


It gained about 5 million users which, in 1997, gave it a 33% market share in China. In 1994, WeChat’s eventual creator, Zhāng Xiǎolóng (English name: Allen Zhang), finished his master’s degree in ‘telecommunications engineering’ at Huazhong University of Science and Technology.īy 1997, at 28-years old, Zhang as a lone software engineer created one of China’s earliest internet companies, Foxmail, which became China’s #1 free internet client. For example, if you are using WeChat outside of China and don’t have a Chinese bank account, a lot of features are not available to you. *Note… I use Weixin as WeChat throughout this post, but it’s worth noting there is some difference. (If you’ve ever opened the WeChat app, you’ve seen this image)
