According to a survey conducted in February 2021, around 80 percent of Chinese respondents used WeChat to send and receive red envelopes during the Spring Festival. In the meantime, more than 64 percent of respondents stated that they use Alipay for sending hongbao to their friends and families.
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iiMedia Research. (February 23, 2021). Share of respondents who sent and received digital red packets during Spring Festival in China as of February 2021, by online platform [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 05, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1211940/china-leading-online-platforms-for-sending-and-receiving-hongbao/
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