Off the wire
• Beijing faces opportunities in clean technology innovation  • Myanmar to reform Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee  • Truck-jeep collision kills 11 in India  • China expresses dissatisfaction with G7 statement on South China Sea  • China-ASEAN data center operational in south China  • Interview: Moderate job growth expected in Italy despite sharp slowdown of permanent contracts: expert  • China sees lower rates of arrest, prosecution of minors  • Singapore stocks closes higher amid drop in U.S. stock market,retreat in crude oil prices  • Roundup: S. Korean president announces comprehensive cooperation with Africa  • CPC announces subsidies for older members  
You are here: 　 Home

E-commerce giant joins government push to employ laid-off workers

Xinhua, May 27, 2016 Adjust font size:

Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com will work with the top economic planner to create jobs for those made redundant as China pushed to slash overcapacity.

JD.com, China's second largest e-commerce platform, will expand its logistics and marketing service network in regions where steel plants and coal mines are a main employer, according to an agreement signed with the National Development and Reform Commission Friday.

The company hopes to expand its e-commerce network so that it covers over 70 percent of county-level cities by 2020, thus, creating over 100,000 jobs.

The central government has been working with service-intensive companies such as Alibaba to create job opportunities for people in rural areas or regions bogged down by overcapacity. Enditem