#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Morning News on January 19]

#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Morning News on January 19] 1. JD.com and Tianjin build a new generation of AI application demonstration base; 2. Alibaba CEO talks about e-commerce poverty alleviation: helping 800 poor counties; 3. WeChat releases an announcement: 875 mini programs selling fake goods have been cleared; 4. Zhang Zetian appeared at JD.com 7FRESH shopping list exposed; 5. Apple launched a WeChat official account, and can purchase various Apple products such as iPhoneX on the official account

E-commerce newsletter

1. JD.com works with Tianjin to build a new generation of AI application demonstration base

On January 19, JD.com announced that it would work with Tianjin Economic and Technological Development Zone (TEDA) to build JD.com's smart logistics industry cluster and a national new generation of artificial intelligence application demonstration base, focusing on the three major industries of smart logistics, artificial intelligence, and smart cities, and creating a smart technology city model driven by smart logistics. At the same time, the initial scale of JD-Haihe Intelligent Logistics Industry Fund reached 10 billion yuan. We will strive to achieve aggregation of hundreds of billions of industries in about five years. (Source: Yibang Power Network)

2. Alibaba CEO talks about e-commerce poverty alleviation: helping 800 poor counties

On January 18, the "E-commerce Poverty Alleviation (Chongqing) Peak Dialogue" organized by the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Commerce, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and other units was held in Chongqing. At the meeting, Alibaba Group CEO Zhang Yong announced a number of poverty alleviation strategies and explained Alibaba's long-term plan for poverty alleviation. Regarding Alibaba's poverty alleviation strategy, UN officials showed on PPT that "FAO and Alibaba can be together" (Source: Tianxia Online Business)

3. WeChat releases an announcement: 875 mini programs selling fake goods have been cleaned

On January 18, WeChat issued an announcement today, stating that 875 "fake, high-imitation" mini programs have been permanently removed from the shelves and restricted them in the registration and review channels. In addition, WeChat also stated that WeChat provides electronic infringement complaint channels, and users or companies can make complaints on the WeChat public platform and WeChat client portal. (Source: Tencent Technology)

4. Zhang Zetian appeared at JD 7FRESH and the shopping list was exposed

On January 18, Zhang Zetian, the wife of JD.com founder Liu Qiangdong, appeared at JD.com’s offline fresh food supermarket 7FRESH Yizhuang Dazu Plaza Store to shop. It is understood that Zhang Zetian's shopping list shows that he purchased 8 items including JD.com's own brand fruit, imported roasted seaweed, direct farm pumpkin, Chilean cherries, and dry red wine, which cost less than 300 yuan. (Source: Lianshang.com)

Internet news

5. Apple launches WeChat public account, where you can purchase various Apple products such as iPhoneX

Yesterday, Apple launched the WeChat public account "Apple", which provides the latest information about Apple, entrances to purchase products, various new skills, and can also find the Apple Store near you. In it, you can also purchase various Apple products including iPhoneX, iPhone8, iPad, Apple Watch, etc. You can use WeChat to pay when purchasing. (Source: 36kr)

6. Ant Financial and Hong Kong Dianping OpenRice reach strategic cooperation to acquire 20% of the latter's shares

According to Reuters, Alipay's parent company Ant Financial has reached a strategic cooperation with Hong Kong's well-known food information platform OpenRice, and will hold a 20% stake in OpenRice. OpenRice is the "Hong Kong version of Dianping". Through this platform, you can search for restaurants, queue up from a distance, order takeout, purchase cash coupons, collect restaurant food information and coupons, etc. It currently covers Hong Kong, Macau and other places. Currently, about 2,000 restaurants in Hong Kong accept payments for Alipay and Hong Kong version of Alipay (AlipayHK).

7. SoftBank completes Uber investment agreement: former Uber CEO makes $1.4 billion

SoftBank completed an investment agreement with Uber on Thursday, becoming a well-known shareholder of the latter, and Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick and other early investors also received generous returns. A Uber spokesperson said in a statement: "We are proud of SoftBank, investment company Dragoneer and the entire consortium entering Uber's large family, which is a good result for shareholders, employees and customers." (Source: Sina Technology)

Cross-border newsletter

8. Domestic cross-border e-commerce intelligent robot library starts

Relying on the Beijing Yizhuang Bonded Logistics Center, the development zone adopts the most advanced robot technology route with domestic independent intellectual property rights, and has built a national cross-border e-commerce intelligent robot warehouse - Beijing Cross-border e-commerce intelligent robot library. The database deploys robots from Shuiyan Technology based on distributed and nonlinear control technology. It can support the park to process more than 300,000 orders per day from a small number of orders. At that time, more than 10,000 robots can be deployed into the supervision area for operation without the need to undergo warehouse transformation. (Source: Beijing Business Daily)

9. Amazon’s new headquarters site selection points have been reduced to 20, and a new round of favor competition may begin

According to reports on January 18, after screening 238 favor-competition proposals from North American states, Amazon has reduced the list of alternatives to the second headquarters to only 20, and these cities will enter the next round of consideration, including New York, Chicago, Toronto, etc. Amazon emphasized in a press release that the goal of the program is not only to create a satellite office, but to build a real second headquarters that will accommodate "up to 50,000 highly paid jobs." (Source: Sina Finance)

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