- ELECTRONIC INFORMATION SERVICES: MARKET SIZE
The Electronic Information Services market in China grew 44.1% over the previous year to RMB2,650 million (US$320 million) in 2003. - ELECTRONIC INFORMATION SERVICES: MARKET SECTORS
The Paid Data Retrieval Services sector is the larger sector in the Electronic Information Services market in China in 2003 with a sector share of 68.7%. Sector value increased 41.4% over the previous year to RMB1,820 million. - ELECTRONIC INFORMATION SERVICES: SHARE OF MARKET
3721 Networks was the largest electronic information services provider in China in 2003 with a market share of 7.5%. - ELECTRONIC INFORMATION SERVICES: MARKETING ACTIVITY
Only 1.3% of the total 20 million Chinese enterprises advertised on search engines in 2003. Increased awareness of the benefits of advertising on search engines will lead more companies to advertise and boost sector growth. - ELECTRONIC INFORMATION SERVICES: CORPORATE OVERVIEW
The Electronic Information Services market in China was fragmented in 2003. The three leading providers had a combined market share of 11.9%. - ELECTRONIC INFORMATION SERVICES: 3721 Networks
Turnover increased 43% to RMB200 million in 2003. Financial figures are market estimates - ELECTRONIC INFORMATION SERVICES: Baidu.com Inc
Market estimates place the increase in turnover over the previous year to be 43%. Turnover was estimated to reach RMB100 million in 2003. - ELECTRONIC INFORMATION SERVICES: Huicong International Information Co Ltd
Turnover from the search engine business increased 104% over the previous year to RMB15.3 million in 2003. - ELECTRONIC INFORMATION SERVICES: INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
There are 3 providers that provided comprehensive electronic information for the public in China in 2003. These were 3721 Networks, Baidu.com and Huicong International. - ELECTRONIC INFORMATION SERVICES: CONSUMER PROFILE
Baidu was the most popular search engine among Internet users with 48.2% of surveyed users ranking it to be their favorite. - ELECTRONIC INFORMATION SERVICES: MARKET FORECASTS
The Electronic Information Services market in China is expected to grow 191% to RMB7,700 million (US$930 million) by 2008. - ELECTRONIC INFORMATION SERVICES: SECTOR FORECASTS
The Internet Search Engines sector is predicted to become the larger sector over the forecast period with a sector share of 55%.
