The brand value of the top 100 Chinese brands this year achieved a record growth of 23% from $557.1 billion a year ago to $683.9 billion in 2018, representing the greatest annual growth since WPP and Kantar Millward Brown's Top 100 Most Valuable Chinese Brands ranking was first released in 2014.

Logistics brands entered the BrandZ China rankings for the first time as a category, with the largest SF Express coming in at No 11, reflecting the rise of e-commerce and the increase in package delivery volumes in the country.