Caixin
Caixin Global – Latest China News & Headlines

Home >

TRENDING
Alibaba Bans Staff From Using Anthropic AI Tools Over Security Concerns
Kuaishou Secures Nearly $3 Billion for AI Video Unit
Alibaba Streamlines AI Work Tools as Competition Mounts
LATEST
Alibaba Bans Staff From Using Anthropic AI Tools Over Security Concerns
Kuaishou Secures Nearly $3 Billion for AI Video Unit
Alibaba Streamlines AI Work Tools as Competition Mounts
Unitree Robotics Wins Approval for $618 Million STAR Market IPO
Chinese Startup X Square Robot Hits 20 Billion Yuan Valuation
Wanda Ordered to Pay Suning 1.75 Billion Yuan Over Failed IPO
Volkswagen Urged to Build China-Developed Cars in Germany to Protect Jobs
China Mobile Sets Up Token Office to Scale AI Services
UBTech Launches Lifelike Humanoid Robots in Push for Consumer Market
Geely-Backed Polestar Forced Out of U.S. by Chinese Auto Tech Ban
DeepSeek Plans Major Hiring Spree After $7.4 Billion Funding Round
Anyverse Dynamics Raises Over $200 Million as China’s Robotics Funding Boom Accelerates
Europe Has a Lot to Learn From China About Electric Trucks, Volvo CTO Says
Embodied AI Startup Kunlunxing Lands Multibillion Yuan Raise
ByteDance Targets July Launch of Upgraded AI Video Model
China’s Starlink Challenger Seeks Up to $2.2 Billion for Satellite Network Push
New Model Propels Zhipu AI’s Market Value to Record HK$1 Trillion
In AI Pitch, Alibaba Chairman Urges Europe to Look Beyond U.S. Tech
Cover Story: China’s AI Boom Is Rewiring Its Power Grid
In Depth: How AI Is Rewiring White-Collar Work in China

By Teng Jing Xuan / Nov 23, 2018 04:49 PM / Business & Tech

A delivery company employee sorts through parcels in Beijing on Nov. 19. Photo: VCG

A delivery company employee sorts through parcels in Beijing on Nov. 19. Photo: VCG

China’s online shoppers received 1.88 billion packages in the 10 days after the start of the “Double 11” shopping festival (also known as Singles Day) on Nov. 11 — a 25.8% increase from last year, the State Post Bureau announced Friday.

That’s more than one package for every person in the world’s most populous nation, and the equivalent of every person in the U.K. receiving 28 packages over the course of ten days.

In addition to being bigger than previous Singles Days, this year’s shopping orgy is also a lot more international. Nearly 33 million cross-border shipments were generated on the day itself by customers purchasing imported imported items, up 60% from last year, the State Post Bureau said. The parcels were delivered by a combination of express delivery companies and national postal services.


Share this article
Open WeChat and scan the QR code