#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Evening News on August 23]

　　#Laogao E-commerce News# [E-commerce Evening News Brief on August 23] Jack Ma: In the future, 90% of the manufacturing industry will be on the Internet; after BAT, JD.com also launched a blockchain service platform - Zhizhen Chain; Taobao revised the Taobao Timeout Instruction: Automatically confirm the time segmentation of receipts; Amazon launched a new transparent plan to crack down on follow-up sales and counterfeit products...

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　　1. Jack Ma: In the future, it belongs to "new manufacturing", and 90% of the manufacturing industry will be on the Internet

　　On August 23, at the first China International Intelligent Industry Expo, Alibaba Chairman Jack Ma said that after new retail, new manufacturing is the key, new manufacturing is the new driving force for economic transformation, and smart technology is an insurmountable key technology for new manufacturing. Jack Ma believes that a key step in the transformation of China's manufacturing is to truly realize intelligence, use big data, cloud computing, and the Internet of Things to achieve on-demand customization, combine it with the Internet, and move from B2C to C2B around market and consumer needs. (Tianxia Online Business)

　　2. Following BAT, JD.com also launched a blockchain service platform - Zhizhen Chain

　　Recently, JD.com Group also released its blockchain service platform - Zhizhen Chain, opening up its blockchain technology and applications to the outside world. According to Pei Jian, vice president of JD Group and president of JD Big Data and Intelligent Supply Chain Division, JD.com’s Zhizhen Chain platform includes application layer, interface layer, service layer, block layer and resource layer, and has the capabilities of one-click deployment, open and compatible with multiple underlying layers, trusted identity chain authentication, enterprise dynamic networking, horizontal expansion, lightweight gateways, etc. (Lianshang.com)

　　3. Taobao revises the "Taobao Timeout Instructions": The time segmentation of automatic confirmation of receipts

　　According to August 23, Taobao recently announced the public notice of the change of the "Taobao Timeout Instructions". The notice stated that with the expansion of Taobao's global business, in order to ensure the effective and smooth progress of overseas transactions, facilitate sellers' business management, and also to ensure the safety of transaction funds for overseas consumers, Taobao will revise the "Taobao Timeout Instructions". When the buyer's delivery address is a Taobao transaction order in overseas or Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, if the buyer has not confirmed the receipt and has not applied for a refund, the time for the system to automatically confirm the receipt from a unified 20 days to automatically confirm the receipt time according to different delivery locations and different logistics modes. The change will take effect on September 4, 2018. (Taobao rules)

　　Taobao revised the "Taobao Timeout Note": Automatically confirm the time segmentation of receipt_Retail_E-commerce News 4. Pinduoduo will release its second-quarter financial report on August 31

　　On August 23, Pinduoduo announced that it will release its second quarter financial report for the fiscal year 2018 ended on June 30 after the close of US stocks on August 30, 2018 (early morning of August 31, Beijing time). After the financial report is released, the management of Pinduoduo will hold a financial report conference call at 9 pm Eastern Time on August 30 (9 AM Beijing/Hong Kong time on August 31). (E-commerce News)

　　5. Live broadcasts on the Internet may be included in the track of the rule of law

　　On August 23, relevant state departments jointly issued the "Notice on Strengthening the Management of Online Live Broadcast Services", which for the first time clarified the responsibilities of online live broadcast service providers, network access service providers, application stores, etc. in industry supervision. In this notice, many measures are basic management measures, such as implementing the user real-name system and establishing an anchor blacklist system. As long as it is strictly implemented, it will be able to effectively crack down on the proliferation of illegal and irregular information. The online live broadcast industry is also strengthening self-discipline. (E-commerce News)

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　　6. Jack Ma: Something happens sooner or later in P2P, and IOT is a promotional gimmick for hardware manufacturers

　　On the morning of August 23, the first China International Intelligent Industry Expo opened today. Jack Ma said that in the next 30 years, intelligent technology will penetrate into all aspects of society, and all life cannot be separated from smart manufacturing. "The future is not the world of our Internet companies, but the world of making good use of Internet companies and smart technology companies." He also pointed out that there will be three core technologies in the future: intelligent manufacturing, IoT, and blockchain. Regarding blockchain, Jack Ma said that he himself does not support Bitcoin, but he believes that blockchain is not all Bitcoin, and P2P is not all Internet finance. "It is a matter of time before P2P has problems, but it does not prove that there is a problem with Internet finance." (Titanium Media)

　　7. Li Yanhong: Artificial intelligence is to enable machines to think like humans

　　On August 23, today's first Smart Expo kicked off at the Chongqing International Expo Center. At the main venue on the first day, Baidu Chairman and CEO Robin Li delivered a keynote speech entitled "New AI Thinking in Smart City". Li Yanhong pointed out that Baidu's direction of efforts is not to create a robot with a head and limbs, but to understand what you mean when you talk to the machine and provide services according to your wishes. However, even so, the ideal state of artificial intelligence is still far from it. TechWeb)

　　8. Xiaomi's revenue in the first half of the year nearly 80 billion mobile phones contributed 67.4%

　　On August 22, Xiaomi Group released its second quarter 2018 results in Hong Kong, which is also the first financial report after Xiaomi went public. Xiaomi achieved revenue of RMB 45.2 billion in the second quarter of 2018, an increase of 68.3% year-on-year. Adjusted profit increased by 25.1% year-on-year to RMB 2.1 billion. Xiaomi's revenue in the first half of the year was 79.6 billion yuan, an increase of 75.4% year-on-year, with operating profits of 4.228 billion yuan and adjusted profits of 3.816 billion yuan.

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　　9. New rules for consumption tax in Amazon Japan Station are postponed

　　According to August 23, recently, Amazon has sent a notice to inform sellers that the system upgrade time of "Japanese consumption tax amount separate indicates changes in rules" on Amazon's Japanese website will be postponed. Amazon said that after the final upgrade date is determined, Amazon will resend emails and notify sellers in the seller center. Since there will be no changes in the system on August 30, 2018, if the seller feels about his own internal software, or uses third-party software and has made modifications, he or she needs to make relevant correspondence after the system update date is determined. (Yibang Power Network)

　　10. Amazon's new transparent plan is to crack down on follow-up and counterfeit products

　　On August 21, sellers on Amazon platform revealed that Amazon recently released a new project about combating the following and selling of pirated products: Transparency program, which is mainly used to combat counterfeit products in order to protect the interests of brands and buyers. This plan can eliminate malicious sales from the source. (Yibang Power)

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