#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Evening News on September 18]

Evening information: Debang Express has sent 6.0-magnitude earthquake relief materials to Luzhou Lu County, Luzhou, and Luzhou have been delivered; Alibaba, Tencent Cloud, and Huawei have been shortlisted for the global enterprise KVM open source contribution list; Tongcheng Tourism's 2021 Mid-Autumn Festival Travel Trend Report: "Single Travel" accounts for nearly 30%; Shanghai: Support time-honored brands to enter duty-free shops and cross-border e-commerce platforms; China has become the world's largest e-commerce market to grow to US$2.1 trillion.

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1. Debang Express has delivered magnitude 6.0 earthquake relief materials for Luzhou Lu County

      On September 18, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred in Lu County, Luzhou City, Sichuan Province a few days ago. After understanding the situation, Debang Express Sichuan Business Department immediately prepared bread, mineral water, bottled noodles and other rescue materials to the disaster area, handed over the rescue materials to the Lu County Government, and the Lu County Government arranged the distribution of materials. It is reported that most enterprises and schools in the disaster area have suspended work and classes. Debang Express said it will contact customers as much as possible to complete the delivery, and will properly store the goods that cannot be delivered to ensure the safety of the goods. (E-commerce News)

2. SF Express and Hongxing Erke reached a strategic brand cooperation

      September 18th news, today, SF Express City Express Express official Weibo announced that SF Express City and Hongxing Erke have reached a strategic brand cooperation. It is understood that during this year's operation to aid Henan floods, Hongxingerke announced that it would donate 50 million yuan of supplies to Henan. After becoming a hot search on Weibo, netizens were enthusiastic about Hongxingerke's shopping. On the evening of July 26, Hongxing Erke issued an announcement on Douyin, Kuaishou and Tmall flagship stores stating that because Hongxing Erke's existing shipment labor cannot keep up with everyone's demand for delivery services, it has now devoted its energy to after-sales services such as order processing and delivery, so the live broadcast is temporarily stopped. (E-commerce News)

3. Alibaba, Tencent Cloud, and Huawei are shortlisted for the global enterprise KVM open source contribution list

      On September 18, on the evening of September 16, the 2021 global enterprise KVM open source contribution list was officially released, and Chinese companies such as Huawei, Tencent Cloud, and Alibaba were shortlisted. The list shows that three Chinese companies have made the list this year, which is the largest number of Chinese companies on the list since its release. As the only Chinese company to enter the list for five consecutive years, Tencent Cloud contributed 41 projects this year and contributed the only "core breakthrough" of Chinese companies this year. As of now, Tencent Cloud has made more than 200 historical contributions, of which 9 have made a total of 9 “core breakthroughs” contributions, accounting for 20% of all core breakthroughs in the conference (E-commerce News)

4. Guangdong Province's express delivery business volume in the first eight months reached 18.36 billion pieces, up 40.1% year-on-year

      On September 18, the Guangdong Provincial Postal Administration today disclosed the operation of the postal industry in Guangdong Province in August 2021. From January to August, the business volume of express service enterprises in Guangdong Province reached 18.36 billion pieces, a year-on-year increase of 40.1%; the business revenue reached 158.14 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 18.2%. Among them, the cumulative business volume of the same city reached 2.45 billion pieces, a year-on-year increase of 12.0%; the cumulative business volume of the off-site business volume reached 15.15 billion pieces, a year-on-year increase of 47.8%; the cumulative business volume of the international/Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan reached 760 million pieces, a year-on-year increase of 14.0%. In August, the business volume of express delivery service enterprises in Guangdong Province reached 2.52 billion pieces, a year-on-year increase of 25.4%; business revenue reached 20.14 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.8%. (E-commerce News)

Internet news

5. Didi Travel responds to verbal disputes between drivers and passengers in Hangzhou: drivers have been suspended from taking orders

      September 18th news, Didi Travel released a statement about the verbal dispute between hitchhiking drivers and passengers in Hangzhou: On September 14, passenger A released a hitchhiking trip on the Didi platform, with a total distance of 47 kilometers, rather than the "20 kilometers" reported. Didi Chuxing said that according to the rules, due to improper language, Didi platform has suspended the car owner's account to handle orders, and will be updated in the future based on the progress of customer complaint handling. (E-commerce News)

6. Tongcheng Tourism 2021 Mid-Autumn Festival Travel Trend Report: "Single Travel" accounts for nearly 30%

      On September 18, on the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Tongcheng Tourism released the "2021 Mid-Autumn Festival Travel Trend Report". The report shows that among the Mid-Autumn Festival travelers, "traveling alone" accounts for nearly 30%, the highest proportion among all categories. Among this group, single and post-90s account for the majority, and this type of tourists prefer free travel and in-depth travel. This year's Mid-Autumn Festival tourists are enthusiastic about long-distance travel, and it is expected that the number of domestic tourists will exceed 80 million. (E-commerce News)

Cross-border newsletter

7. eBay South Korea's annual promotion ended with home appliances and furniture sales increased by 110%

      September 18th news, to celebrate South Korea's fall holiday, from September 1 to 14th, eBay South Korea held the "Mega G Festival" annual promotion on its e-commerce platforms Gmarket and Auction. During the event, the sales of home appliances and furniture on the Gmarket platform increased by 110% year-on-year, setting a record high, and the sales of books and music also increased by more than 30%. Korean cosmetics are still the best-selling category in previous Mega G events. It is understood that Gmarket currently supports English and Chinese, with business covering 80 countries around the world. Buyers can place orders directly through PayPal or Alipay, and overseas delivery is handled by South Korea Post and SF Express. (E-commerce News)

8. Shanghai: Support time-honored brands to enter duty-free shops and cross-border e-commerce platforms

      On September 18, the General Office of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government issued the "Implementation Plan for the Construction of an International Consumer Center City in Shanghai", which proposed to revitalize time-honored brands. Deepen the "one product, one policy, one plan" for time-honored brands and support the release of "new national trend products". Support the gathering and development of time-honored brands in key business districts, upgrade and build flagship stores, brand stores, and integrated stores, and promote the digital transformation of time-honored brands. Support time-honored enterprises to list and issue bonds. Strengthen special protection of time-honored trademark supporting facilities, registration protection, off-site coordination protection, and cross-department protection. (E-commerce News)

9. China becomes the world's largest e-commerce market to grow to US$2.1 trillion

      September 18th news, recently, according to Global Data's forecast, China has now become the world's largest e-commerce market, and the scale of e-commerce will increase by 17.2% this year to US$2.1 trillion, and is expected to reach US$3.3 trillion in 2025. It is reported that the epidemic has accelerated the development of China's e-commerce business, and this trend will continue after the epidemic. (NetEase News)

10. Ministry of Commerce: Will introduce policies and measures to support the construction of national cultural export bases

      On September 18, the Ministry of Commerce, the Central Propaganda Department and other four departments recently released the "First Batch of Innovative Practice Cases of the National Cultural Export Base". Regarding issues of concern to the media and the public, a relevant person in charge of the Service Trade Department of the Ministry of Commerce answered reporters' questions. The person in charge said that in the next step, the Ministry of Commerce will promote high-quality development of foreign cultural trade, work with the Central Propaganda Department and other departments to grasp and grasp all the work of base construction, introduce policies and measures to support base construction, strengthen the comprehensive evaluation of bases, and promptly summarize and promote innovative practical cases of base construction. (Securities Times)