AliExpress, the international online retail platform of Alibaba, has been in talks to invest US$72.4 million to acquire a 5 per cent stake in Ably Corp.

China’s online retail market expanded in the first quarter led by rebounds in sectors such as online travel as well as robust cross-border e-commerce trade, the country’s commerce ministry said on Friday.

Lenovo has been strengthening its focus on AI amid a broader trend in the global PC industry to integrate the fast-developing technology into various products and services.

Zando Global was launched on Thursday in the hopes of taking on the fast-fashion Chinese e-commerce retailers at home.

The app marks the latest effort by Alibaba to improve users’ experience on its various online platforms via augmented and virtual reality technologies.

At the Digital Silk Road Development Forum in Xian, Alibaba and Shein were praised for helping advance the country’s booming cross-border e-commerce sector.

Richard Liu Qiangdong’s avatar is expected to host more live-streaming shows in the future, as JD.com touted that its AI-powered virtual streamers cover more than 4,000 brands.

Officials touted China’s progress in strengthening digital development initiatives for BRI members, calling for countries to work together and ‘oppose technological blockades’.

Singapore’s food safety watchdog says a product marketed as confectionery with claims of male sexual-enhancement effects contained a potent prescription medicine used to treat erectile dysfunction.

Alibaba scales back an ambitious business overhaul plan and bids farewell to a turbulent year, as its founders call on employees to embrace changes.

The electric version of the motorised cargo tricycle, long used in China, has drawn interest in the United States after a social media account showed one in Dearborn, Michigan.

The municipal government of the city in eastern Jiangsu province unveiled a three-year plan to attract cross-border e-commerce projects.

Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com said it will offer US$138 million in cash incentives to drive video content on its platform, as live-stream shopping becomes mainstream in the Chinese market.

Amid rising geopolitical tensions, most of the top 30 investors that invested in Chinese unicorns are based within the country.

Singapore e-commerce giant Shopee has joined Amazon, Lazada and Qoo10 at the top of the city state’s anti-scam rankings.

There is nothing to fear from missteps because nobody is error-free, Ma wrote, after his co-founder Joe Tsai touched on Alibaba’s mistakes in a podcast interview, generating a frenzy on China’s social media.

Subsidies will be given to an initial batch of 1,000 Chinese brands and merchants who sign up for the AliExpress programme.

Lenovo and JD.com have renewed their partnership with a mission to drive sales of new AI-powered devices, including enterprise servers, in the world’s second-largest economy.

The emergence of technology providers like Firework coincides with a growing ‘direct-to-customer’ trend for Chinese merchants involved in cross-border e-commerce.

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is partnering with a domestic rocket developer, with the lofty goal of delivering parcels anywhere in the world within an hour.

Taobao is cutting fees and investing in content creation as it moves to fend off rivals including PDD, Douyin and Kuaishou.

The CEO change at Sun Art comes as Alibaba continues to adjust its offline retail businesses as part of a sweeping group-wide restructuring.

Alibaba’s e-commerce platform AliExpress is betting on the European market by sponsoring Euro 2024, a move that comes after its rival Temu cracked the US market through ads that ran in the Super Bowl.

That expansion shows how short video and live-streaming campaigns have boosted online retail sales on the mainland.

With China at odds with Western countries in data and cyberspace management, Beijing is trying to sway other parties to side with its vision.

E-commerce logistics giant Cainiao will launch an ‘entrepreneurship incentive plan’ that will double the bonus pool allocated for its financial year ending March 31, 2025.

This initiative escalates ByteDance’s efforts to expand the reach of its social media operation into a potentially large e-commerce revenue stream.

Taobao has recently featured three online stores under the 1688 name as it pushes to win over new users amid rising competition in China’s e-commerce space.