dollar
No 10 Hong Kong dollar

Source: China Daily

Monday 21 September 2015

Top 5 best-selling wearable devices brands


Thanks to the Apple Watch, Apple has become the second best-selling wearable devices brand in the world, leaving the tech giant just behind Fitbit, the latest data showed. Fitbit sold 4.4 million wearable devices in the second quarter this year, remaining top of the list, according to industry research firm IDC, followed by Apple with 3.6 million.

Xiaomi ranked the third by owning 17.1 percent of the market share, said the report.After three years of fast growth, the wearable devices industry has entered maturity, where challenging dominant players will become increasingly difficult, said analysts.Here's a list of the world's top 5 best-selling wearable devices vendors, compiled by the IDC.

1. Fitbit

Shipment volume in the second quarter 2015: 4.4 million

Market share: 24.3%


2. Apple

Shipment volume in the second quarter 2015: 3.6 million

Market share: 19.9%


3. Xiaomi

Shipment volume in the second quarter 2015: 3.1 million

Market share: 17.1%


4. Garmin

Shipment volume in the second quarter 2015: 0.7 million

Market share: 3.9%


5. Samsung

Shipment volume in the second quarter 2015: 0.6 million

Market share: 3.3%

Top 10 products China manufactures most on the globe

China is good at making many things, from shoes to mobile phones, clothes to computers, and toys to ships. Now the country has a 10-year national plan, Made in China 2025, which makes the world's second-largest economy ever more poised to move up the value chain and turn itself from a manufacturing giant into a world industrialized power.Here we detail some products, of which China makes the most.

No 1: Personal computers
China produced 286.2 million personal computers in 2014, accounting for 90.6 percent of the world's total. The per capita production was 40 times the average of other parts of the world.

No 2: Air conditioners
China makes 80 percent of the world's air conditioners - that's 109 billion annually. Per capita production is 17 times the average of other parts of the world.

No 3: Energy-saving lamps
The country's 4.3 billion energy-saving lamps account for 80 percent of the global total,with each person producing 3.2 lamps annually - 16 times the average of other parts of the world.

No 4: Solar cells
Overall capacity of solar cells hits 21.8 million kW annually, 80 percent of the world total.


No 5: Mobile phones
China makes about 70.6 percent of global mobile phones, 1.77 billion annually. Per capita phone production is 10 times the average of other parts of the world.

No 6: Shoes
The number of shoes made in China annually reaches 12.6 billion, taking up 63 percent of the world's total. Its per capita production stands at 10 pairs, about eight times the average of other parts of the world.

No 7: Cement
China annually produces 1.8 billion tons of cement, which accounts for 60 percent of the world's supply. Per capita production is more than six times the average of other parts of the world.

No 8: Pork
Pork bred by China contributes 49.8 percent of the total worldwide, hitting 1.5 million tons annually. That means for each person in China 40 kilograms are produced annually, six times the average of other parts of the world.

No 9: Coal
The country produces about 1.8 billion tons of coal (oil equivalent) annually, taking up 48.2 percent of the world's total. Its per capita production is also triple the average of other parts of the world.

No 10: Ships
China builds about 766 million tons of vessels annually, accounting for 45.1 percent of the world's total and triple the average per 1,000 people in other parts of the world each year.