'Taobao village' on the move to deliver perfect holiday

Employees of an online store process orders in Qingyanliu village, East China's Zhejiang province on Dec 29, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua]

E-commerce has delivered prosperity to Qingyanliu, a village in East China's Zhejiang province. With many residents operating online stores, it has been dubbed the No 1 e-commerce village in the country and is also referred as the Taobao village.

As Chinese Spring Festival nears, 3,000 online stores in the village are busy preparing for the crucial holiday season. According to the local authority, the village is expected to see total online transactions reach 4 billion yuan ($616 million) in 2015.