TapTechNews August 5th news, according to Leifeng.com report, on August 1st, vivo internally announced that former vivo China market sales vice president Li Jingwen left due to personal reasons, and the successor has not been announced yet. During his tenure, he reported to the China regional president Cheng Gang.
Public information shows that Li Jingwen's last public appearance was on November 17th, 2023. Another person familiar with the matter revealed that Li Jingwen joined vivo through campus recruitment in 2014 and has been in vivo for about 10 years.
TapTechNews noted that according to the data of Canalys, IDC, Counterpoint and other institutions, vivo ranked first in the mobile phone sales in the Chinese mainland market in the second quarter of 2024, and the overall sales data is good.
It is worth mentioning that the vivo China region has been in a state of change in recent years, with frequent personnel changes. During the five-year period, the position of vivo China regional president has been successively replaced by four people. In November 2023, the position of China regional president was taken over by Cheng Gang, who is also the global market president of iQOO. The first three predecessors were Liu Hong, Ni Xudong, and Ding Yi.
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Canalys: In the second quarter of 2024, Chinese local manufacturers for the first time monopolized the top five seats in the Chinese mainland smart phone market, with vivo winning the championship and Apple dropping to the 6th
IDC: vivo topped the ranking of the market share of Chinese smart phones in the second quarter of 2024, and Apple was pushed out of the top five
Counterpoint: In the second quarter of 2024, the sales of Chinese smart phones increased by 6% year-on-year, with vivo, Apple, and Huawei in the top three