On January 22, the Yichang Municipal People’s Government held a ceremony to sign a strategic cooperation agreement with JD Group.Under the agreement,the JD Home Applianceswill open its first urban flagship store in Hubei Province in Yichang during the first half of this year. Additionally, the JD logistics distribution center in Yichang willbe simultaneously expanded and upgraded.

　　In recent years, Yichang has experienced rapid growth in its digital economy and e-commerce sector. Last year, the designated trading enterprises of Yichanggenerated 13.1 billion yuan in retail sales via online channels, earning Yichang a place among China’s top 100 cities in online commercial vitality and the designation as a “National Information Consumption Demonstration City.” (Sanxia Daily: Reporters/Yang Chunyan and Wang Fei)