E-commerce Evening News on December 24

　　#Laogao E-commerce News# [E-commerce Evening News on December 24] The new version of WeChat's "scan" function can directly reach the e-commerce mini program; JD Live will invest billions of resources to the live broadcast room next year; Forbes released the list of the richest people with the largest increase in value in the past 10 years: Jack Ma ranks tenth; my country will adjust import tariffs for some goods from New Year's Day 2020; Cainiao and China Railway will launch a special train for couriers in the Spring Festival travel season...

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　　1. The new version of WeChat’s “scan” function can directly reach the e-commerce mini program

　　On December 24, WeChat recently updated version 7.0.9, and the "Scan" of the page has added "recognition" and "translation" functions. It is reported that the "Sign Up" function has opened up information mini programs such as Sogou Wenwen and Zhihu Hot List, and will guide users to enter the product pages of e-commerce mini programs such as Youzan and JD.com, and support users to query and purchase products with one click. According to WeChat ecological service provider Youzan, "Scan Shopping" will use scans to identify product pictures and call WeChat's "Good Things Circle" product library. (E-commerce News)

　　2. JD Live will invest billions of resources to the live broadcast room next year

　　On December 24, Zhang Guowei, the head of JD Live, said recently that JD will invest billions of resources to the live broadcast room in 2020, customize marketing plans in layered for merchants at different stages of development, and launch policies including commission doubled and event subsidies for merchants and MCN institutions to launch JD Live's "2+2" plan. It is reported that JD Live plans to create 100 benchmark merchants and 1 billion-level merchant cases through resource and policy support in 2020, using the head to drive the waist and tail to build a JD Live content ecosystem. (Europe)

　　3. Alibaba International Station launches a discount on credit guarantee order service fee

　　On December 24, Alibaba International Station recently launched a warm winter welfare, launching credit guarantee transaction service fee discount activities, and Yidatong basic service fee discount activities. It is reported that during the event, sellers who meet Alibaba's event quota and event area requirements will have the opportunity to enjoy the first order of transaction service fees for free, and 50% off for the second and third orders. In addition, sellers who use Yidatong fulfillment credit guarantee orders have the opportunity to receive the same discount. (E-commerce News)

　　4. Forbes released the list of the richest people with the largest increase in value in the past 10 years: Jack Ma ranks tenth

　　On December 24, Forbes named the 10 richest people with the largest increase in value in the world in the past 10 years, and Jack Ma ranked tenth with an increase of US$40.8 billion. It is reported that Jack Ma invested $60,000 20 years ago to found Alibaba, and his net worth was $1.2 billion 10 years ago. Now about 60% of Jack Ma’s wealth comes from Alibaba’s shares, and 9% comes from Ant Financial. As of press time, Alibaba's total market value reached US$576.3 billion. (IT Home)

　　5. Tencent plans to set up a digital currency research project team

　　On December 24, Tencent issued the "Notice on Establishing a Digital Currency Research Project Group (Virtual Organization) and Appointing Relevant Persons in charge" on Monday, saying that after review, it will establish a Digital Currency Research Project Group (Virtual Organization) offline on the basic payment platform of the enterprise development business group and financial applications. It is reported that the project team is responsible for promoting all work in the digital currency research project, following up and implementing the latest policies of relevant government departments, carrying out digital currency-related research, business model innovation and application scenario implementation verification, etc. (E-commerce News)

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　　6. Ministry of Culture and Tourism: Nearly 120 million outbound tourists in the first three quarters

　　According to the report on December 24, data disclosed by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism showed that in the first three quarters of 2019, the number of domestic tourists reached 4.597 billion, an increase of 8.8% year-on-year, the number of inbound tourists was 108.76 million, an increase of 4.7% year-on-year, and the number of outbound tourists was 11.99 million, an increase of 8.5% year-on-year. It is reported that in the first half of this year, Chinese tourists spent $127.5 billion on outbound tourism, and more than 50% of their travel expenditure occurred in Asia. (China News Service)

　　7. my country will adjust import tariffs for some goods starting from New Year's Day 2020

　　On December 24, the official website of the Ministry of Finance issued a notice on Monday that from January 1, 2020, my country will implement a tentative import tax rate lower than the most-favored-nation tax rate on more than 850 commodities. In addition, in order to promote the high-quality development of the joint construction of the "Belt and Road", build a global high-standard free trade zone network, and implement a mutually beneficial and win-win opening strategy, my country will continue to implement agreed tax rates on some goods originating in 23 countries or regions in 2020. In addition, the adjustment of the tentative import tax in 2020 has appropriately reduced tariffs on some daily consumer goods, which will better meet people's living needs. TechWeb)

　　8. Meituan Dianping and 14 catering brands launched the "Take Potatoes Out of the Mountain" poverty alleviation campaign

　　On December 24, recently, Meituan Dianping and nearly 500 stores across the country jointly launched the "Take Potatoes Out of the Mountains" poverty alleviation campaign with nearly 500 stores of 14 catering chain brands, aiming to take advantage of the advantages of the life service platform to help the "potato capital" Dingxi, Gansu to open up potato sales and help local potato farmers get rid of poverty and become rich. It is reported that Meituan Dianping has helped Dingxi fight poverty in various ways since 2018. Meituan Dianping data shows that in the past year, platform users have consumed more than 800 million potato-related dishes on Meituan and Dianping platforms. (E-commerce News)

　　9. Cainiao Bulu and China Railway will open a special train for couriers in Spring Festival travel

　　On December 24, Cainiao Guaou announced that it had reached a cooperation with China Railway Shanghai Bureau Group Co., Ltd. and will open a special high-speed rail train for couriers in Shanghai and surrounding areas on January 16, 2020. It is reported that the starting station of the high-speed rail special train is Shanghai Hongqiao, heading to Bozhou South, Anhui. Couriers and their families who have successfully registered can enjoy free tickets funded by Cainiao Gou. The courier train launched this time will be the Spring Festival travel train launched by Cainiao in cooperation with the railway department for the third consecutive year. (Yibang Power)

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　　10. AliExpress announced the new Russian project “Aliexpress Plus”

　　On December 24, AliExpress recently announced its Russian project AE PLUS (AliExpress PLUS) for the first time. It is reported that AE PLUS will upgrade the two major businesses currently operating in Russia, "Tmall" and "cross-border", to provide sellers with faster logistics services and more convenient returns services. In addition, AliExpress has also announced the access and exit requirements for AE PLUS product merchants. AliExpress said that the AE PLUS project will play a major role in AliExpress's Russian e-commerce market in the future, and is expected to bring more than US$2 billion in market share growth. (Hugo.com)

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