Infographic: Coronavirus Impacts on Industries

Coronavirus infographic industry impact

The coronavirus has kept much of China indoors since the Spring Festival, driving a notable increase in online usage, with Chinese spending 6.11 billion hours a day on the Internet. Yet the increase in app usage has been felt differently across different industries and across different apps based on the new features that have been launched. Medical service apps from Tencent and Dingxiang, for example, usage has soared with the addition of their "epidemic map" updated every day. Tencent's mini program rose 70 times over 10 days.

Food delivery app usage has dropped, although contactless delivery is holding it up. With more people cooking, fresh food ecommerce is booming. Face masks offered on these platforms has always been met with a rise in active users. With schools remaining closed, education apps have been some of the biggest winners, launching non-traditional ways of learning which is proving more popular than off-the-shelf options such as Dingding. On the other hand, tourism and transport have seen the most noted drop due to people staying at home - the only bump coming from people requesting refunds and returning to work. Please see the infographic below for more details.