Alibaba to launch 'Singles' Day' shopping promotion on Nov. 11 (4/6)

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 U.S. dollars) on that day last year. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)