In China's major cities, groceries and other items purchased online can be delivered to the home within as little as 20 minutes following a purchase. This is largely down to the deployment of digital technology. Alibaba's Cainiao network, for example, supports the supply chains of the merchants it serves via an AI-enabled digital inventory system that links the online and offline shopping worlds, in which merchants' physical stores serve an extended distribution network. Almost as soon as the lockdown was declared in Wuhan, Alibaba was shipping medical and food supplies into the province.（Delivery Technology Is Keeping Chinese Cities Afloat Through Coronavirus，Harvard Business Review）
Comment:
Cainiao upgrates delivery technologies by using AI and self-reliant IPRs to support merchants' online sales. Delivery technologies accumulated for a long time has played an important role in maintaining the operation of Chinese cities through coronavirus.
(Editor Jiang Shuo)
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