China E-commerce
20 verified facts tracked for this market — each with its source, reporting period and evidence tier. Tier 1 = primary institutions (central banks, statistical offices); tier 2 = disclosed industry panels.
| Metric | Value | Geo | Period | Tier | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China: growth of online retail sales of food, Jan-Aug 2026 | 15.9percent | CN | 2026-08 | T1 | stats.gov.cn |
| China: retail sales of consumer goods in urban areas, January-August cumulative | 28,374.3CNY billion | CN | 2026-08 | T1 | stats.gov.cn |
| China: decline in retail sales of specialty stores above designated size, Jan-Aug 2026 | 2.2percent | CN | 2026-08 | T1 | stats.gov.cn |
| Alibaba segment revenue: Alibaba China E-commerce Group, total segment revenue | 554217CNY million | CN | 2026-03 | T1 | sec.gov |
| Buyers sourcing or transacting on Alibaba.com B2B wholesale marketplace | 47million buyers | CN | 2026-03 | T1 | sec.gov |
| Alibaba total revenue, year-on-year change | 2.74percent change year-on-year | CN | 2026-03 | T1 | sec.gov |
| Reason for not using the internet: does not understand computers or the internet, China | 47.9percent | CN | 2025-12 | T1 | cnnic.cn |
| Netizens going online via mobile phone, China | 99.6percent | CN | 2025-12 | T1 | cnnic.cn |
| Average weekly time spent online per netizen, China | 32.5hours/week | CN | 2025-12 | T1 | cnnic.cn |
| Netizens who bought a smart product online in previous six months, China | 444million people | CN | 2025-12 | T1 | cnnic.cn |
| Netizens taking part in consumer goods trade-in promotion schemes, China | 326million people | CN | 2025-12 | T1 | cnnic.cn |
| Netizens wanting more targeted consumption subsidies for services, China | 40.6percent | CN | 2025-12 | T1 | cnnic.cn |
| Alibaba revenue by type of service: Customer management services (marketing and software service fees charged to mer | 424877CNY million | CN | 2025-03 | T1 | sec.gov |
| China: online retail sales of goods and services, annual | 15,972.2CNY billion | CN | 2025 | T1 | stats.gov.cn |
| China: year-on-year growth of online retail sales of goods and services | 8.6percent | CN | 2025 | T1 | stats.gov.cn |
| China: online retail of physical goods as share of total retail sales of consumer goods | 26.1percent | CN | 2025 | T1 | stats.gov.cn |
| PDD Holdings revenue by monetisation type: Online marketing services and others (advertising revenue from merchants) | 217783028CNY thousand | CN | 2025 | T1 | sec.gov |
| JD.com operating cost line: Marketing expenses | 83953CNY million | CN | 2025 | T1 | sec.gov |
| JD.com consolidated operating margin (income from operations over net revenues) | 0.21percent of net revenues | CN | 2025 | T1 | sec.gov |
| JD.com marketing spend as a share of net revenues | 6.41percent of net revenues | CN | 2025 | T1 | sec.gov |
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