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Online shopping gets real in Chongqing
Updated: 2016-11-28
By Sun Hui, chinadaily.com.cn
E-commerce companies in Chongqing hoped to capitalize on the recent success of China’s annual online shopping frenzy on Nov 11 by hosting a shopping expo from Nov 24 to 26.
The 2016 China (Chongqing) E-commerce Experience Consumption Festival was held in the municipality’s Liangjiang New Area and hosted a range of B2B, B2C and C2C e-commerce companies hoping to showcase their products and services to a wider market.
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The 2016 China (Chongqing) E-commerce Experience Consumption Festival inaugurated in Liangjiang New Area from Nov 24 to 26. [Photo/liangjiang.gov.cn] |
With the theme of “E-commerce changes lives,” the festival covered an exhibition area of 1,000 square meters and was divided into four sections to accommodate cross-border commodities and special local products, and an intelligent experience and third-party services area. A total of 34 exhibition booths were on display.
More than 50 companies, including local e-commerce companies and well-known third-party payment platform providers such as Alibaba, JD, Suning and Didi took part in the festival.
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