#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [October 14 E-commerce Morning News Brief] Alibaba announced the half-year report card of the "Spring Thunder Plan"; Meituan released the MAI Shop of AI smart store: 95% of orders are automatically delivered; Hurun Baifu: Midea has become the most valuable home appliance company in China and the world, and Gree ranks second; the top 10 of the second Jack Ma African Entrepreneurs Competition was released; AliExpress released Cainiao's online shipping channel ban on transportation restrictions and control warnings...

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1. Alibaba announces the half-year report card of "Spring Thunder Plan"
According to October 13, today, Alibaba announced the half-year report card of the "Spring Thunder Plan" to support small and medium-sized enterprises. Since the restart of the "Spring Thunder Plan" on April 7 this year, 20 provinces and cities and 2,000 industrial belts have enabled the "epidemic" force to achieve productivity, and together with Alibaba, they have achieved a "digital" breakthrough. Data shows that in the past six months, 370,000 foreign trade factories have expanded the domestic market through 1,688; more than 145 industrial belts and 1.2 million merchants across the country have entered Taobao's special price version; more than 20,000 foreign trade companies enjoy Tmall's annual fee reduction and exemption policy and have received a number of marketing support; nearly 1,000 regional brands have grown by more than 200% in a single month on Taobao and Tmall. (E-commerce News)
2. Alibaba International Station: Europe's first cross-border e-commerce internet celebrity live broadcast incubation base was established in the Netherlands
Xinhuanet The Hague, October 9 (Hong Tianmu) The European-China Cross-border E-commerce Association initiated the establishment of the first cross-border e-commerce internet celebrity live broadcast in The Hague, Netherlands on the 8th, and conducted the first online live broadcast of the internet celebrity live broadcast media called "Yitou Show" on the same day.
On October 8, Zhang Guosheng, the business counselor of the Chinese Embassy in the Netherlands, witnessed the cooperation signing of Chen Wen, president of the European-China Cross-border E-commerce Association, and Victor Nainhous, CEO of the Netherlands QuickSpace. (Hugo.com)
3. Hurun Baifu: Midea has become the most valuable home appliance company in China and the world, and Gree ranks second
36Kr learned that the "2020 Hurun Top 10 Home Appliances Enterprises in China" released by Hurun Baifu shows that Midea has become the most valuable home appliance company in China and the world with a value of 510 billion; Gree Electric ranked second with a value of 321 billion; Haier Smart Home ranked third with a value of 186 billion. The top ten home appliance companies mainly cover air conditioners, refrigerators, washing machines, as well as kitchen appliances such as soy milk machines, range hoods, kettles, microwave ovens, etc., as well as sweeping robots. (36Kr)
4. JD Digital released a 10 billion flight plan, which will quickly support 100 partners to achieve business output value of over 100 billion.
JD Digital released the "10 billion soaring" ecological partner plan at the Financial Ecological Partner Conference, announcing that it will invest 10 billion yuan in funds and resources to upgrade the digital technology ecological cooperation system, and quickly support 100 partners to achieve business output value of over 100 billion yuan. At the meeting, JD Digital introduced JD Digital's strategic ideas for building a financial technology ecosystem to hundreds of channel dealers, software developers, system integrators and other types of partners from all over the country, and launched a massive ecological partner recruitment plan. (Europe)
5. Meituan launches MAI Shop in AI smart store: realizes automatic delivery of 95% orders
On October 13, Meituan released its first AI smart store MAI Shop in Beijing today, which can realize unmanned automatic sorting, automatic delivery of unmanned delivery vehicles, etc. It is reported that users can experience it in the park where they land on MAI Shop by scanning the code to place orders, placing orders on online apps, and picking up in the store. Meituan introduced that after the user places an order, the system will handle the order independently. Through a series of processes such as automatic picking, AGV car delivery, packaging and unmanned delivery vehicle delivery, the order operation can be completed. Users can just wait for the unmanned delivery vehicle to be delivered at the corresponding site and enter the verification code received by the mobile phone to get the order. Meituan said that Meituan MAI Shop Shougang Park store has been in the trial operation during the National Day holiday, and can achieve an average delivery of 17 minutes and 95% of the orders are all unmanned. (E-commerce News)
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6. Apple 5G iPhone launch conference: The domestic market price starts at 5,499 yuan, and pre-orders will start as early as October 16
Apple announced at a new product launch conference that the domestic market prices start at RMB 6,299 and RMB 8,499 respectively, and pre-orders will start from October 16. The iPhone 12 Mini has a 5.4-inch screen, with a price starting from 5,499 yuan in the country, and will be pre-ordered on November 6; the iPhone 12 Pro Max has a 6.7-inch screen, with a price starting from 9,299 yuan in the country, and will be pre-ordered on November 6. (Zhitong Finance)
7. Meituan Education releases live broadcast tools
36Kr learned that at the joint conference of private education principals in China, Meituan Education and Parent-Child Business Department recently released the latest live broadcast tools. Meituan Education provides a complete set of live broadcast solutions to improve the digital marketing level of institutions. Meituan said that it has created a complete exclusive live training course system. (36Kr)
8. The top 10 of the second Jack Ma African Entrepreneurs Competition is released
According to October 14, recently, the second Jack Ma African Entrepreneurs Competition officially announced the list of the top 10 finals. These 10 entrepreneurs come from 8 African countries and cover industries including agriculture, fashion, education, medical care, renewable energy, finance, etc. These players will compete during the finals held on November 13-14 this year, sharing a total of $1.5 million in prize money. Jack Ma said that I admire the enthusiasm, perseverance and ambition of African entrepreneurs, and I also want to hear how they promote change and bring progress in Africa. (E-commerce News)
9. The first day of the ice cream brand DQ entry into Pinduoduo’s new store, orders exceeded 10,000
On October 13, the global ice cream brand Ice and Snow Queen (DQ) has officially entered Pinduoduo and opened an official flagship store. It is reported that through discount activities such as 10 billion subsidies and 10,000 people group buying and other discount activities, the official flagship store of DQ Pinduoduo exceeded 10,000 on the first day of its opening. (E-commerce News)
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10. AliExpress releases a reminder for the ban on transportation restrictions on Cainiao’s online shipping channels
According to October 13, yesterday, AliExpress issued a reminder announcement in response to the frequent wrong declarations of sellers and the problems of banning and restricting shipments. The announcement stated that since July 16, 2020, Cainiao has begun to actively route packages that are wrongly declared by sellers and are inconsistent with the logistics line capabilities, and has taken restrictive measures such as charging loading, embargo handling surcharges, and disposing of banned and restricted goods. If a merchant has doubts about the result of the active routing or embargo fine, he or she can initiate a complaint online. After the complaint is successful, he or she can return the corresponding additional charges and the freight difference before and after the route. (E-commerce News)
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