E-commerce Evening News Briefing on August 16

"#Laogao E-commerce News# [E-commerce Evening News Brief on August 16]" Postal management department rectifies the "secondary charge" of township express delivery, fined more than one million yuan; Alibaba announced the upgrade of supply chain platform capabilities; Tmall Worry-free Shopping sets standards for online shopping experience; artificial meat will make its domestic debut at Taobao Creation Festival; Shanghai plans to place 2,000 AI trash cans by the end of the year...

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1. Alibaba announces upgrading its supply chain platform capabilities

On August 16, at Alibaba's supply chain open day, Alibaba announced that it would upgrade its supply chain platform capabilities and build an end-to-end fully digital supply chain network to help retail merchants in various industries optimize supply chain management. At present, the capabilities of Alibaba's supply chain platform have been applied to Alibaba's 25 business segments, serving more than 30,000 merchants. In the future, this platform will be open to merchants across the industry. (Sutu.com)

2. The postal administration department rectifies the "secondary charge" of township express delivery and fines exceeding one million yuan

On August 16, the State Post Bureau has deployed a special work to clean up and rectify the "secondary charge" of township express delivery nationwide starting from August 1, and has implemented a total of 118 administrative penalties and fined 1.273 million yuan.

Up to now, postal management departments in various places have accepted 237 clues of problem reports by the public through the 12305 dedicated line, involving more than 10 express brand companies, including 67 pieces of YTO, 44 pieces of Yunda, 41 pieces of ZTO, 30 pieces of Shentong, 25 pieces of Best, 5 pieces of Tiantian, 2 SF Express, 1 Pinjun, and 22 other express brand companies.

In response to clues related to the reporting problems, local postal management departments quickly conducted verification, filed a case for investigation of the illegal acts found, and made serious handling in accordance with the law and regulations, including 24 cases involving ZTO, 24 cases of YTO, 21 cases of Yunda, 20 cases of Shentong, 18 cases of Best, 7 cases of Big Day, 1 case of Pinjun, 1 case of SF Express, and 2 cases of other express brand enterprises. (E-commerce News)

3. Taobao strengthens the control of financial and other commodities and repetitive violations and aggravates the handling of repeated violations

On August 16, Taobao issued the "Announcement on the Management of Violated Products or Information in Finance and Infringement of Personal Privacy", which will officially take effect on August 22, 2019. Once Taobao discovers that members publish or operate related products, measures such as removal and deletion will be taken immediately. Considering the governance purpose of combining punishment and education, Taobao will give members the opportunity to self-inspection for violations committed by members for the first or unintentional period of time. Repeated violations of members will be aggravated. At the same time, there is no self-inspection for serious violations and no self-inspection for each deducted 48 points. (Yibang Power)

4. Mogujie Live Service Agreement: No employment relationship with the anchor

On August 16, Mogujie has made changes to the service content and specifications and intellectual property rights in the "Mogujie Live Broadcast Service Agreement (Anchor Version)", and will officially take effect on August 22, 2019. The agreement stated that as a neutral platform service provider, Mogujie only provides live broadcast with technical services such as information release, information storage, instant interaction, etc. with live broadcast as the core. The anchor confirms that at any time, there will be no employment, labor or labor relationship with Mogujie at any legal system level. (Chuangyebang)

5. Tmall Worry-free Shopping sets standards for online shopping experience

On August 16, Tmall Wuyougou launched three major "online shopping service standards" in the e-commerce field: verifiable authentic product guarantee, logistics timeliness on promised arrival date, and exclusive customer service to solve problems 48 hours. At the same time, it has certified the first batch of 6,000 five-star experience stores since its establishment. Many well-known brand flagship stores such as Xiaomi, Ecovacs, Midea, Lenovo, and Dyson have been selected for the five-star list. (First Financial Daily)

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6. Alipay mini program opens the "Direct Service" function

On August 16, the "Direct Service" function of Alipay mini program was officially opened for public beta today. When users search for service keywords such as "nail art", "housekeeping", and "part-time job" on Alipay, the search page will present a mini program with relevant service functions. Users click on the search result entry to enter the mini program related service page.

It is understood that the threshold for opening the direct service function is extremely low. Any Alipay mini program with smooth customer service channels and no violation records within 90 days can be applied. There is no need to develop the process. Merchants only need to open the Ant Financial Open Platform, search the operation column in the mini program business, enter relevant service information, and pass the platform review and can be launched. It should be noted that this function is not open to e-commerce, lending, gaming, social networking, gambling, government affairs agency and other categories for the time being. (E-commerce News)

7. Artificial meat will make its domestic debut at Taobao Creation Festival

According to the Taobao Creation Festival, artificial meat will make its domestic debut at the Taobao Creation Festival held on September 12, and artificial meat recipes will be launched for viewers to try on the spot. At the same time, the ones that will be unveiled include super fast 3D printing, "High-end Chinese Costume" and so on. (36kr)

8. Alibaba Ruyi: It is only a matter of time before the intelligence of the entire home appliance industry is

On August 16, Ru Yi, general manager of Alibaba AI Labs hardware terminal, said that in the future, all electrical appliances will be connected to a smarter cloud, and the intelligence of the entire home appliance industry is only a matter of time; many so-called "IoT smart homes" on the market are essentially networked devices, and the connectivity of these devices is not a necessity, and often they cannot play the role of intelligent interconnection. (Phoenix.com)

9. Shanghai plans to dispose of 2,000 AI trash cans by the end of the year

On August 16, an AI trash can that can be automatically sorted is officially put into use on the Zhangjiang Artificial Intelligence Island in Shanghai. This trash can uses solar or plug-in devices to identify 95% of recyclable waste varieties and can only be identified after being updated at the end of August. At present, more than 30 have been put into use, mainly in areas with severely affected garbage classification such as dense crowds, offices and public places.

It is reported that the trash can will appear at the artificial intelligence conference on August 29, and 2,000 of them are planned to be released on the market by the end of the year. (China Daily)

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10. Lazada achieved orders of more than 100% in three consecutive quarters

According to August 16, Alibaba released its first quarter financial report for fiscal year 2020 last night. The report mentioned that the Southeast Asian market grew strongly in this quarter, with Lazada orders increasing by more than 100% year-on-year from April to June. After strengthening third-party platform business, management team and technical infrastructure, Lazada showed steady operational improvement in this quarter. This is the third consecutive quarter to achieve orders exceeding 100% year-on-year growth. According to statistics from the third-party agency App Annie, Lazada has been ranked first in Southeast Asian consumer platforms for six consecutive quarters. (Financial Headlines)

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