Chinese exporters are rushing to get their products online on Wildberries, Russia's top e-commerce platform, which is now open to Chinese sellers and has recently established a service center in Wuhan, the capital of central China's Hubei Province.
Zhang Yong is an internet e-commerce entrepreneur who has been involved in cross-border e-commerce for nearly eight years. Recently, his team has been using the Wildberries platform to target the Russian market.
"Due to sanctions against Russia, many of the goods they need are imported from China, and Russian consumers highly recognize Chinese products. That's why we are using this platform focused on Russia," said Zhang, chairman of Wuhan BoozRay Trading.
Founded in 2004, Wildberries has been an industry leader for 20 years, accounting for over 40 percent of Russia's domestic e-commerce market. In mid-April, Wildberries announced it would open registration to Chinese sellers, quickly attracting a surge of interest from Chinese e-commerce businesses.
"Russia's cross-border e-commerce market is a blue ocean in China. Previously, most focused on European and American markets, but now more people are turning to China-Russia trade, engaging in both B2B and B2C businesses. We're aligning with this trend by partnering with Wildberries to serve Chinese sellers," said Wang Haiyan, president of Wuhan Huien Network Technology.
The Wildberries service center offers end-to-end services for Chinese businesses in cross-border trade, logistics, warehousing, financial settlements, and related training.
"Since officially opening registration on the 15th of last month, around 50 Chinese brands have already settled in Hubei's incubation base, and their transaction volumes are highly promising," said Wang.
Russia's top e-commerce platform attracts Chinese cross-border sellers
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Monday called for advancing full and rigorous Party self-governance with higher standards and more concrete measures.
Xi, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks while addressing the fifth plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) in Beijing.
Xi urged efforts to confine power to an institutional cage in a more well-conceived and effective manner, and press ahead with the anti-corruption fight with a clearer understanding and stronger resolve, thus providing a strong guarantee for achieving the goals and tasks of the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030).
Xi pointed out that in 2025, the CPC Central Committee had intensified efforts to improve Party conduct, uphold integrity and combat corruption, achieving notable results. Xi said efforts were made to maintain a tough stance against corruption and eradicate the breeding grounds and conditions for corruption.
Xi emphasized that implementing the major decisions and plans of the CPC Central Committee is a fundamental requirement for upholding its authority and its centralized, unified leadership.
Party organizations at all levels and Party members and officials should implement the decisions and plans of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee with concrete actions, he said.
Xi noted that confining power to an institutional cage is an important task in exercising full and rigorous Party self-governance.
He stressed that all are equal before the law and regulations, that compliance with them admits no privilege, and that enforcement of the law and regulations allows no exception.
Xi underscored that the fight against corruption is a major struggle that the Party cannot afford to lose, and must never lose.
He said that the current anti-corruption situation remains grave and complex, and that the task of eliminating the soil and conditions breeding corruption remains arduous. Xi added that it is essential to maintain a firm stance to leave corrupt officials with no place to hide.
Stressing the need to stay attuned to new trends and features of corruption, Xi urged efforts to innovate methods and approaches, promptly detect and accurately identify corrupt practices, and effectively address all forms of corruption, so as to continuously enhance the penetrating power of anti-corruption efforts.
He also urged strengthening coordination among all forms of oversight to advance integrated governance through whole-process collaboration, and called for sustained efforts to forge a loyal, upright and responsible disciplinary inspection and supervision force that dares to and is good at fighting against corruption.
Members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi and Ding Xuexiang attended the meeting.
Li Xi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the CCDI, presided over the meeting. On Monday afternoon, on behalf of the standing committee of the CCDI, Li also delivered a work report.
Xi urges advancing Party self-governance with higher standards, more concrete measures
