Our 10 things that 2017 has in store for the digital landscape in China. 2016 saw some huge changes across the sports and digital industries and 2017 will be no different.

1. 2017 Digital Predictions

2. “WeChat mini programs ill invade the
territories of Tencent’s competitors. Apple
will face a serious problem in 2017.”
Brian van Damme
CTO KAWO

3. “Eleme, Baidu and Meituan
delivery services to merge”
Bin Li
VP of Investment

4. “Sina Weibo will end 2017
with more monthly active
users than Twitter”
Thomas Streatfeild-James
Brand Executive

5. “WeChat and Weibo will
introduce intelligent audience
targeting features”
Tom Elsden
Senior Client Manager

6. “One of Facebook and Google
will make it into China”
Ruofu Zhu
Sports Team Director

7. “WeChat will grow in the
West, beginning a shift away
from WhatsApp”
Edoardo Lipiari
Account Manager

8. “eSports will become more
popular than ever in China”
Jimmy Li
Account Manager

9. “Spending on social
media advertising in China
will double in 2017”
Steven Tsui
Content Manager

10. “Wearable technology for live
streaming will become the latest
luxury brand fashion fad”
Michael Lin
Tourism Director

11. “Chinese millennials will
wake up earlier”
Andrew Collins
Mailman Group CEO