China's second-largest e-commerce player JD has linked up with leading Chinese real estate developer China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd, with a goal of opening hundreds of unmanned convenience stores, leveraging the latter's real estate resources across the country.

JD Logistics, the logistics arm of the country's second-largest e-commerce player JD, said that it has achieved an annual revenue of 30 billion yuan ($4.5 billion) and looks set to scale it up to 100 billion yuan in the next five years, with orders from third-party trading platforms accounting for nearly 50 percent of the revenue.

JD Logistics, the logistics arm of the country's second-largest e-commerce player JD.com Inc, announced decision to invest 1 billion yuan ($151 million) to establish a green fund, in a bid to promote the use of sustainable, greener packaging materials throughout the supply chain.

A delegation led by Yang Yongzheng, a top official from E-Town Capital, visited Beijing-based Stargroup Research & Integration Co on Nov 30.

Liu Qiangdong, CEO of JD.com Inc, one of China's largest e-commerce players, took up his new post as the honorary director of Pingshitou village in North China's Hebei province, one of the internet giant's gestures for poverty-relief.

JD Finance is ramping up efforts to leverage its big data, cloud computing and artificial intelligence to better serve financial institutions.