Morning News: JD Group: Xu Lei was appointed as the president of JD Group; 1688 released the "INSIDE Plan" to help millions of factories connect various retail formats; the first batch of cross-border e-commerce B2B direct export goods in Datong, Shanxi Province were successfully declared; Yinxing Intelligent teamed up with Amazon AWS to build an enterprise-level data cloud platform; Ministry of Commerce: The number of overseas warehouses in China has exceeded 1,900 business scopes radiating to the world...

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1. JD Group: Xu Lei was appointed as the president of JD Group
On September 6, JD.com Group issued an announcement on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange this morning that Mr. Xu Lei was appointed as the president of JD.com Group, Mr. Xin Lijun was appointed as the CEO of JD.com Retail and Mr. Kim Enlin was appointed as the CEO of JD.com Health Co., Ltd., effective immediately. Mr. Liu Qiangdong, Chairman and CEO of JD Group, will devote more time to long-term strategic design, training of young talents and rural revitalization. (E-commerce News)
2. Lu Weibing: Xiaomi has occupied 50% of the OLED TV market in China
September 5th news, Xiaomi TV officially announced that Xiaomi TV's new OLED product sales exceeded 10,000 units in 15 days after its launch, setting a new industry record. Subsequently, Lu Weibing, president of Xiaomi China and international department and general manager of Redmi brand, forwarded the comment that Xiaomi TV has occupied about 50% of the market for OLED TVs in China, which also shows that the penetration rate of OLED TVs is too low. Therefore, Xiaomi's goal is to continue to popularize OLED TVs. Lu Weibing said that Xiaomi TV may bring a new situation to the OLED TV market. (E-commerce News)
3. Meituan displays new application of digital RMB at the 2021 Service Trade Fair
According to staff of Meituan Financial Service Platform, this innovative application will greatly simplify the payment process of shared bicycles and improve user experience, while also effectively solving the inconvenience of special groups such as the elderly when operating smartphones. In addition, in addition to touch-and-touch unlocking based on smart SIM cards, Meituan also demonstrated the "touch-and-touch" unlocking function based on visual chip wallet at this exhibition. (E-commerce News)
4. 1688 releases the "INSIDE Plan" to help millions of factories connect various retail formats
On September 4, 1688, the largest online supply chain platform in China, launched the "INSIDE Plan", upgrading from platform services to ecological services, fully opening up supply chain capabilities, connecting one end to millions of source factories and the other end to various retail formats, and one million factories directly connect various retail trade formats through 1688. This means that consumers can directly purchase 1688 factory good products from Douyin and Kuaishou short video platform master stores. At the same time, it has selected more than 100,000 source super factories to provide exclusive customized supply services for retailers in various formats. (E-commerce News)
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5. Amazon Cloud Technology releases its second renewable energy project in China
Last year, Amazon released its first renewable energy project backed by China, a 100-megawatt solar project in Shandong. Upon completion of the project, 128,000 megawatt hours of clean energy are expected to be generated each year. It is reported that Amazon plans to achieve 100% use of renewable energy in global infrastructure by 2025. (E-commerce News)
6. The first batch of cross-border e-commerce B2B direct export goods in Datong City, Shanxi Province were successfully declared
On September 4, it was learned from Taiyuan Customs that the first batch of cross-border e-commerce B2B direct export goods submitted by Shanxi Shengtongchang Zhongchuang Space Co., Ltd. were successfully declared and exported to Japan, marking a zero breakthrough in cross-border e-commerce B2B export in Datong. It is reported that cross-border e-commerce B2B export refers to the trade form in which domestic enterprises transport goods to overseas enterprises or overseas warehouses through cross-border logistics and complete transactions through cross-border e-commerce platforms. (E-commerce News)
7. News says Apple affiliated companies purchased vehicle testing grounds for $125 million
According to foreign media reports, recently, an Apple affiliated company called Route 14 bought a huge motor vehicle testing yard. It is reported that the test yard is located in Arizona, close to Phoenix City, covering an area of 5,458 acres, or 33,000 acres, with a transaction price of US$125 million, and the buyer pays it in all cash. It is worth mentioning that Route 14 has leased this test site in 2015, and the existing agreement shows that they bought the test site on June 25 this year. (E-commerce News)
8. Yinxing Intelligent works with Amazon AWS to build an enterprise-level data cloud platform
September 6th news, recently, Yinxing Intelligent, a subsidiary of Soxinda Holdings, joined hands with Amazon AWS to create an enterprise-level one-stop integrated platform solution for intelligent data development, operation and maintenance management, to help more enterprise users on AWS cloud manage, analyze and maximize the use of enterprise cloud data assets at higher performance and lower costs, helping enterprises comprehensively improve their digital capabilities. According to a relevant person in charge of Soxinda Holdings, as an important AWS partner, Yinxing Intelligent can seamlessly connect with native data sources such as Amazon S3, Amazon Redshift, Amazon RDS, Kafka, etc., help enterprises maximize the use of existing AWS cloud data assets and form a complete set of AWS big data solutions. (E-commerce News)
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9. Ministry of Commerce: China's overseas warehouses have exceeded 1,900 business scopes radiate to the world
On September 5, a regular press conference was held this week. Shu Jueting, deputy director of the Finance Department of the Ministry of Commerce and spokesperson, said that it will support enterprises to accelerate the layout of key markets, improve global services, and promote enterprises to better serve global consumers.
At the press conference, Shu Jueting said that as an important overseas node for cross-border e-commerce, China's overseas warehouses have exceeded 1,900, with a total area of more than 13.5 million square meters, and its business scope radiates around the world. Among them, the number of overseas warehouses in North America, Europe, Asia and other regions accounts for nearly 90%. (Yibang Power News)
10. WeChat plans to launch paid cloud storage service for chat history
On September 5, China Daily's financial column Danding Technology exclusively learned that Tencent plans to launch a personal paid service, which means that WeChat chat records can be backed up and restored. Currently, WeChat only supports migration of chat records to another device and backup of chat records. If the device is lost, data that has not been backed up in time will not be restored.
It is reported that the business may adopt an annual payment model, with Apple users at around 180 yuan/year, and Android users at around 130 yuan/year. However, the specific amount of data on how much capacity this fee can be stored has not been determined. People familiar with the matter said that the project is still being promoted in the final form and the specific details have not been finalized. (Yibang Power News)
