# rural logistics
Latest news and articles about rural logistics
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How Pinduoduo Turned Village Corner Shops into the New Rural Commercial Hubs
Pinduoduo’s 2025 ‘free delivery to villages’ programme channels county-level transfer centres and village pick-up shops to absorb second-leg delivery costs, bringing parcels directly into rural communities. The initiative shortens the logistics ‘last mile’, boosts rural consumption, creates income for village shops and enables farmers to send produce to wider markets, though its long-term viability depends on scaling, subsidy management and addressing high per-parcel costs in dispersed, mountainous areas.
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.