Sep 26, 2021| ESG

JD’s Digital Contracting Platform Save Resources Tremendously

Vivian Yang

by Vivian Yang

JD Technology kicked off a new round of promotion of its digital contracting services on September 17th, aiming to bring the blockchain-based technology to more SMEs and support them to go paperless in business operation.

To date, JD’s digital contracting platform has assisted on managing over 4 billion contracts for more than 500,000 enterprise users. If a contract uses 10 pieces of A4 paper on average, the platform has accumulatively saved 40 billion pieces of paper so far, which equates to the save of 13 million trees and reducing more than 4 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions.

A number of China’s well-known enterprises such as Xiamen ITG Group Corp. adopted the platform recently, and estimates show that the service will help them save 80% time in the work of contract processing, and lower costs of contract signing by 60%.

Enabled by digital certificates and blockchain, the service makes sure that all parties in a transaction can share the same view of a live contract, and every step and revision of the contract is recorded, creating a tamper-proof audit trail. The blockchain system can also enable hashlock on confidential contracts to ensure the safety of the original document and data privacy.

As a one-stop solution, the platform offers contract templates, digital stamps, e-signing, archiving services and more. All data is strictly scrutinized before being connected to the platform, and will continue to go through rigid reviews in every step of data generation, transfer, storage and other actions to secure data authenticity. More importantly, the complete evidence chain is synchronized with courts, notary offices and other judicial bodies, ensuring contacts’ judicial validity and management efficiency.

Heavy technology aside, the platform is easy to use, as it supports multi-interfaces on computers, app, Wechat mini program and more, as well as simultaneous actions by different people.

New users of the platform will not only enjoy discounts and a service package for free, but also become a certified member of JD’s “zero-carbon enterprise” program.

(vivian.yang@jd.com)

Aug 18, 2021| ESG

JD.com Stages Largest Recruitment of Graduates in The Industry by Providing 40,000 Openings in The Past Three Years

Yuchuan Wang

by Yuchuan Wang

JD.com announced on Aug. 17 that the company had provided nearly 40,000 job opportunities for graduates in the past three years with 358 types of positions. This July saw almost 400 new hires born after the year of 2000 joining JD.com.

With rapid development of businesses, JD has been leading in the industry in recruiting the most graduates in the past few years. Earlier this month, the company announced that it will provide 150 types of job positions for class 2022, covering the company’s major businesses across retail, technology, logistics, healthcare, property management, international business and industrial solutions.

While increasing the quantity of recruitment and types of positions, JD also continues to increase the incentive measures for talent. In July this year, JD.com announced that it will increase employee annual pay (including bonuses) from 14 months to 16 months over the next two years.

Younger generations have become a driving force for JD’s innovation and business development. Yinlun Li, who is the general manager of marketing operation of JD.com’s Fast Moving Consumer Goods business, became a team leader at 24, three years after he joined JD.

JD strives to create a positive working environment while improving employees’ overall well-being. The company will continue to provide broader growth space, richer business opportunities and more diversified job offerings to encourage recruitment of young people.

(yuchuan.wang@jd.com)

Aug 13, 2021| ESG

JD to Provide E-Commerce Education in China-Kenya Vocational Training Cooperation

Vivian Yang

by Vivian Yang

As one of the project founders, JD.com participated in the inaugural ceremony of the Lu Ban Workshop and China-Kenya Vocational and Technical Education Center on August 6 in Beijing, one of the venues for the online ceremony. Lu Ban (507-444 B.C.) is the name of the very first master carpenter of ancient China.

The Center is created with joint efforts between Taita Tavetu University (TTU) of Kenya and Dongying Vocational Institute in Shangdong, China, with the goal to provide professional and technical training and practice opportunities for Kenyan students and teachers in the fields of petroleum engineering, petrochemical engineering and a new generation of information technologies.

JD.com will provide e-commerce related education for trainees of the project.

Quanpu Feng, vice president of JD.com, at the inaugural ceremony

During the inaugural ceremony, Quanpu Feng, vice president of JD.com, pointed out that the center’s establishment marks an important milestone, and demonstrates the progress of the partnership between JD.com and the Education Department of Shangdong province in the field of integration between industries and vocational education, and international cooperation.

Main venue of the ceremony in Dongying Vocational Institute

Zhigang Wang, director of vocational education section of the Department, said at the main venue for the ceremony in Dongying Vocational Institute that based on the upgrade of AI technologies and petroleum engineering and other industries, and through deep collaboration with leading enterprises like JD.com and more, the cross-border, cross-institute and cross-industries model is aimed to train localized talents for the needs of international production capacity cooperation.

Vice mayor of Dongying Meihua Liu and the president of Dongying Vacational Institute Yancheng Li unveiled the center in Dongying. At the same time, TTU Secretariat of the University Training and Research Ambassador Simon Nabukwesi and the University’s Vice Chancellor Prof. Fred Simiyu Barasa unveiled the Lu Ban workshop project in Taita Tavetu University during the online ceremony.

(vivian.yang@jd.com)