Amazon builds a new distribution center in Washington State, and Shishi City, Fujian Province, introduces ten measures to accelerate the development of cross-border e-commerce

Amazon Air is rapidly expanding, with next-day delivery expected to cover 95% of the U.S. population

The latest research shows that from September last year to now, the number of active Amazon Air fleets has increased by 13.5%, and the total fleet has increased by 21.4%. Analysts expect that with the recent commissioning of new fleets, the number of Amazon Air flights per day will increase to 160 by June this year. This means that from May last year to June this year, the size of Amazon's fleet will double. This lays the foundation for Amazon's competition with logistics carriers such as FedEx and UPS.

Morgan Stanley predicted in November last year that Amazon may launch a third-party express delivery service when the epidemic eases. Researchers predict that with the expansion of major airport hubs and the expansion of the "last mile" delivery network, Amazon Air is expected to cover 95% of the U.S. population with next-day delivery.

Shishi City, Fujian Province issued ten measures to accelerate the development of cross-border e-commerce

On February 19, it was reported that Shishi City, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province recently introduced ten measures to accelerate the development of cross-border e-commerce.

Specifically, these ten measures include: first, supporting the construction of cross-border e-commerce industrial parks; second, supporting the construction of virtual parks; third, supporting the construction of cross-border public service platforms; fourth, supporting the construction of cross-border e-commerce overseas warehouses; and fifth, encouraging local enterprises to engage in cross-border e-commerce.

Article 6 is to support warehousing operations; Article 7 is to encourage cross-border e-commerce companies to set up regional headquarters and functional headquarters in our city; Article 8 is to accelerate the introduction and training of cross-border e-commerce talents; Article 9 is to implement the entrepreneurship guarantee loan policy; Article 10 is for the commerce, market supervision, customs, taxation and other departments to set up special windows for accepting cross-border e-commerce business, open up green channels for business processing, give priority to accepting cross-border e-commerce business applications, and shorten the process time limit.

Amazon opens new distribution center in Washington state

Amazon announced that it will open a new distribution center in Spokane, Washington, the largest city in the U.S., covering an area of ​​approximately 1.3 million square feet. The $101 million distribution center is expected to open later this year and is dedicated to handling large items such as outdoor furniture, sporting equipment, pet food, bulk cleaning supplies and paper products.

YouTube will launch a beta version of YouTube Shorts in the US next month

In order to compete with the overseas version of TikTok , Youtube announced that it will launch a test version of Youtube Shorts in the United States in March. Youtube Shorts was launched in the Indian market in September last year and currently has 3.5 billion views per day. TikTok's user base is growing rapidly, and it is expected that the number of monthly active users will exceed 1 billion this year. In addition to Youtube, Instagram, owned by Facebook, also launched the 15-second video production function Reels last year to compete with TikTok.

Amazon: Will start manufacturing electronics in India for the first time

According to foreign media reports, Amazon of the United States recently announced that it will start producing electronic products in India for the first time. Amazon will entrust a subsidiary of Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry to produce them at Hon Hai Precision Industry's factory in southern India.

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