Posts Tagged ‘Alibaba’
Taobao.com Launches E-commerce Rights Protection Platform
March 11th, 2010
Chinese online auction website Taobao.com has launched an e-commerce rights protection platform with the approach of March 15, World Consumer Rights Day.
Consumers can click to access the platform which is set in a prominent position of Taobao’s homepage to make complaints or inquiries about the processing of the complaints when they purchase goods via Taobao. [...]
Alibaba Spars With Yahoo About Google’s China Problems
January 18th, 2010
Chinese e-commerce behemoth Alibaba Group is sparring with Yahoo, one of its partners, over statements [...]
China Lowers Corporate Income Tax Rate For 186 Software Enterprises
January 13th, 2010
Chinese government departments have jointly issued a notice about key software enterprises included in China’s [...]
Chinese Internet Shopping Security Alliance To Be Established
December 10th, 2009
Chinese anti-virus solution provider Kingsoft says it will join hands with e-commerce service provider Taobao.com, [...]
Chinese Online Payment Platforms Accused Of Providing Payment Channels For Pornography
July 15th, 2009
According to the Ministry of Public Security of China, many overseas pornographic websites are now charging fees via third-party online payment platforms, including Alipay, 99bill.com, and Yeepay.com, in China, making these platforms important payment channels for the websites.
According to local media reports that have revealed details of the Ministry of Public Security’s statement, some third-party [...]
PBOC To Regulate Payment, Settlement Businesses Of Internet Platforms In China
April 21st, 2009
The People’s Bank of China has published a notice that requires all non-financial organizations engaged in payment and settlement businesses in China, including Internet platforms such as Alipay, to fully register under the new guidelines before July 31, 2009.
Though PBOC says the registration results will only be used as references of making relevant policies and [...]
Taobao.com Accused Of Violating Chinese Consumers’ Internet Rights
March 19th, 2009
Wang Hai, China’s famous consumer rights advocate, has submitted to a 3000-word report to both the Zhejiang Provincial Department for Industry and Commerce and the Consumer Rights and Interests Protection Department of China’s State Administration for Industry and Commerce, accusing Chinese online auction website Taobao.com of infringing on consumers’ rights.
In his report, Wang listed five [...]
Taobao.com Invest CNY1.36 Billion To Build Taobao City In Hangzhou
January 6th, 2009
Chinese online auction website Taobao.com has started construction of its new headquarters, Taobao City in the Yuhang district of Hangzhou, and the project will cost about CNY1.36 billion.
Taobao City is planned as the new office building of Taobao.com, which is a subsidiary of Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba. The construction of the Taobao City will reportedly [...]
Alipay Starts Collecting Service Fees In China
December 26th, 2008
Chinese third-party Internet payment platform Alipay has announced that it will start to collect a certain proportion of service charges from users with large-scale trading and the new policy will take effect from January 1, 2009.
