Cainiao

Cainiao is the logistics division of the Alibaba Group.

History

2021: Investing 500 million rubles in a new sorting center in Russia

On November 18, 2021, Cainiao Network announced the opening of a new sorting center in Russia. The logistics division of Alibaba invested about 500 million rubles in this project. It should significantly reduce the time to deliver goods purchased over the Internet to different countries of the world.

A new sorting center with a total area of ​ ​ 45 thousand square meters. meters launched near Domodedovo Airport. The technological equipment installed there allows Cainiao to process up to 800 thousand small parcels every day.

The sorting center was built in 5 months. As a result of the launch, more than 300 local residents received new jobs.

Alibaba invested 500 million rubles in a new sorting center in Russia

Russia is one of the key markets for the Cainiao Network. Together with local partners, we have deployed a logistics network to ensure optimal interaction with Russian consumers and sellers. Cainiao Network intends to increase investment in the Russian market in order to constantly improve the quality of customer service in Russia, "said Ricky Xue, general manager of Cainiao Network Russia.

By November 2021, Cainiao operates 27 charter cargo flights between Russia and China every week. Together with the Federal Customs Service of Russia, a system of accelerated passage of customs control was created.

Mail is delivered to the center from the airport by large cargo transport. After sorting, departures are delivered to final destinations by medium and small cargo transport.

For the delivery system of the "last mile" Cainiao uses more than 30 thousand delivery points and equipped more than 4 thousand storage cells. By November 2021, work is underway to create its own network of delivery points to improve its own final delivery infrastructure.

2020

Alibaba and Cainiao relinquished global positions

On October 27, 2020, it became known that Alibaba abandoned the names of positions at the global level, including in Russia, where a subsidiary of the logistics company Cainiao Network joined the project. More details here.

Russian Post invests 3 billion rubles in its single IT platform Data Cloud

On October 12, 2020, Russian Post announced the investment of 3 billion rubles in the development of a single Data Cloud information and analytical platform that collects and integrates absolutely all the data faced by the postal operator. These funds are planned to be spent over several years to improve the quality of data, their accumulation and processing. More details here.

Investing 1 billion rubles in new warehouses and fast delivery

On June 23, 2020, it became known that Cainiao invested 1 billion rubles in the development of activities in Russia. These funds, in particular, will go to the creation of new warehouses and initiatives for the quick delivery of orders.

 In 2020, as part of its investment program, Cainiao will bring the number of new warehouse centers to 30 worldwide with a total area of ​ ​ up to 2 million square meters. m This will double the efficiency of the processes within three years, the company said.

Logistics Operator Alibaba invest 1 billion rubles in new warehouses and fast delivery

Cainiao intends to continue to work on localizing its platform in the Russian Federation and creating new services for Russian consumers and sellers. In 2020, the company launched a program to support domestic sellers on AliExpress: together with partners, special category warehouses were opened. They allowed sellers to reduce delivery times and save on processing orders and reduce costs by the last mile to 30%.

During 2020, Cainiao will launch several investment projects to develop regional deliveries and localize IT projects. The company expects to increase the frequency of cargo flights around the world from 200 to 1.2 thousand within 9 months (Russia accepts 14 Cainiao flights from China) and increase the number of regional warehouses in order to reduce the timing of international deliveries - for 100 the largest world megacities, this figure should be 72 hours.

Russia remains one of the largest markets for Cainiao. The total volume of parcels in the Russian Federation reaches 25% of the total volume of cargo. At the same time, the European segment demonstrates the greatest dynamics - every second parcel is sent there.

Within three years, we plan to become an unconditional world leader in cross-border transportation, and we are actively investing in this task, "said William Xiong, Cainiao Director of Strategy and General Manager of Export.[1]

2019: Cooperation with the Russian Post in the field of cross-border digital trade

Russian Post and Cainiao on February 13, 2019 announced the signing of a letter of intent for closer cooperation in the field of cross-border digital trade and the provision of logistics services in the e-commerce market. The document was signed by the General Director of the Russian Post Nikolai Podguzov and the Director of the Cainiao Network Lin Wang. More details here.

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