The data displays the number of online shoppers in China from 2006 to 2017. In 2017, about 533 million people in China had purchased goods online.
E-commerce in China – additional information
The past decade has seen rapid growth in the demand for online shopping opportunities in China. The number of online shoppers in China has been increasing exponentially from below 34 million in 2006 to over 361 million users in 2014, enabling this enormous spurt of China’s e-commerce sector. As of 2013, digital buyer penetration rate in China has edged close to 50 percent, far exceeding the worldwide average online shopping penetration of 41.
