Workers check the quality of clothes for sale at the logistics center of a Tmall online shop in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, Nov. 5, 2013, making preparations for the upcoming "Singles' Day" shopping promotion on Nov. 11. Alibaba Group, operator of China's biggest e-commerce platforms, will launch a shopping festival on Nov. 11 on its consumer-oriented platform Tmall.com, highlighting big discounts. Sales on Tmall.com reached 13.2 billion yuan ($2.2 billion) on that day last year. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

A sign is shown to mark the countdown to the "Singles' Day" shopping promotion on Nov. 11. by a Tmall online shop in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, Nov. 5, 2013. Alibaba Group, operator of China's biggest e-commerce platforms, will launch a shopping festival on Nov. 11 on its consumer-oriented platform Tmall.com, highlighting big discounts. Sales on Tmall.com reached 13.2 billion yuan ($2.2 billion) on that day last year. (Xinhua/Liang Xu) 
 

Staff members respond to customers' online questions at the headquarters of a Tmall online shop in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, Nov. 5, 2013, ahead of the "Singles' Day" shopping promotion on Nov. 11. Alibaba Group, operator of China's biggest e-commerce platforms, will launch a shopping festival on Nov. 11 on its consumer-oriented platform Tmall.com, highlighting big discounts. Sales on Tmall.com reached 13.2 billion yuan ($2.2 billion) on that day last year. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

Workers check goods at the logistics center of a Tmall online shop in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, Nov. 5, 2013, making preparations for the upcoming "Singles' Day" shopping promotion on Nov. 11. Alibaba Group, operator of China's biggest e-commerce platforms, will launch a shopping festival on Nov. 11 on its consumer-oriented platform Tmall.com, highlighting big discounts. Sales on Tmall.com reached 13.2 billion yuan ($2.2 billion) on that day last year. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

A staff member responds to customers' online questions at the headquarters of a Tmall online shop in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, Nov. 5, 2013, ahead of the "Singles' Day" shopping promotion on Nov. 11. Alibaba Group, operator of China's biggest e-commerce platforms, will launch a shopping festival on Nov. 11 on its consumer-oriented platform Tmall.com, highlighting big discounts. Sales on Tmall.com reached 13.2 billion yuan ($2.2 billion) on that day last year. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

Workers load goods at the logistics center of a Tmall online shop in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, Nov. 5, 2013, making preparations for the upcoming "Singles' Day" shopping promotion on Nov. 11. Alibaba Group, operator of China's biggest e-commerce platforms, will launch a shopping festival on Nov. 11 on its consumer-oriented platform Tmall.com, highlighting big discounts. Sales on Tmall.com reached 13.2 billion yuan ($2.2 billion) on that day last year. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)