Status quo and challenge of M-commerce in China

With the development of wireless and mobile technologies, a new wave of technology-driven commerce has started-mobile commerce (m-commerce) in the world. M-commerce refers to any transaction with a monetary value that is conducted over a wireless network via mobile devices. China, as the global largest mobile market, presents potential to develop m-commerce. Focusing on business-to-consumer markets, this paper explores Chinese m-commerce market on technology support, size of market, and consumer behavior. It also sheds light on challenges to Chinese m-commerce and provides some future directions for research.