On Dec 22 JD.com announced its plan to leap from virtual reality into reality with the construction of its first-ever international store in Chongqing's Fortune Finance Plaza.

Construction of the JD logistics park began on Dec 24 in the Tong'an district of Xiamen, Fujian province.

Two projects owned by MCC, one of the main subsidiaries of Capital Engineering & Research Incorporation Limited (CERI), won first and second prizes at the recently concluded National Enterprise Innovation Methods Competition on Dec 9, according to local media.

Beijing Tianrun New Energy Investment Co is to cooperate with EDF IN, a French utilities company, on developing a power distribution network platform, with a memorandum of cooperation signed between the two parties on Dec 8, according to local media.

The Sino-European Center affiliated to Beijing Mobile E-Town co-hosted a series of road shows on Dec 12 and 13, in order to promote international projects, according to etowncapital.com.

China's tech giants Tencent Holdings Ltd and JD.com Inc will jointly invest $863 million in cash in Vipshop, the country's discount online retailer, according to a statement on the official WeChat account of JD on Monday.