E-commerce Evening News on January 9

　　#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Evening News on January 9] WeChat red envelope cover open platform officially launched; Taobao Global Shopping launches the "Magellan Plan": 100,000 overseas brands are introduced within three years; Douyin's "Woodpecker 2019" action banned more than 17,000 black market cargo accounts; Yunda responded to the incident of couriers beating people at home: the courier involved has been fired; WeChat mini program: in 2020, it will provide live broadcast components to help live broadcast sales...

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　　1. WeChat Payment: The number of transactions for small and medium-sized merchants has increased by 10 times in three years

　　According to January 9th, today, the latest data released by WeChat Pay shows that between 2017 and 2019, the number of transactions of WeChat Pay small and medium-sized merchants increased by 10 times in three years. As of 2019, more than 50 million individual merchants and merchants were active on the WeChat payment platform, accounting for 79.4% of the total number of individual business owners in the country; among WeChat payment small and medium-sized merchants, the proportion of post-80s generation is as high as 39%; in addition, face-to-face payment codes for small and medium-sized merchants cover 70%. In the retail field, the average monthly transaction number of QR code ordering increased by 619% year-on-year compared with 2018, and the number of QR code travel transactions increased by 2.05 times year-on-year. (E-commerce News)

　　2. The WeChat red envelope cover open platform is officially launched

　　According to January 9, at the 2020 WeChat Open Class Pro Conference held today, WeChat announced that the WeChat red envelope cover open platform has been officially launched. Brand owners can use this platform to customize the cover of WeChat red envelopes. The customized content includes cover style, creating cover stories, etc., and distribute the customized cover red envelopes to WeChat users through their own channels. The 2019 data report released by WeChat today shows that men receive 42% of red envelopes every month and women receive 58% of red envelopes, which is the same. (Source: IT Home)

　　3. Taobao Global Shopping Launches "Magellan Plan": Introducing 100,000 overseas brands within 3 years

　　On January 9th, yesterday, Taobao Global Shopping launched the "Magellan Plan", aiming to further help small and medium-sized overseas brands lower the threshold for entry into China. According to reports, Taobao Global Shopping will introduce 100,000 overseas specialty brands within three years through this plan, and invite 100 global leaders to endorse local products. iFLYTEK, head of Taobao Global Shopping, said: "In three years, we will create another Taobao Global Shopping." It is reported that Taobao Global Shopping, the online C2C shopping platform, was established in 2007, and is committed to enabling consumers to "stay around the world without leaving home." (36Kr)

　　4. 2019 WeChat data report: The number of times per person using takeaway mini programs increased by 93% on weekends

　　According to news on January 9, the "2019 WeChat Data Report" released by WeChat showed that as of September 2019, the number of active WeChat accounts was 1.151 billion, a year-on-year increase of 6%; the number of per capita use of takeaway mini programs on weekends increased by 93% compared with working days, and the number of per capita use of shopping mini programs on weekends increased by 53% compared with working days; the number of people using change tickets was born in the 1990s, accounting for 35%; the top three industries with the fastest growth in WeChat payments were government affairs, medical care, and education. (E-commerce News)

　　5. Douyin’s “Woodpecker 2019” campaign bans over 17,000 black market sales accounts

　　On January 9, ByteDance Security Center announced the results of the special campaign to combat black industry, "Woodpecker 2019". As of December 31, during the special crackdown on "Woodpecker 2019", 17,089 Douyin accounts suspected of black industry were banned. It is reported that "Woodpecker 2019" is a special crackdown on the black production launched by ByteDance Security Center in October 2019. (36Kr)

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　　6. Lenovo Yang Yuanqing: The future development trend of 5G is "always online"

　　On January 9, at the 2020 International Consumer Electronics Exhibition (CES), Lenovo Group Chairman and CEO Yang Yuanqing said when talking about the 5G technology trend that "always online" is the future development trend of 5G. In order to achieve the interconnection of everything, smart devices also need to achieve "always online". It is reported that Lenovo also released the world's first 5G computer at this exhibition, expanding 5G connectivity from the smartphone field to the high-end computing field for the first time. A report released by Gartner shows that in the third quarter of 2019, Lenovo's PC shipments were the largest in the world, with a market share of nearly 25%. (Xinhuanet)

　　7. Yunda responds to the incident of couriers coming to beat people at home: the courier involved has been fired

　　On January 9, according to the Beijing News, Ms. Wu from Luohu, Shenzhen recently caused heated discussions about complaining about the courier being beaten by the courier. The courier involved was revealed to be an employee of Yunda Express. In response to this matter, Yunda responded that the courier involved had been fired, and Yunda was organizing the branch where the courier involved was located to conduct training and rectification. It is understood that after the hospital's examination, Ms. Wu was slightly injured and the courier involved had been detained by public security. Yunda also stated that she had apologized to the customer as soon as possible. (36Kr)

　　8. WeChat Pay users exceed 100 million deposits and more than 80% of the deposits are exempted from payments and deposits.

　　According to January 9, at the 2020 WeChat Open Class Pro held today, WeChat revealed that in 2019, the number of WeChat payment subscribers exceeded 100 million; more than 80% of deposit users used payment subscribers to exempt them from deposits; users who used payment subscribers in sinking cities grew faster; each payment subscriber used payment subscribers on average 3.8 times a month. It is understood that on January 9, 2019, WeChat Pay made its debut, providing users with services such as free deposit and rent. (E-commerce News)

　　9. WeChat mini program: In 2020, it will provide live broadcast components to help live broadcast sales

　　According to January 9, at the 2020 WeChat Open Class PRO held today, the WeChat mini program team stated that it will focus on building commercial transaction scenarios in 2020, including brand certification, logistics tools, a new transaction guarantee system, etc. Among them, WeChat mini program will provide official live broadcast components in 2020 to help mini program live broadcast sales. In addition, WeChat also proposed content such as "one thing, one code" and scanning and identifying things on WeChat. In the WeChat version 7.0.9 updated at the end of last year, WeChat scan has added the "recognition" function, which can directly reach the purchase page of e-commerce mini-programs such as Youzan and JD.com. (E-commerce News)

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　　10. BlackBerry and Amazon AWS jointly launch an interconnected car software platform

　　On January 9th, according to Phoenix Technology, BlackBerry announced a cooperation with Amazon AWS to jointly launch an interconnected car software platform for in-vehicle applications. The platform combines the functional security and network security of the BlackBerry QNX real-time operating system with AWS cloud and in-vehicle IoT services, which will help automotive OEM manufacturers quickly launch Internet automotive services including cockpit personalization, automotive acoustic system adjustment, vehicle condition monitoring and other Internet car services to the market. Additionally, as of the end of December 2019, Amazon has partnered with 10 automakers to embed Alexa systems on its popular models. (E-commerce News)

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