Brendan Ahern

Chinese E-Commerce sales reached $749 billion* in 2016 (compared to $394.9 billion in the U.S.) an increase of 26.2% year over year. China's internet population reached 721 million people, a penetration of only 52.2%. The U.S. internet population reached 287 million people, a penetration rate of 88.5%. Total Chinese retail sales reached $4.8 trillion in 2016, an increase of 4.4%. Online shopping accounted for 15.5% of retail purchases in China in 2016.

This June Mainland Chinese equities (A-shares) are again up for inclusion into MSCI’s definition of China within their Global Standard Indexes. Why is this important to global investors? MSCI indexes have $10 trillion in benchmarked assets with $1.6 trillion tracking the MSCI Emerging Markets Index alone. The inclusion could trigger significant inflows into Mainland Chinese equities. https://kraneshares.com/replay-msci-china-a-share-inclusion-decision-2017/

https://kraneshares.com/potential-benefits-of-an-all-china-exposure-to-the-new-china-economy/