E-commerce Evening News Briefing on August 21

　　#Laogao E-commerce News# [E-commerce Evening News on August 21] The Post Bureau jointly issued a document with the security department, express delivery in Beijing will strengthen security inspections; JD.com spent a total of about US$55.768 million to increase its holdings in Vipshop; Zhongtong Lai Meisong: The coverage rate of villages and towns is close to 90%, and the proportion of Pinduoduo packages continues to rise; Ren Zhengfei: I hope to continue to use Android, and the 5G base station will expand production to 1.5 million next year; Steam China is named the Steam Platform, and the first batch of 40 games will be launched...

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　　1. The Postal Bureau and the Security Department issued a document that express delivery to Beijing will strengthen security inspections

　　On August 21, the State Post Bureau, the Ministry of Public Security, and the Ministry of State Security jointly issued the "Notice on Strengthening the Safety Management of Delivered Items During the Celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the National Day" (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice"). From September 15 to October 2, 2019, delivery companies in various places must undergo X-ray machine security inspection for mails and express delivery to Beijing, and stamp or paste them one by one. The security inspection marks should state the security inspection unit and the security inspection province.

　　It is understood that the "Notice" requires local express delivery companies to strictly implement the acceptance and inspection system, and will not receive and send items that are prohibited from being sent, items that cannot be confirmed for safety, and items that the sender refuses to inspect. From September 15 to October 2, 2019, it is strictly prohibited to receive and mail low-altitude slow-speed small aircraft and parts, "remote-controlled mines" and "bomb alarm clock" toys and other items sent to Beijing. At the same time, Beijing delivery companies have fully implemented secondary security checks for on-site mail and express parcels in the same city, and will return all mail and express parcels without passing through the machine security check mark and may not be forwarded or distributed. (E-commerce News)

　　2. Deeply integrate transportation and postal express delivery, and rural logistics development welcomes favorable policies

　　On August 21, the Ministry of Transport, the State Post Bureau, and China Post Group jointly issued the "Opinions on Deepening the Integration of Transportation and Postal Express and Promoting the High-Quality Development of Rural Logistics" (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions")

　　The "Opinions" put forward opinions on promoting the deep integration of transportation and postal express and promoting the high-quality development of rural logistics based on the aspects of co-construction and sharing of network nodes, mutual use and complementary transportation resources, unified standards and specifications, and enterprise integration and innovation.

　　In addition, the "Opinions" emphasizes the need to seize the advantages of goods, coordinate the use of resources from transportation and postal express, commerce, supply and marketing, agriculture and other parties, revitalize the upstream and downstream supply chain and the front and backward resources of the industry, and explore the integrated supply chain service model of "base + production and processing + trade circulation + logistics transportation + postal finance" to realize the integrated rural logistics services of production, transportation and sales. (Sina Finance)

　　3. Zeng Huaiyi, Vice President of Pinduoduo: New e-commerce, new demand and new consumption

　　On August 21, at the 2019 China (Chengdu) Mobile E-commerce Annual Conference, Zeng Huaiyi, Vice President of Pinduoduo, delivered a keynote speech entitled "The Way to Growth - New E-commerce, New Demand, New Consumption". During the meeting, he pointed out that in Pinduoduo's view, the material and spiritual consumption of Chinese people has not been fully met, and there are still huge opportunities on the demand side and the supply side. (Oriental Information)

　　4. Guo Qi, Vice President of Daily Youxian: Achieve 100 billion in three years

　　On August 21, at the 2019 China (Chengdu) Mobile E-commerce Annual Conference, Guo Qi, Vice President of Daily Youxian, delivered a keynote speech entitled "Intelligent Upgrade of Fresh Food Retail". During the meeting, he pointed out that through the three major weapons of smart logistics, smart supply chain and smart marketing, it is necessary to achieve more accurate matching with customers and intelligent management of supply chain backend. Using this to match the era of future retail changes is the way that Daily Youxian should take. (Yibang Power)

　　5. JD.com spent a total of approximately US$55.768 million to increase its holdings in Vipshop

　　On August 21, JD.com and Vipshop submitted documents to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) showing that since June 13, 2018, JD.com has bought 5916,178 shares of Vipshop ADS (American Depositary Shares) from the open market, with a trading price of US$9.4264 per share, with a total investment of approximately US$55.768 million. JD.com's shareholding in Vipshop reached 7.6%. (Phoenix.com)

　　6. Zhongtong Laimeisong: The coverage rate of villages and towns is close to 90%, and the proportion of Pinduoduo packages continues to rise

　　According to August 21, recently, at the China Communications Financial Report Call, Chairman Lai Meisong said: In the second quarter, the proportion of parcels from Alibaba Group accounted for 56%, while Pinduoduo was 20%. In the same period last year, Alibaba accounted for 63% and Pinduoduo accounted for 13%. In the past year, the proportion of ZTO Alibaba's packages has dropped by 7%, while Pinduoduo has increased by 7%. Lai Meisong also said: "We have a coverage rate of nearly 90% in villages and towns, which provides us with a great opportunity to benefit from the growth of low-tier cities." (E-commerce News)

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　　7. Ren Zhengfei: I hope to continue using Android, and the 5G base station will be expanded to 1.5 million next year

　　According to Huawei's Xinsheng Community, Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei said in an interview with Sky News TV that Huawei still hopes to use Google's system in the terminal and hopes that the US government can approve Huawei to use the Android system. He also said that Huawei's 5G base stations can only produce 600,000 this year, but it can be expanded to 1.5 million next year, and the supply to the world can be basically liberalized the year after. He had previously said that Huawei would cut production by US$30 billion this year, but the current situation is judging from the actual growth of the financial statements. (Sohu.com)

　　8. Alipay’s “Cross-border Remittance” mini program has launched a new function for studying abroad remittance

　　On August 21, Alipay’s cross-border remittance mini program officially launched the cross-border remittance function for studying abroad. It is reported that the feature currently supports most schools in four popular study abroad destinations, including the UK, the United States, Canada and Australia. Schools will be opened in more countries and regions in the future.

　　Search the "Cross-border Remittance" mini program on Alipay, and it can be seen that it has supported one-stop cross-border remittance services in 186 countries and regions. Among them, the most practical thing for international students is to remit money to study abroad. It is understood that this new function has three major features: no amount of US$50,000 per person per year, full tuition fees are not short of money, and reduction and exemption of handling fees. Moreover, you can operate it on Alipay by yourself, and you don’t need to queue up at the bank, and you can get the account in time in as early as 2 days. (Titanium Media)

　　9. Steam China is named Steam Platform, and the first batch of 40 games are launched

　　At the perfect press conference on August 21, Steam China officially named it "Steam Platform". The steam platform is specially built for Chinese players and will provide high-speed servers, high-quality localization and other services. The official said that it is progressing smoothly and has taken a step further from the final launch. Steam China is almost completely independent of Steam, and its game library will continue to expand, including VR games. The first batch of online games include nearly 40 games including "Dota2" and "Dota Domination". (IT Home)

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　　10. Alibaba AliExpress Signs a Cooperation Agreement with Hangzhou Cross-border E-commerce Comprehensive Pilot Zone

　　On August 21, Alibaba's global cross-border retail platform AliExpress and China (Hangzhou) Cross-border E-commerce Comprehensive Pilot Zone signed a cooperation agreement, announcing that the two parties jointly launched a cross-border e-commerce development plan called the "Giant Whale Plan", jointly launched the "Hangzhou Cross-border E-commerce 'National Tide Going Overseas'" project, and planned to organize 300 excellent domestic brand companies to open stores on AliExpress in Hangzhou. (E-commerce News)

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