COVID insurance

Business briefs from the Chinese media โ€” Friday November 18

COVID insurance: According to a new report by the Insurance Association of China ไธญๅ›ฝไฟ้™ฉ่กŒไธšๅไผš, from the start of 2021 to June 2022, China’s insurance industry developed more than 1,000 insurance products specifically focused on COVID, and provided insurance coverage of more than 4 trillion yuan ($564.80 billion) for the resumption of work and production.

Business is bad for Alibaba but its logistics arm is booming: Yesterday, Alibaba ้˜ฟ้‡Œๅทดๅทด้›†ๅ›ข announced lackluster earnings, but Cainiao ่œ้ธŸ็ฝ‘็ปœ, Alibabaโ€™s logistics company, reported revenue for the quarter ended September 30 of 18.28 billion yuan ($2.58 billion), a year-on-year increase of 26%. Cainiao currently operates a total of 170,000 facilities in China and 12 distribution centers in foreign markets.

NetEase and Tencent get just one game each: The National Press and Publication Administration yesterday approved a new batch of 70 online games, including 63 mobile games. NetEase ็ฝ‘ๆ˜“ and Tencent ่…พ่ฎฏ each got one game approved.