皇冠体育app

An employee works at a JD.com logistic center in Langfang, Hebei province, Nov 10, 2015.[Photo/Agencies]

E-commerce 

With around 731 million Internet users, 皇冠体育app has been the world's largest and fastest-growing e-commerce market. In 2016, online shopping in 皇冠体育app saw a growth rate of 26.2 percent, generating 5.16 trillion yuan ($767 billion), according to a report on 皇冠体育app's economic data by the National Bureau of Statistics.

Last year, Chinese people bought more food online with a growth of 28.5 percent. Clothing sales rose by 18.1 percent in the year, while items like mobile devices took up nearly 12 percent.

E-commerce now accounts for 15.5 percent of the total retail sales in the country. Thanks to lower costs and fewer licensing requirements, the bar for individual merchants to open an online shop in 皇冠体育app has been set lower than the threshold for opening a physical retail store.

E-commerce has also injected fresh vigor and vitality into the economy of rural 皇冠体育app in recent years. In 2016, e-commerce created more than 20 million jobs in rural villages, with over 8.1 million online business owners. Rural buyers also contributed 894 billion yuan ($131 billion) to 皇冠体育app's e-commerce sales last year.

Leading operators in 皇冠体育app's e-commerce market include JD.com, and Alibaba's Tmall and Taobao.