1. WeChat (known as Weixin in Chinese)

Well, if you're here already in China, you must heard about this app at least once. WeChat has become one of the world’s most popular mobile messaging and social networking platforms. All the services that provided by WeChat are free as long as you have internet. Moreover, with the new service that exist because of WeChat Wallet, your life will be much more easier once you download this app into your phone.

And well, how else, you will be able to follow update from Dalian Laowai if you don't have this amazing app?

Price: Free

Available for: iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Windows.

Link to download: http://weixin.qq.com/cgi-bin/readtemplate?uin=&stype=&fr=&lang=zh_CN&check=false&t=w_down

2. QQ International

Almost having the same feature with WeChat, QQ also one of popular social apps that being used in China. Most Chinese people also sign up their email address with QQ (usually you will see their email address consist of a lot of numbers).

Price: Free

Available for: IPhone, Android, Windows, Mac

Link to download: http://im.qq.com/immobile/index.html

3. Pleco Chinese Dictionary

The good thing about this app is it can be used offline. Pleco is, covering 130,000 Chinese words and including 20,000 example sentences (it also features pinyin as well as English and Chinese characters). It’s perfect for those who want to learn Chinese seriously, but also for tourists who need to translate words or phrases from English to Chinese on the fly. There will be paid promotion inside the app, however it works just fine without it too.

Price: Free

Available for: iPhone, Android

Link to download: https://www.pleco.com/

4. Air Quality China

Air pollution has become a serious problem in China, and the Air Quality China app helps you to check real-time Air Quality Index (AQI) values for all major cities in China.

Price: Free

Available for: iPhone, Android

Link to download: http://air.castudio.org/

5. Meituan

This app will show you all the discount around the town, start from restaurant, hotel until movie tickets. This app offers you with a range of user reviews, descriptions and locations of restaurants, bars and accommodation around China.

Price: Free

Available for: iPhone, Android

Language: Chinese

Link to download: http://i.meituan.com/

6. Taobao

Once you're moving to China, forget about buying cheap things in the market. No matter where you ask, Chinese people will tell you to buy it on Taobao. Items purchased on Taobao are normally cheaper than in the stores and can be shipped straight to your home or office. You will be amazed with the variety of things that you can find in Taobao.

Price: Free

Available for: iPhone, Android

Language: Chinese

Link to download: https://m.taobao.com

7. DCT Wines

A new app that just released this week! If you're a fan of wine, you definitely need to download this app. The app offers variant of wine completed with the price that you can buy with the click of your finger. Wine that purchased in DCT Wines also will be shipped straight to the address that you request.

Price: Free

Available for: IPhone, Android

Language: English

Link to download: http://dctwines.mobilebase.co/download/

Disclaimer:

DCT Wines is one of companies that are in partnership with DalianLaowai and its parent company — Dalian FOCUSONE Technology Co. Ltd. DCT Wines might be the Best Frech Wine Retailer, we recommend it to wine lovers in our community.

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