Double 11 shopping spree concludes with record-high transaction volume

The Double 11 Global Shopping Festival, China's largest online shopping event concluded on Monday, with sales expected to set new records.

The number of shopping users on JD.com rose more than 20 percent from last year, and the order volume of JD.com's livestreaming procurement and sales increased 3.8 times.

According to data from Tmall under China's e-commerce giant Alibaba who created the festival, the total transaction volume has grown significantly, as of midnight on Monday.

This year, China has been promoting large-scale equipment upgrades and trade-in programs for consumer goods, aiming to boost domestic demand and support continuous economic growth.

As of early November, the trade-in programs had seen over 30 million consumers participating and brought more than 400 billion yuan in sales, according to the country's Ministry of Commerce.

During the "Double 11" shopping festival, the state's trade-in subsidy has been added to the festival discounts provided by e-commerce platforms for the first time, creating combined offers that drive consumption.

Double 11 shopping spree concludes with record-high transaction volume

China's first intelligent grain leveling robot has been put into use in the country's granaries, freeing workers from arduous tasks and significantly raising efficiency.

The robot has two unique wheels with spiral blades, enabling it to travel at two meters per second on grain piles and flatten peaks. Even while carrying an adult's weight, it can maintain high-speed movement without sinking into the grain.

"It takes three people three days to complete leveling grain in a 1,400-square-meter granary like this, but three leveling robots can finish the job within one day. They can free people from hard labor," said Guo Fengmin, a designer of the robot.

The robot has a dustproof surface to prevent short circuits while working in a dusty environment.

The intelligent system also features laser radars and sensors installed in the granary to help robots avoid obstacles and collect data for route planning.

During collective operations, the system would use intelligent algorithms to plan the robots' routes in a unified manner, so that they won't collide with one another.

Grain leveling robot frees workers from arduous granary tasks