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...ecommerce logistics firm YunExpress from Shenzhen to Paris, flying around six times per week....
...The company is also working with Singapore-based FEST Auto to sell EVs to the European logistics market....
...Wang Chuanfu, chair and chief executive of BYD, told a conference in Shenzhen this month that the company would “deploy seven car carriers in the coming two years to ease the shortage of shipping capacity...
...Rival carmakers have for several years been frustrated by logistics bottlenecks and shortages of key parts....
...Alibaba bought a 20 per cent stake in Suning in 2015 for $4.6bn, in what was billed as a strategic alliance with synergies across ecommerce and logistics....
...In 2017, a consortium including Hopu, Hillhouse Capital, real estate developer Vanke Group and Bank of China Group Investment agreed to pay $11.6bn for Singapore-listed Global Logistic Properties....
...“Logistics is our biggest theme,” Mr Gray said. Crown’s Sydney-listed shares closed 11 per cent higher on Wednesday....
...As a result, Mr Ji says he would rather have a position in Full Truck Alliance, a B2B leader in long-haul logistics, than in Didi Chuxing, the B2C ride-sharing platform....
...On top of that, profitability in its logistics and financing divisions is improving.”...
...GLP so far has focused on China’s biggest cities — Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen — but logistics operators increasingly are following online consumption into smaller, inland locales....
...It also invested in ecommerce logistics provider SF Express in 2013. Success in Chinese tech investing is set to become increasingly difficult as more capital pours into the sector....
...Its ecommerce and logistics businesses are typically “asset-lite” — unlike Amazon or Chinese ecommerce rival JD.com Alibaba does not own big delivery fleets and chains of warehouses Ele.me, which covers...
...It is seeking to drive more traffic to its digital wallet and JD’s logistics business while also increasing orders for Vipshop’s apparel and accessories, Jefferies Hong Kong research noted....
...HNA Holding announced last week that shareholders in Singaporean logistics provider CWT had approved HNA’s takeover offer....
...China is home to the world’s leading drone companies, such as Shenzhen-based DJI and Beijing’s Ehang....
...The company’s decision earlier this month to buy into Spotify, the Swedish streaming service, marked only the latest in a succession of moves by the Shenzhen-based group that has amassed stakes in more than...
...Wang Wei, the founder of SF Express had seen his paper wealth skyrocket to make him China’s third-richest man after reversing the company into a shell on the Shenzhen stock market in February....
...logistics park developer in which Hillhouse is an investor....
...“Cainiao takes a collaborative approach towards logistics. We are committed to developing an open and collaborative data platform to enhance the efficiency of the logistics industry.”...
...Today, the two companies alternately clash and collaborate across a range of spheres including entertainment, logistics, payments, big data and increasingly healthcare....
...The proposed $1bn purchase of logistics provider CWT this month pushed said spree above the $40bn mark....
...on the Shenzhen stock market....
...“China’s logistics sector is still in a period of rapid investment,” said a logistics analyst with a midsized securities brokerage in Beijing....
...His first company was a grocery chain, from which he quietly expanded into logistics, property and, eventually, insurance....
...In China, the Shanghai Composite was down 1.3 per cent, while the tech-focused Shenzhen Composite was 0.5 per cent lower....
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