Chinese e-commerce giant JD said it will kick off the pre-sale for this year's Singles Day shopping carnival at 8 pm on Oct 23, one week earlier than in previous years, and offer steep discounts and shopping coupons on over 800 million products.

中国电子商务巨头京东表示，将于10月23日晚8点开启今年光棍节购物狂欢节的预售，比往年提前一周，并为超过8亿件商品提供大幅折扣和购物优惠券。

Cainiao Network, the logistics arm of Chinese tech heavyweight Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, has rolled out its half-day express delivery service in Beijing before the upcoming Singles Day shopping carnival, as part of its broader push to boost the logistics and delivery efficiency.

中国科技巨头阿里巴巴集团控股有限公司的物流部门菜鸟网络在即将到来的光棍节购物狂欢节之前在北京推出了半天快递服务，这是其提高物流和配送效率的更广泛努力的一部分。

SENJ, Croatia — The presence of a Chinese team at the 50th International Senj Summer Carnival is proof that Chinese builders have close ties with the local community, said Viktor Samarzija, director of the Senj Tourist Board, in a recent interview.

克罗地亚森杰——森杰旅游局局长Viktor Samarzija在最近的一次采访中表示，中国团队参加第50届森杰国际夏季狂欢节证明了中国建筑商与当地社区有着密切的联系。

"We are extremely pleased that the Chinese team participated in our carnival for the second year.

“我们非常高兴中国队第二年参加我们的嘉年华。

China's Norinco International Cooperation Ltd — Norinco International — together with the Chinese embassy in Zagreb and the Confucius Institute at the University of Zagreb, participated in a parade, the highlight of the week-long carnival that ran from Aug 7 to 12.

中国北方国际合作有限公司与中国驻萨格勒布大使馆和萨格勒布大学孔子学院共同参加了8月7日至12日为期一周的狂欢节。

The carnival, which featured concerts, exhibitions, parades and fireworks, has been the largest of its kind in Croatia.

狂欢节以音乐会、展览、游行和焰火为特色，是克罗地亚同类活动中规模最大的一次。

Referring to the Chinese builders as "extremely cultured and unobtrusive people", Samarzija said they "integrated perfectly into our society and the proof of that is this carnival gathering where we exchange the custom and wealth of our two cultures with each other".

Samarzija称中国建设者是“非常有文化、不引人注目的人”，他说他们“完美地融入了我们的社会，这一点的证明就是这次狂欢节聚会，我们在这里相互交流我们两种文化的习俗和财富”。

The June 18 shopping carnival saw higher purchasing demand from a broader range of consumers, while generating solid growth in order volume and average order value, Dai said.

戴说，6月18日的购物狂欢节带来了更广泛消费者的更高购买需求，同时也带来了订单量和平均订单价值的稳步增长。

China's major e-commerce platforms have begun presales for the annual June 18 shopping carnival online, with direct price cuts being a preferred strategy.

中国各大电子商务平台已开始在网上预售一年一度的6月18日购物狂欢节，直接降价是首选策略。

China will debut the world's first cruise ship covered by a 5G network later this year, thanks to a collaboration reached between CSSC Carnival Cruise Shipping Ltd's own cruise brand Adora Cruises and China Telecom Corp Ltd Shanghai Branch.

中国将于今年晚些时候推出世界上第一艘5G网络覆盖的邮轮，这要归功于中船嘉年华邮轮有限公司旗下邮轮品牌Adora Cruises与中国电信股份有限公司上海分公司达成的合作。

"From network layout, satellite communication, to various digital applications, our goal is to deliver seamless multimedia interactions and consistent mobile connectivity for guests and crew, allowing them to stay connected with loved ones and the world while at sea," said Chen Ranfeng, Managing Director of CSSC Carnival Cruise Shipping Limited.

“从网络布局、卫星通信到各种数字应用，我们的目标是为客人和船员提供无缝的多媒体互动和一致的移动连接，让他们在海上与亲人和世界保持联系，”中船嘉年华游轮有限公司董事总经理陈冉峰说。

CSSC Carnival Cruise Shipping Ltd is a joint-venture between the world's largest shipbuilder China State Shipbuilding Corp (CSSC) and Carnival Corp & plc, the world's largest leisure travel company.

中船嘉年华游轮有限公司是世界上最大的造船商中国船舶工业集团公司（CSSC）和世界上最大休闲旅游公司嘉年华公司（Carnival Corp&plc）的合资企业。

Adora Cruises, the newly launched cruise brand under CSSC Carnival Cruise Shipping Ltd, on Monday joined a partnership with China Duty Free Cruise Services Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of China Duty Free Group, to introduce the country's largest duty-free shopping center on board an oceangoing vessel.

周一，中船嘉年华邮轮有限公司旗下新推出的邮轮品牌Adora Cruises加入了与中国免税集团全资子公司中国免税邮轮服务有限公司的合作伙伴关系，在一艘远洋船上推出中国最大的免税购物中心。

CDFG, based in Beijing, is the largest duty-free operator in the world, and CSSC Carnival Cruise is a joint venture company between China State Shipbuilding Corp and Carnival Corp.

总部位于北京的中船集团是世界上最大的免税运营商，中船嘉年华游轮是中国船舶工业集团公司和嘉年华公司的合资公司。

Chen Ranfeng, managing director of CSSC Carnival Cruise Shipping Ltd, said: "Shopping is a critical part of the cruise holiday experience, especially for our domestic guests.

中船嘉年华邮轮有限公司董事总经理陈然峰说：“购物是邮轮假期体验的重要组成部分，尤其是对我们的国内客人来说。

CSSC Carnival Cruise Shipping Limited, a joint venture between China State Shipbuilding Corporation and Carnival Corporation, unveiled its new cruise brand, Adora Cruises, in Shanghai on Friday to tap the local market.

中国船舶工业集团公司和嘉年华公司的合资企业中船嘉年华游轮有限公司周五在上海推出了新的邮轮品牌Adora Cruises，以开拓当地市场。

Yang Guobing, chairman of CSSC Carnival Cruise, said: "The building of large cruise ships under Adora Cruises in China also reflects the strength of the country's shipbuilding industry and its technology, and our strong commitment to contributing to the development of the local cruise industry and to the economy. "

中船嘉年华邮轮董事长杨国兵表示：“阿多拉邮轮在中国建造大型邮轮，也反映了中国造船业及其技术的实力，以及我们为当地邮轮业和经济发展做出贡献的坚定承诺。”

Booming cross-border e-commerce in China boosts confidence of US tech firmUS tech company Amazon is looking to further cash in on the Black Friday shopping carnival from Chinese buyers, as young consumers in China have shown vibrant purchasing power for diversified and personalized overseas products via cross-border e-commerce platforms, industry experts said.

行业专家表示，中国蓬勃发展的跨境电子商务增强了美国科技公司的信心。美国科技公司亚马逊希望在中国买家的黑色星期五购物狂欢节上进一步获利，因为中国的年轻消费者通过跨境电子商务平台对多样化和个性化的海外产品表现出了充满活力的购买力。

CSSC signed a contract with the world's biggest cruise operator by fleet size, Carnival Corp & Plc, based in Florida, the United States, and Italy's Fincantieri, Europe's largest builder of cruise ships in terms of market share, to build two cruise ships, with an option for building an additional four vessels.

CSSC与全球船队规模最大的邮轮运营商、总部位于美国佛罗里达州的嘉年华公司（Carnival Corp&Plc）和市场份额最大的欧洲邮轮制造商意大利芬坎蒂里公司（Fincantieri）签署了建造两艘邮轮的合同，并可选择再建造四艘邮轮。

To accomplish these goals, Carnival has teamed up with CSSC to establish a Shanghai-based cruise joint venture called CSSC Carnival Cruise Shipping Ltd and announced plans to dedicate the first two made-in-China cruise ships to the Chinese market.

为了实现这些目标，嘉年华与中船重工联合成立了一家位于上海的邮轮合资公司，名为中船重工嘉年华邮轮有限公司，并宣布计划将首批两艘中国制造的邮轮投入中国市场。

After the ships are built, they will be delivered to the CSSC Carnival joint venture, which will be responsible for providing expertise in cruise management and operations.

船只建成后，将交付给CSSC嘉年华合资企业，该合资企业将负责提供邮轮管理和运营方面的专业知识。

The company said during the June 18 mid-year shopping carnival, the sales of smartphones and household appliances jumped 148 and 103 percent year-on-year, while the transaction volume of beauty and cosmetics products increased by 122 percent year-on-year.

该公司表示，在6月18日的年中购物狂欢节期间，智能手机和家用电器的销售额分别同比增长148%和103%，而美容和化妆品的交易量同比增长122%。

During last year's Singles Day shopping carnival, young people aged 18 to 24 accounted for 31 percent of the total consumers who purchased products via SnowFlying's Tmall flagship store, while people aged 25 to 30 took up 30 percent, he added.

他补充道，在去年的光棍节购物狂欢节期间，18至24岁的年轻人占通过雪飞天猫旗舰店购买产品的总消费者的31%，而25至30岁的人占30%。

Following a relatively slow April and May, the company saw signs of recovery in June along with the resumption of supply chains, logistics and delivery capacities, and registered positive growth during the June 18 online shopping carnival, Zhang said in an earnings call with investors on Thursday night, adding the trend of consumption recovery continued in July.

在经历了相对缓慢的4月和5月之后，随着供应链、物流和配送能力的恢复，该公司在6月看到了复苏的迹象，并在6月18日的网上购物狂欢节期间实现了正增长，张在周四晚上与投资者的电话财报会议中表示，并补充说，7月消费复苏的趋势仍在继续。

Li said Chinese consumers have shown immense enthusiasm and vibrant purchasing power for cross-border online shopping, as the sales on Amazon Global Store, its cross-border shopping platform, during this year's June 18 shopping carnival increased 30 percent compared with the same period last year.

李说，中国消费者对跨境网购表现出了极大的热情和旺盛的购买力。今年6月18日，中国跨境购物平台亚马逊全球商店的销售额比去年同期增长了30%。

Wang Minghui, who is in charge of ready-to-cook dinners at JD's fresh food unit, said the transaction volume of precooked dishes surged about 200 percent between May 23 and June 1, the presale period of the June 18 shopping carnival.

京东生鲜部门负责即食晚餐的王明辉表示，5月23日至6月1日，即6月18日购物狂欢节的预售期，预制菜的交易量激增了约200%。

Chinese e-commerce giant JD reported its accumulated sales rose 28.58 percent year-on-year to 349.1 billion yuan ($54.6 billion) during the Singles Day shopping carnival, which kicked off at 8 pm on Oct 31.

中国电子商务巨头京东公布，在10月31日晚8点开始的光棍节购物狂欢节期间，其累计销售额同比增长28.58%，达到3491亿元人民币（546亿美元）。

Chinese e-commerce giant JD said it will kick off the pre-sale on Singles Day shopping carnival at 8 pm on Wednesday, four hours earlier than previously, meaning that customers will not have to stay up late to enjoy the deep discounts this year.

Sandy Xu, JD's chief financial officer, said the June 18 online shopping carnival helped the company to add over 32 million new users in the second quarter, the largest single quarter increase in JD's history.

The Ministry of Commerce, for instance, is helping rejuvenate time-honored brands by a multipronged approach, including launching a shopping carnival for time-honored brands in April that will last for the rest of the year.

The carnival aims to make good use of traditional holidays, consumer goods exhibitions and shopping promotion campaigns to boost consumption and promote innovation of time-honored brands, the ministry said.

The State Administration for Market Regulation said in a release on its website that it had made the decision after it received consumer complaints over these companies' pricing strategies, such as raising the price first and then offering discounts, false promotion and inducing consumers to make transactions during the Nov 11 Singles Day online shopping carnival.

Chinese consumers will enjoy discounts on more than 30 million authentic commodities covering over 480,000 international brands from Amazon Global Store, which covered the top destinations of China customers' cross-border shopping during the shopping carnival.

The top categories in terms of sales during the shopping carnival were rice and oil, mobile phones, refrigerated supplies, daily and cleaning necessities.

The company also set up a live streaming room in the booth to serve as a prelude for the Singles Day shopping carnival, which falls on Nov 11 every year and connects the CIIE seamlessly.

Chinese e-commerce giant JD said it will offer 50 percent discounts on more than 200 million commodities, launch more than 300 million new products and give subsidies and consumption coupons worth more than 20 billion yuan ($3 billion) during this year's Singles Day shopping carnival.

Chinese e-commerce giant JD, which first launched the June 18 shopping carnival, reported that its sales during the 18-day period reached a staggering 269.2 billion yuan ($38 billion), an increase of 33.6 percent compared with 201.5 billion yuan a year ago, as buyers swarmed the e-commerce giant's online bazaars.

Alibaba Group's Tmall platform saw its accumulated sales during the shopping carnival held from June 1 to June 18 reach 698.2 billion yuan.

JD, which initially launched the June 18 shopping carnival, reported its sales reached mouthwatering 239.2 billion yuan by 2 pm on Thursday, exceeding 201.5 billion yuan a year ago.

In addition, JD, which initially coined the June 18 shopping carnival, reported its sales from JD Super, JD's online supermarket, increased 500 percent in the first ten minutes on June 18 compared with same period last year, with more than 2,000 brands witnessing their transaction volume jump 100 percent year-on-year.

Charles Kao, 58, China president of South Korean cosmetics group Amorepacific, will likely welcome the trend: the company recorded staggering sales during the Nov 11 online shopping carnival.

Ymatou, a Shanghai-based cross-border e-commerce site, said its sales revenue surpassed 100 million yuan ($14.2 million) in just 116 seconds when it started its Black Friday shopping carnival on Nov 22.

During the Singles Day shopping carnival, approximately 75 percent of Jingxi's new users came from lower-tier cities, and approximately 55 percent of total Jingxi users were female.

Chen Tao, an analyst with Beijing-based internet consultancy Analysys, said Black Friday, as a cross-border shopping carnival has been growing in popularity in China, but its size is small compared with China's homegrown Singles Day shopping extravaganza.

But JD's attorneys said that the trademarks, written as Double 11 in Chinese characters, should be regarded as the common names of the shopping carnival as it fell on Nov 11, "or the trademarks registered by Alibaba have no significance".

JD, another e-commerce heavyweight and a latecomer to join the frenzy, reported its accumulated sales during the shopping carnival held from Nov 1 to Nov 11 reached a staggering 204.4 billion yuan.

JD, Chinese e-commerce heavyweight, reported its accumulated sales during the Nov 11 shopping carnival, which lasts from midnight of Nov 1 to 14:37 pm on Nov 11, reached a staggering 179.4 billion yuan ($25.6 billion).

For the upcoming Single's Day shopping carnival this year, VF will team up with TMIC to optimize its product range and inventory to expand its sales.

"China has seen fast industrial growth momentum in cruise shipbuilding business in recent years, with China State Shipbuilding Corp signing a contract to build four and two Vista-class cruise ships of 135,000 tons each for US-based Carnival Cruise Lines and Italy's Fincantieri S. p. A in November last year.

Last year, for the first time, we took part in China's annual Singles Day online shopping carnival that starts from Nov 11.

On Nov 11, during the double-11 online shopping carnival, 3M posted strong sales growth in respiratory protection products, thanks to increased public awareness of the need for respiratory protection.

A strategic partnership was announced on Tuesday between Costa Cruises of Carnival Corporation & plc, the world's largest leisure travel company, and WeChat, China's leading online social platform, to pioneer the digitization of the cruise experience.

Robot lovers play with Makeblock products at a technology carnival organized by the company in Shenzhen.

During the shopping festival, sales of men's clothing brand Undefeated in the first 18 minutes surpassed that of its first day of the carnival last year.

Major e-commerce players emphasized low prices and made their promotion methods simpler during this year's Singles Day shopping carnival, with direct price cuts being a preferred strategy.

Chinese consumers have become more value-conscious during this year's shopping carnival, hoping to buy cost-effective commodities, rather than just obtaining low-priced goods at the cost of quality, she said.

Chinese consumers showed strong demand for imported goods during the recent June 18 shopping carnival, snapping up quality goods ranging from skin care products to watches and surfboards.

Chinese consumers' passion for online shopping was visible once again during this year's June 18 shopping carnival, which industry experts said played a vital role in promoting the recovery of consumption and shoring up the economy.

Chinese consumers' passion for online purchases has been sparked again with this year's June 18 shopping carnival, which more resembles a shopping month, as related online purchases kicked off at 8 pm on Wednesday, with major e-commerce platforms accelerating efforts to offer steep discounts and shopping coupons and use livestreaming promotions to boost sales.

As part of the Shanghai Double Five Shopping Festival, the 2023 Shanghai Time-honored Brand Carnival was launched at the city's Yu Garden on Tuesday.

Several business districts in Shanghai's city center, including Nanjing Road, Yu Garden, Huaihai Road and West Shaanxi Road, will host markets featuring time-honored brands during the carnival period, according to the event organizers.

Kids were having a carnival with plants and food products displayed in a round-shaped indoor exhibition hall.

China launched its 2023 Time-honored Brand Carnival on Saturday in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province, amid the country's efforts to promote consumption.

The carnival aims to provide more quality goods of the time-honored brands and create new consumption scenarios for consumers, said Commerce Minister Wang Wentao in a video address at the launch ceremony.

Since 2020, the carnival has been held for three consecutive years, driving a total consumption of nearly 40 billion yuan ($5.94 billion) in related sectors.

Imported items gained traction among consumers during the Singles Day shopping carnival last year.

Meanwhile, the tropical island of Hainan province started its New Year's carnival on Dec 23.

On Dec 30, with the closing of the carnival, two rounds of travel consumption vouchers will be issued to further encourage tourism spending, according to the Department of Tourism, Culture, Radio, Television and Sports of Hainan.

Hainan launched a New Year's carnival season on Wednesday for its offshore duty-free shopping.

On the first day of the Black Friday shopping carnival, sales of robotic vacuum cleaners from Dreame, a Chinese home appliance maker, ranked first on Amazon's online marketplace in Germany.

Competition in China's booming livestreamed e-commerce intensified during this year's Singles Day shopping carnival as an increasing number of brands flocked to the segment, which operates mainly via livestreams on short-video platforms such as Douyin and Kuaishou as well as regular online marketplaces such as Taobao, Tmall, Pinduoduo and JD.

Even with the changes in consumer behavior, Singles Day continues to be a priority for China retailers, said Kelly Liu, head of the Greater China retail practice at Bain & Company, adding that this year's total gross merchandise value across different platforms may reach the 1-trillion-yuan ($137 billion) milestone on Nov 11, the day the shopping carnival is celebrated every year.

The festival also includes an automotive vehicle consumption carnival to boost the city's car consumption.

Due to the shopping carnival's immense popularity, its 2022 edition was extended from nine days to 15 days.

The enthusiasm of Chinese consumers was again visible during the June 18 shopping carnival, and this has played a critical role in promoting the recovery of consumption and shoring up the economy despite pressure from a resurgence in domestic COVID-19 cases and an uncertain external environment, industry experts said.

Chinese e-commerce giant JD said orders for presale products from the post-1995 generation consumers surged 75 percent year-on-year in the run-up to the June 18 shopping carnival.

Attracted en masse by sellers' marketing strategies and extremely tempting prices, Chinese consumers have long viewed Double 11 as a shopping carnival.

During this year's Singles' Day shopping carnival, the sales of Chinese brands accounted for 70 percent of the total.

All this ensured that presales for this year's Singles Day shopping carnival kicked off at 8 pm on Oct 20, four hours earlier than the previous years, to better cater to the growing demand from consumers.

E-commerce via livestreaming has witnessed robust growth in China amid the COVID-19 pandemic and became a driving force during this year's Singles Day shopping carnival.

While the recent resurgence of COVID-19 cases could cloud the recovery of China's consumption and the services sector, a sign of relief was seen during this year's Singles Day online shopping festival－the carnival now stretches to nearly a couple of weeks, and is no longer limited to just Nov 11.

In addition, imported products are gaining traction among consumers during this year's Singles Day shopping carnival.

Wusongkou is also the terminal where vessels from major cruise liners such as Carnival, Royal Caribbean, and Norwegian have docked since 2011.

This year marks the largest Singles Day shopping carnival on Tmall, with a record 290,000 brands participating and more than 14 million varieties of commodities offering discounts, according to the company.

Double Eleven is no longer just a simple consumption carnival but a platform for enterprises to reveal understandings of "better life" as well, said Tung.

If 11-11 was a smashing success from the word go, JD-founded June 18－"618"－has been shaping up as a worthy challenger, becoming the mid-year e-shopping carnival where brands slash prices to boost sales.

The 2021 China Time-Honored Brand Carnival that kicked off in the city is an important event to implement the country's strategies to expand domestic demand.

Ymatou, a Shanghai-based cross-border e-commerce site, will seek to provide a more diversified cross-border shopping service during this year's Black Friday carnival.

Black Friday as a cross-border shopping carnival has been growing in popularity in China as more and more Chinese consumers scout for high-quality products from abroad, Mo said, adding they could snap up some winter apparel during the promotion event.

While domestic retailers were doubling down on the shopping carnival, international players were also rushing in.

With overseas purchases hampered by the pandemic, the online shopping carnival has offered an optimal opportunity for Chinese consumers to buy overseas products, and may significantly boost sales for global brands and merchants, said Weng Yi, a researcher with Chinese think tank Cathay Institute for Public Affairs.

During the Singles Day shopping carnival, the cities with the highest per capita consumption of new users are Yingtan of Jiangxi province, Tongchuan of Shaanxi province, Chuzhou of Anhui province, Ganzhou of Jiangxi province and Pu'er of Yunnan province.

Alibaba's rival JD announced earlier it will offer 50 percent discounts on more than 200 million commodities, launch more than 300 million new products and give subsidies and consumption coupons worth more than 20 billion yuan for this year's carnival.

Unlike other major online shopping festivals such as the Double 11 shopping carnival (Nov 11) and the 618 Midyear Shopping Festival, China Post will take advantage of its direct access to rural areas and provide services－including agricultural materials and technologies, warehousing and logistics－to farmers' cooperatives across the country to further help them sell their products and conduct poverty alleviation activities, said Liu Aili, chairman of China Post.

Tmall, Alibaba's business-to-customer e-marketplace, said that in the first hour of this year's Singles Day Shopping carnival, which kicked off at 8 pm on Oct 31, the turnover of Chinese skincare brand Proya topped the list among all beauty and makeup products.

During this year's Singles Day shopping carnival, JD Worldwide, its cross-border e-commerce platform, saw a 100 percent year-on-year increase in transaction volume across more than 350 cross-border imported product categories.

During the recently concluded Singles Day or 11-11 shopping carnival, Wang used many mobile apps to buy a range of products: a robotic vacuum cleaner, an automated dishwasher, skin care products, sportswear and what have you.

Cross-border e-commerce platforms are doubling down on the Black Friday shopping carnival, which falls on Friday this year, as Chinese consumers demonstrate increasing demand for diversified, personalized and niche products, experts said.

Black Friday as a cross-border shopping carnival has been growing in popularity in China as an increasing number of Chinese consumers scout for high-quality and personalized products from abroad, Mo said, adding they could snap up some winter apparel during the promotional event.

Shanghai History Museum is hosting its second coffee carnival in its backyard near the People's Square from Oct 26-29.