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Securing China’s commitment to reduce plastic production will be crucial for an effective treaty to combat plastic pollution.

Global plastic treaty talks could hinge on China pledging to curb plastic production | KrASIA

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Global plastic treaty talks could hinge on China pledging to curb plastic production

Spotlighting Asia&#039;s next wave of innovations.

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Angel Investing

Investment

Merger &amp; Acquisition

Private Equity

Venture capital is a type of private equity, a form of financing that is provided by firms or funds to small, early-stage, emerging firms that are deemed to have high growth potential, or which have demonstrated high growth.

Venture Capital

India

Bringing you the latest updates on funding deals and activities in the Asia Pacific.

Deals in brief: Sfermion and Amber Group lead USD 1.8 million investment in Anichess, 11 China and India deals, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Sfermion and Amber Group lead USD 1.8 million investment in Anichess, 11 China and India deals, and more

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Deals in brief: BillEase and Prep secure funding, Malaysia’s Khazanah Nasional initiate MYR 3 billion fund with two partners, Thunes to acquire Tilia, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: BillEase and Prep secure funding, Malaysia’s Khazanah Nasional initiate MYR 3 billion fund with two partners, Thunes to acquire Tilia, and more

ELEME Inc. is a platform that offers online food delivery service. It was founded in 2008 by Mark Zhang and Jack Kang in Minhang Campus of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Ele.me was acquired by the Alibaba Group in April 2018 and continues to operate independently.

ele.me

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China Tech

Meituan-Dianping is a Chinese group buying website for locally found food delivery services, consumer products and retail services. The company is headquartered in Beijing and was founded in 2010 by Wang Xing. The Meituan.com site offers deals of the day by selling vouchers on local services and entertainment.

Meituan

Food Delivery

Visual Stories

And bikes have become a preferable commute choice for workers to avoid crowds.

KEY STAT | Food delivery orders tripled in early March as China returns to work | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Food delivery orders tripled in early March as China returns to work

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Julianna Wu

Alibaba Group Holding Limited is a Chinese multinational conglomerate specializing in e-commerce, retail, Internet and technology. 

Alibaba

JD.com, Inc., also known as Jingdong and formerly called 360buy, is a Chinese e-commerce company headquartered in Beijing.

E-commerce is the activity of buying or selling of products on online services or over the Internet. 

E-Commerce

Grocery Delivery

Hardware, in the context of technology, refers to the physical elements that make up a computer or electronic system and everything else involved that is physically tangible. 

Hardware

Robotics

As customer fears about the coronavirus cast a shadow over China’s food delivery industry, several companies have announced robot-delivery related services.

China’s e-commerce giants deploy robots to deliver orders amid coronavirus outbreak | KrASIA

China’s e-commerce giants deploy robots to deliver orders amid coronavirus outbreak

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Didi Chuxing Technology Co., formerly Didi Kuaidi, is a Chinese transportation network company, artificial intelligence and autonomous technology conglomerate.

Didi

Pinduoduo is an e-commerce platform allowing users to participate in group buying deals. It was founded by Colin Huang as Shanghai Dream Information Technology Co., Ltd. in September 2015.

Pinduoduo

Tencent Holdings Limited is a Chinese multinational investment holding conglomerate whose subsidiaries specialize in various Internet-related services and products, entertainment, artificial intelligence and technology both in China and globally.

Tencent

An on-demand service platform connects waiting-time-sensitive customers with independent service providers.

On-Demand Services

Ride-hailing encompasses a range of companies and services, including traditional taxis and car services. 

Ride-hailing

Companies have taken a series of measures to contain the illness.

How Chinese tech companies are responding to the coronavirus outbreak | KrASIA

How Chinese tech companies are responding to the coronavirus outbreak

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Song Jingli

Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu, JD.com, Didi, and Ele.me are among the 14 companies

Following labor dispute scandals, trade union urges China's top internet companies to prioritize employees | KrASIA

Following labor dispute scandals, trade union urges China&#8217;s top internet companies to prioritize employees

Kuaishou (Chinese: 快手) is a platform for recording with millions of original fresh videos everyday.

Kuaishou

Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. 

Entertainment

Live Streaming

An e-commerce payment system facilitates the acceptance of electronic payment for online transactions. Read stories of Payment service providers, platforms or the trending of the Payment industry.

Payments

With the spread of Internet global accessing (fastest Internet broadband connection TCP with accumulator cables and semi-fast connection), Short Video services have become very popular online. 

Short Video

The bi-annual internet report published by the Chinese government provides insights of various internet sectors’ current developments.

Doing it all: How the Chinese internet has changed over the decade | KrASIA

Doing it all: How the Chinese internet has changed over the decade

Ele.me's fight for market share in Dali is the epitome of what is currently going on throughout China.

Buy RMB 30 get RMB 28 off: Ele.me, Meituan slug it out in China to win over consumers | KrASIA

Buy RMB 30 get RMB 28 off: Ele.me, Meituan slug it out in China to win over consumers

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Sun Henan

Logistics is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. In a general business sense, logistics is the management of the flow of things between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet requirements of customers or corporations. 

Logistics

Ele.me

Hummingbird

Hummingbird fulfills an average delivery time of fewer than 30 minutes.

Alibaba upgrades Ele.me’s logistics network Hummingbird into a standalone unit   | KrASIA

Alibaba upgrades Ele.me’s logistics network Hummingbird into a standalone unit  

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Lao Bei

China’s Food Delivery King Ele.me Puts More Self-service Snack Bars in Office Buildings

Alibaba's food delivery unit was sued by Meituan in 2016 for unfair competitive practices

Ele.me calls for peace in food delivery beef with Meituan | KrASIA

Ele.me calls for peace in food delivery beef with Meituan

The food industry is booming! Both traditional companies and startups are using technology to transform the dynamics of the food sector.

Food Tech

In spite of everything, the ad appears to be creative in finding its way into schools.

Alibaba's Ele.me denies association with 'creative' ad in Shanghai school test paper | KrASIA

Alibaba&#8217;s Ele.me denies association with &#8216;creative&#8217; ad in Shanghai school test paper

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