This morning, Liu Qiangdong appeared at the headquarters of Jingdong Group to attend the signing ceremony of the strategic cooperation between Jingdong and Ruyi Holding Group.
According to Tencent Science and Technology Network, at the signing ceremony, Liu Qiangdong was dressed in a dark, slim-fitting suit and was full of energy. He had a happy chat with Qiu Yafu, chairman of the board of directors of Ruyi Holdings Group, and his mood was not affected by the recent rumors in the slightest.
Yesterday evening, the spokesperson of JD.com, which is certified as the official account of JD Group’s authoritative information release, issued a statement saying: We learned that Mr. Liu Qiangdong was taken away by the Minneapolis police for investigation on August 31, 2018, and Mr. Liu was released shortly after.He has not been charged during this time and has not been ordered to post any bail.At present, he has returned to China to carry out his work normally.
Tencent Science and Technology Network quoted the Wall Street Journal report that Liu Qiangdong's lawyer in Minnesota, Joseph middot;will be prosecuted.If this allegation is true, then the Minneapolis police will not release Liu Qiangdong. Liu Qiangdong has not been charged and we firmly believe that he will not be charged in the future.
It is understood that this is the first time Liu Qiangdong has appeared on a public business occasion after returning to China to support the development of JD Fashion's business.According to the strategic cooperation agreement, JD.com and Ruyi Holding Group will cooperate in business sectors such as brand entry, unbounded retail, finance, logistics, intelligent supply chain, and JD Cloud. At the same time, the two parties will jointly initiate the establishment of Ruyi-JD Fashion Industry Innovation Development Fund.Support projects such as investing in world-renowned fashion brands and incubating cutting-edge fashion brands. Jingdong Taxi is coming?Express Subsidiary Adds Online Taxi Booking Operation
The express delivery subsidiary of Jingdong Group recently updated its industrial and commercial information, and added online car-hailing business in the column of business scope.
According to The Paper, the National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System shows that Jiangsu Jingdong Information Technology Co., Ltd. updated its business scope on August 29, adding online taxi reservations, used motor vehicle brokerage, and bus passenger services.The controlling shareholder of the company is Beijing Jingdong Century Trading Co., Ltd., the main body of Jingdong in China, and its registered place is in Suqian, Jiangsu, the hometown of Liu Qiangdong, chairman of the board of directors of Jingdong.
Does this mean that JD.com will enter the online car-hailing business?In this regard, JD.com said on the evening of September 3 that it would not comment.
According to industrial and commercial data, Jiangsu Jingdong Information Technology Co., Ltd. was established on June 16, 2009 with a registered capital of 20 trillion yuan (RMB, the same below, about 30,000 SGD).The legal representative of the company is Zhang Yu (pronounced: pāng), who is Liu Qiangdong's assistant.
In August 2016, an online post broke the news that the legal representatives or executive directors of 52 affiliated companies of JD.com were changed from JD.com chairman Liu Qiangdong to Zhang Yu.At that time, Jingdong’s reply to The Paper was: This move is to improve the company’s operating efficiency.
Analysts believe that JD.com has a strong logistics system. According to its current logistics vehicle resources, JD.com’s online car-hailing business should be the freight version of Didi, and it will be a vehicle-cargo matching information platform.
The giant in this field is Manbang Group, which merged Jiangsu Manyun Software Technology Co., Ltd. and Guiyang Huchebang Technology Co., Ltd. in November 2017.In April this year, Manbang Group announced the completion of financing of US$1.9 billion, with an expected valuation of more than US$6 billion.Investors of Manbang Group include Sequoia Capital, Tencent, Google Capital (CapitalG), GSR Ventures, Softbank Vision Fund, etc.In addition, Kuaigou Taxi, Huolala, and SF Express under the 58 Group have all entered this field.Statistics show that the scale of the logistics distribution market can reach 12 trillion yuan, which is ten times that of the online car-hailing travel market.
Moreover, JD.com also has a network of couriers at the end of the delivery, even if it cuts into the private online car-hailing business, there is still room for it.When Meituan entered the taxi-hailing business, it gave similar reasons.
Right now, the personal online car-hailing industry market is becoming saturated, but the overall mobile travel market is expected to have a lot of room.
iiMedia report data shows that since 2015, the number of users of online car-hailing/express cars has grown rapidly. In 2016, the overall user volume showed explosive growth, with a growth rate of 71.4%. After 2016, the growth rate of users in the entire industry gradually slowed down, showingSteady growth and development trend. By 2017, the number of users will reach 236 million, and it is expected to reach 282 million in 2018.
In the domestic online car-hailing market, Didi Chuxing dominates.In March this year, Meituan Taxi announced its pilot launch in Shanghai and Nanjing, and other food-sharing markets such as Shenzhou and Shouqi.
