General

According to the 2020 "Survey on the Share of Major Products and Services" conducted by the Nikkei News Agency, among 70 categories, American companies ranked first in 24 categories, with the largest number. China ranks first among 17 categories (12 of 74 categories in 2019) and second, with 12 categories holding more than 30% of the market.

In the digital field, five American companies, including Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Apple, have a prominent presence. In the field of smart watches and tablet computers, Apple has the largest market share. In the field of cloud services, Microsoft ranks first with a market share of 15.3%, and it has nearly half of the global market share with American companies such as Amazon and IBM.

China's fastest growing category in the first category is shipbuilding. In 2020, the shipbuilding market shrank by 12.9% from 2019 to 59.2 million gross tonnage. However, China Shipbuilding Corporation, which ranked first in the world, increased by 8.5% from the previous year to 17.2 %, substantially expand the share. In terms of medium and large trucks, China FAW accounted for 12.3%, a 3.4% increase in market share, while Daimler ranked fourth with a market share of 9.1%.

The categories in which Chinese companies occupy the top global share include: international credit card brands (China UnionPay), mobile communication base stations (Huawei), cigarettes (China Tobacco), car batteries (Ningde Times), personal computers (Lenovo), large LCD panels (BOE) ), small and medium LCD panels (BOE), lithium battery separators (Enjie), washing machines (Haier), household air conditioners (Gree), shipbuilding (Chinese ships), photovoltaic panels (Longji), refrigerators (Haier), cameras (Haikang Weishi), medium and large trucks (China FAW), crude oil transportation (China Merchants), crude steel (Baowu Steel).