The online retail market in China reached 1.59 trillion yuan (US$244.6 billion) in the second quarter of 2017 (up 31.2% over Q2 2016), with B2C sales accounting for 860.5 billion yuan (US$132.4 billion), an increase of 32% over the second quarter of 2016.

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China will delay enforcing tougher rules on the country’s fast-growing cross-border retail market until the end of 2018, a boost for global firms that have been tapping the round-about route into the world’s number two economy.

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