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A a food delivery rider in Beijing. Photo: AP
E-commerce

China’s market regulator summons Alibaba, Meituan, JD amid delivery war

The meeting follows months of fierce competition, during which the companies offered a blizzard of food delivery discounts to win over users.

E-commerce

Meituan executive bemoans ‘irrational’ price war with Alibaba, JD.com

Alibaba

Alibaba’s ‘Super Saturdays’ event to heat up China’s on-demand delivery market

E-commerce

Alibaba delivers 80 million orders in 1 day amid price war

Meituan, Taobao, Ele.me and JD.com shower consumers with freebies and promotions, leaving customers gleeful and merchants overwhelmed.

Delivery workers for Ele.me and Meituan pass on a street in Yancheng, in China’s eastern Jiangsu province, on May 14, 2025. Photo: VCG via Getty Images
E-commerce

Meituan’s daily orders hit record 150 million amid rivalry with JD.com, Alibaba

Daily delivery volumes at the mainland’s top on-demand delivery giant reached 150 million from 120 million last week.

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E-commerce

JD.com’s US$1.4 billion plan heats up delivery battle with Meituan, Alibaba

E-commerce giant unveils ‘Double Hundred Plan’ as industry-wide daily delivery orders reach a new high of more than 200 million.

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Alibaba

Alibaba’s US$7 billion subsidy deepens China’s instant shopping battle

The renewed push follows JD.com’s aggressive entry into China’s food delivery market in February.

Alibaba is handing out subsidies to boost its instant commerce business. Photo: Shutterstock
ByteDance

ByteDance’s Douyin launches Yelp-like AI chatbot to suggest eateries, reviews

The chatbot called Tanfan can also be used to compare selected restaurants and watch food video blogs.

E-commerce

JD.com hires full-time food delivery riders to challenge Meituan, Alibaba

Recruitment drive suggests that company urgently needs to strengthen its courier workforce to fight resourceful rivals.

Alibaba

Alibaba folds delivery app and travel agency into e-commerce group

CEO Eddie Wu said the restructuring ‘marks a strategic upgrade from an e-commerce platform to a comprehensive consumer platform’.

Alibaba’s food delivery service Ele.me previously operated under the company’s Local Services Group. Photo: Simon Song
E-commerce

Meituan keeps tight grip on 70% of food delivery market in China, report says

Citing internal data, Leiphone.com reported that Meituan’s daily food delivery orders reached 90 million this month.

A staff member takes a bag of ordered food from a Meituan delivery worker during a Starbucks media event in Beijing on January 18, 2022. Photo: Reuters
Bonds

Grab to sell US$1.25 billion in convertible bonds to fund acquisitions

Singapore-based Grab, whose app is ubiquitous in Southeast Asia for ride hailing and food delivery, will issue convertible bonds that mature on June 15, 2030, it said.

Hong Kong society

Hong Kong’s food delivery scene soars with drone services to Ma On Shan

Keeta starts delivering orders from two fast-food restaurants in Science Park to Ma On Shan Promenade.

Hong Kong economy

Editorial | Law must deliver on fears of food couriers in Hong Kong

Legal protection of rights and benefits of Hong Kong delivery workers leaves a lot to be desired, and it is about time something was done.

Food delivery drivers strike in Central in May. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong workers/labour rights

Letters | Keeta’s dangerous order-grabbing mechanism should be scrapped

Readers discuss the safety hazard posed by Keeta’s system design, the heavy fine slapped on MTR Corp, the taxi licence system, and the jaywalking penalty.

A worker delivers food in Central district on May 28. Keeta’s order-grabbing system prioritises speed over road safety. Photo: Edmond So
Hong Kong workers/labour rights

Hong Kong to consider stronger laws to protect food delivery workers this year

City’s labour minister tells lawmakers authorities will improve rights and benefits of platform workers, following recent spate of protests.

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E-commerce

Delivery war: Alibaba vies for Meituan’s on-demand throne in China

Alibaba’s Taobao Instant Commerce service and Ele.me have surpassed 40 million daily orders within a month of launch, the company says.

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China's economic recovery

China’s regulators must act quickly to stamp out price wars: People’s Daily

The party mouthpiece warns that excessive, cutthroat competition is harming the long-term development of industries like food delivery.

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A vicious price war has been raging in China’s food delivery sector in recent months, sparking concerns about excessive competition in the economy. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong workers/labour rights

Keeta riders stage third strike in Hong Kong over pay, work conditions

More than 100 riders gather in busy areas of Hung Hom and Central, following smaller-scale protests in Tsuen Wan and Mei Foo earlier this month.

Old Hong Kong

Then & Now | In Hong Kong, delivery apps once took on a different – more physical – form

Home deliveries are far from new – lowering a basket on a rope to hawkers selling everything from food to hardware was once typical.

E-commerce

Beijing tells food delivery giants to simmer down as feud gets too hot to handle

Five government agencies, led by the State Administration for Market Regulation, urged the instant commerce giants to follow competition regulation.

Food delivery riders from rivals Meituan (yellow) and Ele.me (blue) rest on their motorbikes in Chongqing on December 29, 2024. Photo: Getty Images
Alibaba

Alibaba offers 100 million free drinks as instant deliveries hit milestone

Alibaba announced the milestone two weeks after JD.com said it also reached 10 million daily orders for items sent immediately to buyers’ doorsteps.

A delivery man carries packages of food during lunchtime in Beijing on April 28. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong workers/labour rights

‘Exhausted and short of breath’: hidden toll of Hong Kong’s food delivery grind

As part of Greenpeace survey, 33-year-old rider describes intense working conditions and repercussions for taking a break.

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Millionaires and billionaires

Meet DoorDash co-founder Stanley Tang, who grew up in Hong Kong

Tang was born in Japan and grew up in Hong Kong before moving to California; he was a successful internet entrepreneur by the time he was 15 and co-founded DoorDash while a student at Stanford.

E-commerce

JD.com boss delivers food in publicity stunt to challenge Meituan

The move reflects the e-commerce giant’s commitment to expanding its recently launched food delivery business, analysts say.

Richard Liu Qiangdong, founder of JD.com, celebrates his company’s listing on the Nasdaq in 2014. Photo: AP
E-commerce

JD and Meituan food fight spills into public in Chinese delivery platform spat

In a public letter, JD.com accused a ‘rival platform’ of preventing delivery riders from using multiple platforms, for which Meituan was fined in 2021.

A Meituan delivery worker walks among office towers in Beijing on March 27. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong workers/labour rights

Deliveroo riders to take legal action over compensation as it exits Hong Kong

Sixteen couriers plan to file claims with Labour Tribunal over employee entitlements.

China’s economic stimulus

China mends fences with big tech in consumption, employment push

Beijing is increasingly praising the tech sector as a driver of jobs and economic growth, but platforms may still be closely supervised.

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