On 12 January 2016, China's State Council announced that the cross border e-commerce zone pilot project will be expanded from a single zone, Hangzhou, to twelve additional zones in order to further promote e-commerce in the country. The additional zones include Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Guangzhou, Hefei, Ningbo, Qingdao, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Suzhou, Tianjin, and Zhengzhou.

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