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Chinese e-commerce platform JD has partnered with Dada Group to provide one-hour delivery services of daily necessities to JD customers.

The move will see the launch of around 100,000 JDDJ-branded online stores on the JD platform, including nearly 100 chain supermarket and store brands such as Walmart. It is an expansion of JD’s Omnichannel Fulfillment supply chain innovation program launched last year to integrate multiple offline channels, enabling them to deliver orders originating from JD directly and improving the efficiency of the supply chain – with delivery times shortened to an average of two hours.

The new partnership allows JD buyers to purchase and receive more than 3 million products from participating stores within an hour, with some products available for delivery within 15 minutes.

The Omnichannel Fulfillment program has attracted multiple leading brand partners since launching, including Coca-Cola, Nongfu Spring, P&G, C’est bon and Budweiser amongst others, covering offline stores in 242 cities across China.

Chinese online giant JD and its on-demand delivery platform Dada Group, will provide 35,000 jobs during the coronavirus epidemic to minimize its impact on employment.

The initiative is also intended to support SMEs that may suffer from the economic impact of the virus.

About 20,000 of the positions being created will be frontline warehouse and logistics jobs. So far, 700 of the positions have been filled by workers from JD partner firms. The other 15,000 jobs will be offered under Dada Group to support the current rise in online orders for partner retailers.

JD’s hi-tech supermarket 7Fresh has also initiated a scheme to hire temporary staff from restaurants, hotels, cinemas and other retail firms closed for trading sitting the epidemic. It is also setting up remote working customer service positions for staff who need to remain home with families.

“7Fresh is operating every day to ensure customers can get enough fresh food,” said the company’s head of human resources Chunhua Cao. “It is JD’s responsibility to work with partners and help them and their employees get through this special time.”

The temporary employees will be monitored periodically with temperature checks and disinfections as a protective measure against the spread of the virus. They will also receive an insurance package specific to the coronavirus.