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One of the top ten famous towns in Sichuan, an important post on the Southern Silk Road, dependent on mountains and rivers

editor — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 06:24:07 +0000

The ancient town of Shangli, located 27 kilometers outside the city of Ya’an in Sichuan, is an important post on the Southern Silk Road and a famous historical and cultural town in Sichuan. A friend in Chengdu said that if you go to Western Sichuan, you can play Shangli Ancient Town and Liujiang Ancient Town, and you don’t need to go to other ancient towns. So of course I have to come and take a look at it. At the tourist distribution center outside Ya’an city, take a yellow bun and go to the ancient town for about half an hour. There are many homestays in the town, settled well, just walk around. There were no people on the street either. There were dark brown wooden buildings on both sides, but there were more shops open for business than Liujiang. Flowers and grasses are indispensable in the ancient town, and the hydrangea is blooming well at the door of this store. Take a photo. Mirabilis, when I was young, it was called Yefanhua in the countryside because it always bloomed in the evening. From the beautiful and beautiful Liujiang Ancient Town with open water to here, I always feel that Shangli Ancient Town is not enough to see, but after a few steps, I saw the river and the old bridge covered with green vines. I feel that Shangli also has its special features. The beauty. Compared with Liujiang, it is smaller and more refined, with a hint of firework. The old slate bridge is covered with moss and vines, reflecting in the water, as thick as an oil painting. There are scattered Ming and Qing buildings, towering ancient trees in the ancient town, and there are many relics of Tang and Song Dynasties on the Ancient Tea Horse Road. Han Family Courtyard. The parents at the door all encouraged us to go in and take a look, saying that the inside was very big and beautiful. Anyway, the tickets are not expensive, 10 yuan per person, just go in. When I walked in, the courtyard looked like it had just been celebrated. There were tables and chairs laid out before being removed. Several fellow villagers sat chatting together. There was beef boiled in a pot, gurgling and fragrant heat, and the table was placed on the table. With a large plate of cut beef, people were chatting, drinking and eating meat. An uncle greeted: Come, eat beef! Brother Er and I grabbed two pieces unceremoniously. The owner of this house was probably a martial artist who walked the darts in his early years. The typical buildings in Western Sichuan, with carved beams and painted buildings, are very particular about it. However, it was finally too old and lost its glory. Intricate carvings on the windows. In the lush flowers and trees of the backyard, a cat with a very character. After shopping, continue walking along the old street. There are bamboo utensils for sale on the street, which are indispensable in rural life. The courtyard of a restaurant is large and square, and it can be seen that it is a good family from the past. Deep-fried stalls, there are fish from the river, shrimps, and various insects~~ The Erxian Bridge is the best part of the ancient town. It is a curved arch bridge with green vines all over the bridge. It was built in 1776 and has a history of more than two hundred years. Under the bridge, the green river flows across. Where there is a drop, it looks like a small waterfall. Almost all the shops on the street are open, although there are no people except a few tourists who pass by occasionally. The stage at the end of the street. The restaurant in Linshui, but it’s not time for dinner, so there are no noisy people, and it looks a bit deserted. The bridge on the upper lane is very old, and the weeds grow on the bridge, which looks very old at a glance. Someone was washing by the river, accompanied by a rushing sound. The moss on the bridge attracted me, and I lay there with the second brother and took photos for a long time. It is also very interesting to look at the magnified world under the macro lens. This moss was originally very small, but it was still blooming with needle-sized flowers. Nowhere in the daytime, youth just comes. The moss flowers are as small as rice, and they also learn to bloom peony. It’s getting late, go to dinner with the second brother. An inconspicuous restaurant, but the dishes are really delicious. Especially this bacon and bamboo shoots, the salty bacon, the freshness of the bamboo shoots, and the just right spicyness of the peppers made me and the second senior applaud at the same time. Later, every time we eat a dish that is not satisfactory, we will miss this evening, this bacon bamboo shoot.

The house is located in the middle of 2 rivers in Da Nang

editor — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 18:32:06 +0000

Da Nang house is located in an urban area in Hoa Xuan ward, Cam Le district, Da Nang city and is surrounded by two rivers Cam Le and Do Toa.
The house is home to a family consisting of parents who are retired officials, two adult daughters and an elderly grandmother.

Architect AD9Architects said that the first approach of the architect at this project was a handmade card shop. The remaining functional blocks are organized based on the balance factor. The house faces the West, so the buffer spaces are formed as an essential reason to minimize noise, dust and heat. The gaps found are the transparency where fresh air, trees, and light bring together many of the elements needed for a tube house in the central climate. Da Nang house is located in Vip island area, Hoa Xuan ward, Cam Le district, Da Nang city, completed in 2020. The house has an area of 500 m², the facade of the building stands out with the color of baked bricks arranged in blocks. The round squares in the front are planted with trees, as a highlight for the house in the middle of the urban area. The materials used are mostly bought locally such as fired bricks, natural split stone, washed stone… The interior is used from the family’s previous house. The architect shared: “The completion of a housing project during the COVID-19 epidemic period is something the office feels very precious, thank you to the construction teams and families for always accompanying us. .” The architect designed many buffer spaces to minimize noise, dust and heat. From the ground floor to the upper floors, all floors are connected to each other, this is to overcome the West facing house. Besides, trees, light and buffer space are essential elements for a tube house in the Central region. Public and private spaces are connected by atrium. The connection between members becomes easier. Fully equipped kitchen and dining room. A corner of planting trees in the front of the house to the west. The materials used in the house are mainly local materials such as fired bricks.

Rivers and the profession of ‘uncle’

DẠ THI — Wed, 16 Jun 2021 06:39:11 +0000

Although fish and shrimp resources are no longer as rich as in the past, fishermen in the upstream area of the Tien River still persist with the profession of ‘aunt and uncle’ (fishing, netting) every day as a promise to stick with the river. .
“Prepare your tools to go to the river again, uncle?”, I asked. Uncle Tho (Tan Chau town, An Giang province) is mending the net, smiling lightly: “I hope to have enough to eat today.”

For many years in a row, fishing and netting activities of people in the West are no longer as exciting as before. What can I say, when the water does not jump from the shore, fish and shrimp from upstream cannot follow the current but return. People had to look forward to the flood season in weariness. Uncle Tho has more than 30 years of fishing and netting on the Tien River. He is considered a master who knows the river and has the most experience in catching fish in the area. He knows each type of bait is specific to a certain type of fish, where there is a whirlpool and what fish to use the appropriate catcher. He is also a witness to all the changes on the river – where he and many other fishermen find a way to make a living, from the beginning of their career to the present. In the past, at the headwaters of the Tien River, the two banks of Tan Chau town and Hong Ngu town, almost always crowded with boats to catch fish. The most exciting is still in the floating season, when the spirit fish come from upstream, fishing activities not only take place during the day, but the river also shimmers with the lights of boats and boats to catch fish at night. Groups of people work together to pull nets and pour each batch of spirit fish onto the boat to be transported to the shore in time for buyers to make fish sauce and cook fish sauce. Or sometimes, just caught a mallet, a cotton ball, etc., people sell it right on the boat. Thanks to that, the whole river seems to be always bustling and bustling. Prepare nets to catch fish “Just every time the fish is thrown out, the fish sticks from the lead up to the top of the net, unable to remove it in time. And every time we unload the scrub to catch fish, I say it’s as fun as the festival,” said Mr. Uncle Tho continued: “But that was in the past, when it was far away, there were no more fish in the river.” Mr. Quy (35 years old), a fisherman on the bank of Tan Chau landslide, also joked: “One day, he hit a catch of big pangasius and snakehead fish. I knew right away that it wasn’t river fish, but fish that escaped from the rafts, but now it’s hard to catch such big fish.” A few years ago, because they could not bear with a moderate life, many fishermen decided to sell all their boats and canoes to take their families to Binh Duong to find a new job. Uncle Tho and Quy also went to Ho Chi Minh City to find a way to make a living. But soon, they returned to their profession, to the river… As something unknown, always associated them with this profession of lowering silver. “When I’m lucky, I can catch some cotton balls, I bring them down to the town market to sell them for a good price. Any unlucky meal is enough for 2 meals. Now I can’t catch fish to get rich like before, but I’m never hungry when I’m hungry,” said Mr. Tho optimistically. Then every day twice a day, they throw the motorboat out to the river, visit the nets, some pre-ordered fishing boats and then return with small achievements. The profession of “aunt and uncle” to them is not simply a profession, but it also seems to be a career. The river with them, is not only a place to make a living but also a place of affection.

Deploying to clean 15 rivers around the world, preventing plastic waste from entering the ocean

B.D — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 09:09:07 +0000

Through Coca-Cola’s global network, the new partnership will enable The Ocean Cleanup’s technological solutions to be deployed, cleaning up 15 rivers worldwide, preventing plastic waste from flowing out. Ocean.
The Coca-Cola Company and The Ocean Cleanup have announced that Coca-Cola will be a global implementation partner for The Ocean Cleanup’s river cleaning project. This unique partnership connects multinationals and technology nonprofits under one clear common goal: Stop plastic waste from ending up in the ocean, with a first-hand approach. pour into the sea from rivers.

The cooperation between Coca-Cola and The Ocean Cleanup will accelerate the implementation of the Interceptor system to clean 15 rivers globally. Accordingly, the two sides will coordinate to deploy a system to collect plastic waste and clean up 15 rivers around the world within the next 18 months, including the introduction and application of a semi-automatic river sanitation solution using The Ocean Cleanup’s Solar Interceptor. The two sides also called for the attention and action of industries and individuals around the world to solve the problem of plastic waste, prevent plastic waste from entering the ocean, thereby protecting the ecosystem. species and water resources. Boyan Slat, founder and CEO of The Ocean Cleanup, said: “The Ocean Cleanup’s mission is to remove plastic waste from the oceans. With 1,000 rivers carrying nearly 80% of plastic waste directly into the sea, this problem is becoming more and more serious. This is also the reason why we are always looking for solutions to speed up the implementation of the program. Among the waste we collect are many plastic bottles, including Coca-Cola products, so we appreciate that Coca-Cola is the first company to accompany The Ocean Cleanup. This is also an action program in Coca-Cola’s grand strategy to create a positive impact, contributing to solving the global plastic pollution problem.” James Quincey, President and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company said: “As a global company, we work hard to ensure that all the materials we use for packaging are collected and recycled, and will not become waste. We support The Ocean Cleanup and its technological solutions to protect the ocean ecosystem and also contribute to the conservation of our water resources.”

In Hanoi it is increasingly difficult to live because of the rivers

Ngọc Lan — Fri, 14 May 2021 05:57:16 +0000

Hanoi tolerates me during my 10 years of age, a place that permeates me with nostalgia, although it is not a ‘return place’. However, the thing that makes me regret the most is the fact that the rivers are “trampled” on romance.
I am also a resident of the province. I lived in Hanoi for 10 years and have been in Saigon for 2 years. I do not want a comparison between Hanoi and Saigon, because geographical distance and regional culture make people think differently. Every city has its own beauty, but the longer you stick with it, the more you will blend into the life there.

Like, when I first set foot in Saigon, I remember Hanoi spinning around. Remember the taste of familiar dishes, remember the afternoon driving around the windy West Lake, the lotus lake fragrant in the summer afternoon, remember the greetings of colleagues or friends before each meal, remember the joy of and a close friend peeled lemon mint ice cream sticks at Hoan Kiem Lake … 10 years of youth, I gave it all to Hanoi, how could I not love it! But, if only mixed in the smell of lotus flowers, milk flowers, not having to smell more pollution of the water flow, Hanoi will touch people even more. To Lich River was black, stinking once haunted people on both sides of the bank. I remember when I first came to Hanoi, with the nature of a pretty romantic girl, I often invited you to ride a bicycle to West Lake, Sword Lake, or along rivers to enjoy the breeze. But then, the number of times we invited each other gradually thin, because it turns out, it is not very poetic. After a few times choosing to sit in the right direction of the wind to cool, the smell of dead fish, the stench of water stinking our nose, up to our mind made us not want to open our mouths to talk. The river where my hometown was born is fierce during the flood season, but normally it is quite gentle and fresh. Every afternoon, children in the village go together to take a cool bath and snorkel. Laughter resounded in a corner of the summer sky. As for Hanoi, in addition to the immense Red River, which makes it easier for me to breathe, the rivers in the inner city are equally horrible. Among the times I drove along Lang road from Cau Giay to Tu So intersection, many times I had to learn how to hold my breath. Just inhale quickly, exhale slowly, to minimize the stench rising from To Lich river. Now, not only the river but both sides of the river are also renovated, planted trees, and made walking paths so that people can exercise every morning or evening. But the lane is still quite sparse, because the river is not clean and smelly. Rubbish, polluted algae and moss cover a thick layer on the Lu river surface. Or areas with other large rivers such as Kim Nguu River, Nhue River, Set River … and small canals and ditches in the residential areas are also black, even stronger. Previously, I did not live close to the riverbank, but it was quite close, it was only about 5 minutes to walk. Can you imagine, in the summer, when the weather is hot, the sky suddenly “releases” a few scattered raindrops that make the shallow water gush, the stench of mud, of sewage rises, making my nose wretch chop down. Not only that, the garbage flooded the water surface, picked up all this trash, the next wave came, the prince of the rivers was gentle and pleasant. Many times the fish can die in rivers, lakes, and even rivers where no living organism can survive. Pollution caused by human hands, accumulates over time, but it is very difficult to recover as before. Every day, we all follow press information about the renovation of To Lich river, hoping that one day the river can be green again, so that future generations can comfortably breathe the scent of milk flower, lotus. Hanoi in me, our Hanoi now is still lovable, but lacks a part of healthy life.

Chill with mountains, rivers and lakes at 6 campsites right near the center of Hanoi

Cersei (Tổng hợp) — Sat, 01 May 2021 17:12:13 +0000

Located about 1 to 2 hours from Hanoi by car, here are the ideal places if you are looking for a place to camp to change the wind.
Ba Vi National Park

Located about 1 hour from the center of Hanoi city, Ba Vi National Park is like a “green lung” at an altitude of 1,100m and is not too far from the center of the capital. Each season in Ba Vi has its own weather characteristics, in particular, spring is the time to change leaves, autumn is the season of wild flowers, winter sees the snow falling on Thuong Temple and summer goes “hot hide”. (Photo: Internet) This is the ideal camping site for all subjects. You can travel in Ba Vi in large groups, with family or in small groups. According to experience in Ba Vi National Park, you should camp overnight to explore all the famous places here such as Cactus Garden, Ancient Stone Church, Pine Forest, … (Photo: Internet) Ham Pig Mountain Ham Pig Mountain is located on Doc Ton mountain range in Soc Son district, about 40 km from Hanoi city center. Possessing a cool, fresh climate with a large land area, Ham Pig Mountain is a favorite picnic spot for many young people. (Photo: Internet) Although there are not many fun sightseeing services, coming to Ham Pig Mountain, you will enjoy the wild natural space. Ham Pig Mountain is the ideal place for outdoor barbecue, fishing, you can camp overnight in Ham Pig and camp fire with interesting experiences. (Photo: Internet) Tram Chuong My Mountain Dubbed as the miniature rock plateau of Ha Giang, Tram Mountain is located about 30km from the center of Hanoi city. Due to the lack of tourism, the scenery here still bears the pristine beauty of the majestic mountains and forests. (Photo: Internet) You can bring camping gear, carpets, sleeping bags and barbecue to make a campfire here. Camping in Tram Mountain, you can climb mountains, live a beautiful virtual life with the “extreme chill” scenery. (Photo: Internet) Ho Quan Son Ho Quan Son is located in My Duc district, about 50km from the city center. Although the distance is a bit far, but in return, the scenery at Quan Son lake tourist area is really “worth the money”. Camping at Quan Son Lake, you will experience a relaxing experience in the clear lake with gently fragrant lotuses, lush green grass and fresh air. Along with that are interesting attractions such as Su Tu Island, Voi Phuc Hill, Giang Xé Mountain … All bring you a “chill” and special picnic. (Photo: Internet) (Photo: Internet) Dong Do Clock – Soc Son About 40km from the center of Hanoi, Dong Do lake is located in Minh Tan village, Minh Tri commune, Soc Son district. Currently, the lake is located in a valley on both sides of the high mountains with protective forests, suitable for weekend fishing camping. (Photo: Internet) (Photo: Internet) Young people come here often bring tents and food to prepare themselves, while enjoying the meal while watching the peaceful lake view. If you go in a large group, you can rent more tents, homestays, hotels, villas to organize fun, outdoor barbecue. In addition to camping, visitors rent fishing rods, pontoon boats, kayaks, SUP … to explore Dong Do Lake, or simply cycling, jogging around the lake area. Dong Cao Plateau – Bac Giang Dong Cao (Thac Son, Son Dong, Bac Giang) is about 150 km from Hanoi, located in the middle of a deserted mountain. This place has long, green grass and a peaceful scene that is suitable for picnics and camping. (Photo: Internet) (Photo: Internet) In the early morning, visitors will admire the magical scenery of the sea of clouds floating in the morning mist, breathing the fresh natural air. Because it is located far away from residential areas, when camping in Dong Cao, you need to prepare enough camping equipment and food. However, it is this wild and tranquil feature that makes Dong Cao become a favorite picnic spot for many young people.

A “rabbit” muddled the express rivers and lakes

editor — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 01:04:09 +0000

Nowadays, the stock competition in the express delivery industry has become increasingly fierce. The e-commerce giants stand in their own teams, and the “express dark horse” extremely rabbits and “e-commerce rookies” are fighting a lot.

According to news on April 12, Pinduoduo has recently issued a statement through the merchant version of the App, clarifying that there is no special cooperation or investment relationship with Jitu Express. Pinduoduo is eager to clarify the relationship, or it may be related to the fact that Jitu Express was rectified by relevant government departments due to “low-price dumping”.

It is reported that this “dark horse of express delivery”, who had been rumored frequently with Pinduoduo, started in Southeast Asia. In early 2020, Jitu rushed into the Chinese market with a high-profile attitude of burning money at a low price. It only took a year for the daily order volume to be related to Tongda. It is worth more than 50 billion yuan. Its founder, Li Jie, has an OV background, and his aggressive strategy of burning money for scale is quite “smart style.”

Since the beginning of this year, Jitu has not been afraid of banning the express delivery giants, relying on the resources of the OV series to continue to hold high, even boasting that it will break through 40 million tickets/day by the end of 2021 and hit the market in mid-2022; To be the third in China within three years.

However, the growth rate of the express delivery industry is slowing down, and industry barriers are extremely high. It is necessary to carefully build a capillary-like network and accumulate scale advantages for a long time. To achieve the above goals, it is not realistic to burn money to snatch the cake from others. The only choice seems to be Pinduoduo, the fastest growing e-commerce rookie.

Raised 11.8 billion, with a valuation of 51.1 billion

According to media news on April 7, J&T Express has completed a US$1.8 billion (approximately RMB 11.8 billion) financing, with a post-investment valuation of approximately US$7.8 billion (approximately RMB 51.13 billion).

The investors behind are also quite luxurious, Boyu Capital led the investment of US$580 million, and Sequoia and Hillhouse also followed suit. It is rare for three top funds to simultaneously grab a share of financing from a young company.

Surprisingly, this dark horse of express delivery with a valuation of more than 50 billion has only been established for six years and entered the Chinese market for only two years.

In March 2020, the extremely rabbit express service was officially launched in China. After only two months of operation, the entire network’s business volume exceeded 2 million; during the 618 promotion period, the entire network’s daily order volume has stabilized at more than 5 million; On the day of Double Eleven last year, the number of tickets issued exceeded 16 million, which is comparable to the Tongda system.

In fact, express delivery is a very “involved” industry. There are two types of domestic express companies, one is the franchise model represented by Tongda, and the other is the direct operation model represented by SF Express and JD.com. Generally speaking, express delivery companies represented by the Tongda system have been developing hand in hand with the entire e-commerce industry for many years and have a high moat in terms of scale and single ticket cost; while self-operated investment is relatively large, the model is heavier, and new entrants to the market It is difficult to form substantive challenges in the short term.

With the help of capital and the experience of the giants, the newly entrant Jitu chose the “self-operated + franchise” model, that is, the transfer center is directly operated and the terminal outlets are joined, so it can expand efficiently.

According to the information disclosed by the company, its self-operated outlets have reached 4,500+ and franchised outlets have reached 1,000+ (including Southeast Asia). The company’s national provincial and municipal coverage has reached 100%, and 77 transshipment centers have been established, with more than 2500 trunk transportation vehicles.

In January 2021, the daily order volume of Extreme Rabbit Express exceeded the 20 million mark for the first time, becoming the only express company in the Chinese market that does not rely on Ali or JD.com. This is also a recognized break-even in the express industry. line. Some people in the industry have suggested that this does not mean that Jitu has been able to make a profit, because it is still in the expansion period of burning money, and the volume of express orders has not stabilized. However, for the young Jitu, it is too early to consider profitability, and the company is not too concerned about whether it makes money or not.

At the beginning of April this year, there were market rumors that Jitu plans to conduct an IPO of more than 1 billion U.S. dollars in the United States. According to media reports, since Jitu is already preparing to go public, it may no longer have private equity financing. The tens of billions of financing this time has a high probability of being a Pre-IPO round. As of press time, Jitu official has not yet made any positive response to the listing rumors.

It is worth noting that the latest valuation of Jitu has surpassed the franchised express delivery giants such as YTO, Shentong and Yunda, and is second only to Zhongtong, which has been operating for 19 years (the Hong Kong stock market is valued at about 1,600 yuan). In self-operated express delivery, the market value of SF Express is about 300 billion yuan, and the estimated value of JD Logistics, which is about to go public, exceeds 250 billion yuan.

At present, the ratio of Jitu’s self-operated to franchise is about 9:2, and self-operated still occupies the majority. Market participants believe that Jitu’s current valuation of 50 billion still has a lot of room for improvement. If it can be listed, its valuation is expected to be against the 100 billion giants.

The OV series “barbarians” enter the express arena

As a dark horse that successfully entered the express industry, it has a lot to do with the founder of Extreme Rabbit Express with a background of “OV series”.

According to public information, the founder of Jitu Express is Li Jie. He joined Jiangsu Anhui BBK Company in 1998; he became the general manager of OPPO Jiangsu and Anhui regions in 2008; he was the head of OPPO Indonesia in 2013, leading the OPPO team to open up the Indonesian market and become the market The number one mobile phone brand in shipments.

In August 2015, in the context of the rapid growth of the Southeast Asian e-commerce market, relying on OPPO Indonesia’s network throughout the country, Li Jie established a technology-based express company J&T Express, which is also called Jitu Express. In just four years, Jitu quickly grew into the top e-commerce express brand in Southeast Asia. At present, the company has more than 5,500 directly-operated and franchised outlets, currently employs more than 60,000 people, and receives an average of 1.8 million parcels per day.

In September 2019, it was reported for the first time that Extreme Rabbit Express wanted to enter the Chinese market. Some market participants said that Polar Rabbit was considered to be a logistics carrier for Pinduoduo. After that, Alibaba and JD.com made a series of layout adjustments in the logistics field, which may have quietly “challenged”.

In March 2020, Jitu Express completed the system docking with Pinduoduo, Suning Tesco, and JD.com, and the official website of China was also officially launched, marking its official entry into the Chinese market.

Behind the rapid growth of Jitu, it actually benefits from the “point-to-point feeding” of the OV system’s traffic. For example, OPPO, as the mobile phone brand with annual shipments of hundreds of millions and ranking third in domestic sales, has more than 200,000 offline retail stores nationwide. In the terminal delivery part, Jitu can deeply participate in the offline delivery of 3C electronic products such as OPPO mobile phones, so as to quickly build a delivery network in China, especially in 3-5 tier cities.

In addition, the market generally believes that Jitu may be “deeply bound” with the e-commerce rookie Pinduoduo, eating the future increment of the express industry-the big cake of sinking the market, and it can develop rapidly.

Prior to this, the relationship between Jitu and Pinduoduo had been rather ambiguous, and the two sides did not admit it or deny it explicitly. In fact, it is said that more than 80% of Jitu’s business comes from Pinduoduo.

But recently, after Extreme Rabbit was punished for its low-price war, Pinduoduo issued an emergency statement to clarify the relationship. It pointed out that in the process of developing customers, some branches and staff of Jitu Express recently communicated to merchants that “Pingduoduo orders can be exempted from false delivery related penalties and the probability of being punished is low” and “Pingduoduo” “Investment, the two parties have a special cooperative relationship” and other news are false.

Pinduoduo stated that the purpose of the “Pinduoduo Shipping Rules” is to regulate merchants’ delivery behaviors and ensure consumers’ shopping experience; Pinduoduo adheres to platform-based operations, and the special guarantee cooperation with Jitu Express during the Spring Festival was launched in February 2021. At the end of the 22nd, the platform’s shipping rules will be implemented in accordance with the unified standards announced by the platform, regardless of which express company the merchant chooses for delivery.

In addition to the support of resources, the brand of “OV Series” is more reflected in the management style. For example, Jitu’s core strategy is to fight a “blitzkrieg” by burning money at a low price.

It is reported that in Yiwu, the general cost price of express companies is 1.4 yuan per order, and the income of each package is mostly 1-3 yuan. The price of the Extreme Rabbit is basically close to that of the Tongda series, which is famous for its cost-effectiveness, and it was even lower than the Tongda series by about 1 to 1.5 yuan per order. There were also very rabbit franchisees in order to sprint sales, hesitate to receive at a loss price as low as 0.8 yuan per piece.

It is worth mentioning that the polar rabbit has two powers. Not only give the sender a low price, but also give the courier a high price in terms of transportation staffing. According to the data, when the Tongda express delivery fee has repeatedly dropped and the courier strikes, the courier of Extreme Rabbit Express is holding 2 to 3 times the delivery fee of the Tongda express delivery.

However, the aggressive low-price war strategy is suspected of affecting the normal order of the industry, and the high-profile behavior of Extreme Rabbit has long attracted the attention of the regulatory authorities.

According to news on April 7, Yiwu Post Management Bureau confirmed that Jitu Express was diagnosed and treated due to “low-price dumping”. The main measure was to stop some distribution centers, which had been implemented on the same day. The warning letter issued the day before showed that the bureau had notified Jitu Express four times that it would not dump at a price far below the cost, but the company did not rectify it as required.

The future of “express dark horse”

In recent years, as the industry’s growth rate has slowed down significantly, it has become a consensus that incremental changes to stocks have become a consensus. The competition among top players has become more intense, making it more difficult for outsiders to get involved. After the waves hit, the old express delivery giants will naturally not wait to die, and have stood up to “encircle and suppress” extremely rabbits.

For example, Yunda issued the “Notice on Prohibiting the Agent of Jitu Business on the Whole Network”, which requires that both ends of Lanpai shall not act as agent of Jitu Express for any reason or in any form. At the same time, YTO also issued the “Punishment Notice on Acting for Jitu Business” on its intranet, imposing a penalty of RMB 30,000 on the branch companies involved in illegally acting for Jitu business.

Nowadays, the pattern of the express delivery industry has become clearer, and all companies seem to have “occupied the mountain as the king.” Industrial Securities pointed out in the report “Research and Judgment of Express Industry Trends in 2021” that the franchise express delivery industry is accelerating its differentiation: Jitu is following the rapid expansion of Pinduoduo; Zhongtong and Yunda tend to be neutral to e-commerce platforms; Yuantong, Shentong and Best, which have more shares, have become more dependent on Ali. This also means that the future competition in the express delivery industry will turn into grabbing meat from other people’s bowls.

Although from the perspective of the company’s customers in Southeast Asia, Extreme Rabbit maintains close ties with e-commerce platforms such as Alibaba’s lazada and Alibaba’s Tokopedia. But in terms of domestic business, it seems that it is more difficult for Jitu to get a piece of the pie in the existing e-commerce market.

In addition to external troubles, there are also internal concerns. For example, if the pace of expansion is too fast, it is easy to leave sequelae. Now the quality of Jitu’s delivery is worrying.

Compared with other express companies, Jitu’s “infrastructure” in terms of transshipment centers, vehicles and equipment, and staffing is still very weak. Reflected in the quality of delivery, according to the data released by the State Post Bureau, in December last year, the rate of complaints about orders received from users to the postal system was 0.06%, which was more than three times that of YTO.

So where is the future growth point for the thriving Polar Rabbit?

On the one hand, the company’s expansion has not yet seen a slowdown, and the domestic business is simultaneously advancing at a high speed. According to reports, since March 1st, Extreme Rabbit Express has been fully operational in Guangdong, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Shandong, Anhui, and Zhejiang (part of) provinces and regions, and will be gradually opened in other regions in the future.

In addition, international business such as overseas and cross-border will be able to provide great support for Extreme Rabbit to fight in the domestic market. In January of this year, Extreme Rabbit International was formally established. Relying on the network deployed in Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand and other places, it began to provide international express (international standard express and international parcel) services. In March, the Group’s first all-cargo aircraft flew at Budiaalto Airport in Tangerang, Indonesia, which symbolized the company’s official opening of the aviation high-end parts business segment.

The analysis point of view pointed out that Jitu’s internationalization capabilities are better than other domestic express companies. It can rely on the advantages of overseas outlets to focus on breaking through cross-border e-commerce customers and form differentiated services.

Come to Bangkok to explore the oldest floating market in Thailand

Thu Hường — Fri, 16 Apr 2021 20:11:24 +0000

Bangkok city is too popular with tourists. However, not everyone knows how to experience an ancient and long-standing Bangkok. Go for a walk at Damnoen Saduak – Thailand’s oldest floating market to discover more unique cultural features of the local people here.