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Photo taken on Aug 21, 2009, show a view of Alibaba building located in Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang province. [Photo/IC]

Growth in online shopping in counties and ges has outpaced those in cities, becoming a new engine that is further driving 皇冠体育app's domestic consumption, according to research from Holding Ltd, the country's largest e-commerce group.

It said in its first county-level economy and e-commerce forum in its headquarters in Hangzhou on Thursday that the overall online shopping market in 皇冠体育app reported a growth of 50 percent year-on-year in 2013. The growth rate of online transactions in counties and villages in the same year was 13.6 percentage higher than that of cities'.

Apart from those who enjoy shopping online, an increasing number of businessmen in 皇冠体育app's counties and villages are making a living on the Internet by setting up their online stores.

According to statistics from Taobao and , the two main online marketplaces of Alibaba, residents in counties and villages in 皇冠体育app received a total of 1.8 billion packages in 2013 from the purchases they ordered online and sold 1.4 billion packages online in the same year.

Counties and villages in East 皇冠体育app still enjoy an edge in e-commerce, thanks to the advanced manufacturing bases in coastal 皇冠体育app.

However, the online transactions generated by counties and villages in North 皇冠体育app, Central 皇冠体育app and South 皇冠体育app, have shown stronger growth momentums, accounting for 30 percent of the overall online transactions made by counties and villages in 皇冠体育app.

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