Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba's drones deliver packages to islands
Xinhua,November 08, 2017 Adjust font size:
A mailman from Alibaba receives packages delivered by drones at the wharf of Meizhou Island, southeast China's Fujian Province, Oct. 31, 2017. Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba announced Tuesday that it has used unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, to deliver packages over water for the first time. Three drones carrying a total of six boxes of passionfruit with a combined weight of around 12 kilograms flew from Putian in east China's Fujian Province to nearby Meizhou Island.(Xinhua/Tian Ye)