Workers handle express packages in China Post's East China Center located in Jinhua, East China's Zhejiang Province on October 31, 2023, as the annual "Double 11" shopping festival kicks off. More than 7 million packages are passing through the facility per day, compared with 4 million on ordinary days. Purchases on JD.com in the first 10 minutes of October 23 quadrupled year-on-year, and sales of more than 1,300 brands on Tmall doubled year-on-year in the first hour of pre-sales on October 24.  Photo; VCG