E-commerce Evening News Briefing on July 9

#Laogao E-commerce News# [E-commerce Evening News on July 9] Ant Group set up an X cooperation plan to focus on reserve blockchain technology talents; WeMall connects to mini programs to share the capabilities of friends circles; Ele.me launched "fresh milk cycle purchase", which was launched in 5 cities in the first phase; Uniqlo's parent company lost 9.82 billion yen in the third quarter; Alibaba International Station: The "timely rate" of cross-border logistics is close to the pre-epidemic level...

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1. Jack Ma: In the future, it may speed up to complete digitalization within ten or twenty years.

On July 9, Jack Ma said in his AI keynote speech at the 2020 World Artificial Intelligence Conference that with the spread of the new crown epidemic, technological changes are ahead of schedule and accelerated. The digitalization that originally took 30 to 50 years may be accelerated to be completed within ten or twenty years. What we are most anxious now is how to make machines replace many human work as soon as possible. (First Financial Daily)

2. Ant Group sets up X cooperation plan to focus on reserve blockchain technology talents

The plan will set up a technical team in the next 20 years, and invest in research and development around the core technologies of blockchain such as distributed ledgers, asymmetric encryption, consensus mechanisms, etc. (interface)

3. It is said that B station will be listed for the second time in Hong Kong, but B station responded that it will not comment.

On July 9, according to Reuters, two people familiar with the matter revealed that Bilibili is considering joining other Chinese companies listed in the United States to list on the second listing in Hong Kong, initially selling 10% of its shares. In response to this, Bilibili responded to Interface News that it would not comment. (interface)

4. WeMeng’s ability to connect to mini-programs to share WeChat Moments

36Kr learned that WeMall will connect to merchants who have connected to smart retail solutions and WeChat Mall after WeChat officially opens the mini program to share it with Moments. Huang Junwei, senior vice president and CTO of WeMeng Group, said that this time, WeMeng took the lead in connecting to the mini program to share the ability of Moments, which means that the merchants served by WeMeng will increase the ability of Moments to show their own brand capabilities and expand the width and breadth of the brand track. (36Kr)

5. Ele.me launched "fresh milk cycle shopping", and launched the first phase in 5 cities

36氪获悉，饿了么今日宣布，将于本月内上线鲜奶、鲜花、鲜啤等商品的“随心订”服务，其中针对鲜奶推出周期购，消费者可以在饿了么平台选择7天、15天、30天不等的鲜奶配送服务。届时，光明、双峰、新希望、辉山、皇氏等头部乳业集团将陆续上线饿了么，率先在沪杭蓉沈邕五城推出这项全新服务。（36氪）

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6. my country's invention patent authorization list was released in the first half of 2020: Huawei, OPPO, and BOE ranked in the top three

Intellectual property data released by the State Intellectual Property Office shows that in the first half of 2020, my country had 683,000 invention patent applications; a total of 217,000 invention patents were authorized. Among them, 176,000 domestic invention patents are authorized. The top three companies in China (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) in terms of invention patent authorization are: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (2772 items), OPPO Guangdong Mobile Communications Co., Ltd. (1925 items), and BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd. (1432 items). (Phoenix Technology)

7. Wang Qingxiang, co-founder of Renrenche, stepped down as the legal representative of its company, and Li Hui took over the position

36Kr learned that Tianyan Check data shows that recently, Tianjin Shanyi Shanmei Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. has undergone industrial and commercial changes, and the legal representative has been changed from Wang Qingxiang to Li Hui. At the same time, Wang Qingxiang withdrew from the executive director and added Li Hui as the executive director. The company was established in July 2016 with a registered capital of US$500 million. Its business scope includes financial leasing business, leasing business (including car leasing), purchase of leasing property from home and abroad, etc. It is wholly owned by Shanyi Shanmei (HK) Internet Technology Limited. (36Kr)

8. Huawei's Hongmeng system iterated to 2.0 and will be released in September

Huawei HarmonyOS will release version 2.0 at the Huawei Developer Conference held on September 11 this year. In August 2019, Huawei launched Hongmeng 1.0, which was then equipped with smart screen products for testing. This year's 2.0 version will open up product terminals such as PC, watch and car computers. (Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily)

9. Uniqlo's parent company Fast Sales lost 9.82 billion yen in the third quarter

Uniqlo's parent company, Japan Fast Retail Group, released its financial report on Thursday, saying that due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, it had a net loss of 9.82 billion yen and revenue was 336.41 billion yen in the third quarter ended May. (interface)

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10. Alibaba International Station: The "timely rate" of cross-border logistics is close to the pre-epidemic level

36Kr learned that Alibaba International Station data shows that through the "66 Cross-border Trade Service Festival", the timely rate of cross-border logistics services in the international station has approached the pre-epidemic level, and has helped customers reduce fulfillment costs by up to 60%. In addition, Alibaba International Station announced that it will cooperate with Cainiao and logistics ecological partners to ensure that the main cross-border logistics lines are "not dumped" and that "the cabinets must be compensated". During the peak sea transportation season, when the cabin is full, cargo that is considered unimportant may be "delayed" (to the next voyage) or even postponed again. Wang Tiantian, head of the cross-border supply chain of Alibaba International Station, said that there was no cabinet dumping in the international station logistics in June. (36Kr)

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