Liu Peimin, vice president of China National Heavy Duty Truck Group, is confident in the cooperation.
"It's a beneficial cooperation between a 60-year-old traditional truck enterprise and a vibrant, growing internet company," said Liu. "The internet will offer new opportunities for online and offline business."
China's biggest online logistics platform, Truck Alliance, helps match trucks with commodity owners in need of transport nationwide. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
Entering the market in 2011, Truck Alliance has become China's biggest online logistics platform, working with 2.3 million truckers and 350,000 shippers and boasting about 1,000 service centers in more than 360 cities nationwide. It handles as much as 100,000 orders daily and processes up to $120 million in shipping fees every day.
With the digital economy booming, Truck Alliance plans to see more innovation connecting the real economy with internet technologies.