The Ubiquity of Social Media and E-Commerce in China [INFOGRAPHIC]

The Infographic of the Day series visually expresses important stories from Asia and the world of technology.

The Asia-oriented branding and PR agency We Are Social has just released its report on all that’s happening in social, digital, and mobile in China. It’s a monster of a slideshow presentation, befitting the region’s biggest web and mobile users.

Did you know that there are currently 10 million new internet users in China each month – adding to the ranks of Chinese netizens that are already more numerous than the populace of Europe – and that they spend an average of 150 minutes online each day?

The full presentation is on the We Are Social site, and runs to 55 slides. But here are ten of the key slides picked out to form a vertical infographic, and focusing on social media and e-commerce. Get your scrolling finger ready…

Big Red

The report finds that Chinese web users see the medium as much more engaging than either TV or radio. But that doesn’t stop an amusing 87 percent of netizens from also watching TV at the same time…

Social Media Mavens

The social media boom in China in the past decade has been monumental, and there’s still ample room for growth, as the over 200 percent growth in microblogging this year has shown. For now, though, let’s focus on some numbers, and also highlight the biggest overseas social success in China – the business-oriented Tianji SNS: