Consumer Series: China’s Gen X

webinar| 15 May 2026

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With the Consumer Webinar Series, the EU SME Centre and European Union Chamber of Commerce in China invite you to look into four major groups of urban consumers in China. 

For the second episode of the series, organised in April 2026, we focused on China’s Gen X, the cohort born in the 1970s and who came of age during the country’s Reform and Opening Era. In this video, David Joseph, Founder of Hub of China, presents the main spending categories, preferred purchasing platforms of this group, with targeted marketing advice for European SMEs.

More on the Consumer Webinar Series

The third webinar of the series will explore the purchasing habits of Chinese consumers born in the 1980s and early 1990s. Learn more about China’s Millennials on 3 June 2026, sign up here!

About the speaker
David Joseph
Founder, Hub of China

David Joseph is a China market strategist and the founder of Hub of China, with over a decade of experience helping UK and European enterprises navigate the world’s most complex consumer market. He specialises in bridging the gap between Western business models and the specific psychological drivers of Chinese consumers.

Using a rigorous mix of interviews, focus groups, and large-scale surveys, David decodes shifting habits across China’s Tier 1 to Tier 4 cities. As a consultant for leaders in FMCG, Health Tech, and Education, he moves beyond “heritage marketing” to help brands meet the modern consumer’s demand for transparency and utility. By uncovering the “why” behind the data, David provides the cultural context necessary for Western executives to build sustainable, long-term growth in China’s experience economy.

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