What's the buzz

With 500 million users (100 million of them outside of China) and the fifth most-downloaded smartphone app in the world, WeChat appears to be well on its way to establishing itself as China's first global Internet brand, says a commentary in a US media outlet. Are you a WeChat user? And do you think WeChat has the potential to become a global brand? These are the questions that China Daily's mobile phone news readers respond to below:

I haven't used WeChat - nor do many of my friends use it - because I think its security system is far from perfect. Although WeChat still has a lot of room for improvement, it will still become an international brand. The app can make communication more convenient by greatly improving its speed. That 20 percent of its users are based overseas is proof of its potential of becoming a global brand.

LUCK, Beijing