Netease, one of the major email service providers in China, has launched a credit email alliance and the alliance has been joined by many companies from the finance, third-party payment, e-commerce and online games industries.

China Telecom Beijing branch has opened a flagship store on the Internet e-commerce website Taobao.com, providing 3G terminal products such as 3G network interface cards, 3G mobile phones, and 3G netbooks as well as communications services such as wireless broadband service, 3G wireless packages, and voice service packages.

One of the largest instant noodle companies in China, Sichuan Baijia Food Company, has announced plans to enter China's online direct sales sector at the end of March 2009.

Daoyao.com, the online drugstore branch of Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical, has announced that the company reached an agreement with the third-party Internet payment platform 99bill.com to jointly develop a business in the online drugstore sector.

After a year-long preparation period, China's Xinhua Bookstore is finally starting its online sales business by cooperating with seven bookstores, including Beijing Books Building, Wangfujing Bookstore, and Zhongguancun Bookstore.

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Chinese e-commerce website Dangdang.com will establish a strategic partnership with Chongqing Publishing Group and to build a logistics base in the southwestern area of China.

According to the Survey Report on Online Shopping in China 2008 released by China Internet Network Information Center, the total amount of online shopping in 19 big cities in China reached CNY16.2 billion in the first half of 2008.

According to the China Online Shopping Survey 2008 released by China Internet Network Information Center, the total online shopping value in the four municipalities and 15 developed cities in China reached CNY16.2 billion in the first six months of this year.

Chinese media reports that Alibaba's affiliate Alipay may enter a cooperation with Amazon.cn, a potential competitor for Taobao.com, another subsidiary of Alibaba.