Record amounts of digital hongbao given to the young

Wang Chuxin grinned from ear to ear when his mother, Chen Xiaochong, brought him to a cinema on Thursday.

"After my 11-year-old son was given digital hongbao worth more than 4,000 yuan ($610) during the Spring Festival holiday, he asked me to bring him to see a film, and he paid for the tickets," Chen said.

"And with the large amount of digital hongbao he was given, he asked me to promise him a tour to Beijing in the summer holidays," she added.