# JD.com
Latest news and articles about JD.com
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JD Pumps More Than ¥1.3bn into Frontline Pay as E‑commerce Faces Cost and Reputation Pressures
JD.com has allocated over ¥1.3 billion in subsidies for frontline employees, a move that supports delivery and warehouse staff amid weak consumer demand and reputational pressure. The measure protects service capacity and signals responsibility, but it also raises questions about margin impact and whether the boost will be temporary or structural.
Richard Liu’s Autonomous Convoy Brings New‑Year Goods to His Home Village — and a Showcase for JD’s Rural Logistics
Richard Liu organised a high‑profile delivery of New Year goods to his home village in Suqian led by JD’s sixth‑generation autonomous “Independent Wolf” vehicles. The event doubled as both a charitable distribution and a live demonstration of JD’s rural last‑mile logistics capabilities, underscoring the commercial and political stakes of scaling autonomous delivery in challenging rural environments.
Why JD’s Drive into Car Sales May Be the Wrong Route to Beat Meituan
JD.com and Meituan have turned car sales into a new competitive front, reflecting a deeper battle for high-frequency user engagement in China’s instant-retail era. While both platforms see vehicle retail as an entry to lucrative aftermarket services, JD may achieve faster gains by prioritising daily-use services like shared bikes to boost app open rates rather than doubling down on selling cars or high-barrier travel businesses.
JD.com Bets on an AI Consumer Boom: 2025 Named the Year Smart Products Exploded
JD.com executives said 2025 marked a breakout year for AI consumption, with platform searches for “AI” up about 100x and sharp sales gains across smart devices. The company is consolidating AI products under a new business arm, investing in embodied-intelligence firms and leaning on a C2M supply-chain approach to scale consumer AI rapidly.
China’s Yushu Says It Shipped Over 5,500 Humanoids in 2025—A Faster Commercial Roll‑out Than Analysts Expected
Yushu Technology announced it shipped over 5,500 humanoid robots in 2025 and produced more than 6,500 humanoid bodies, figures that exceed Omdia’s forecast by about 31%. The company is scaling manufacturing, expanding retail channels with JD.com, and preparing for a domestic IPO after reporting profitable 2024 revenue above RMB 1 billion.