Online shopping spree on Nov. 11 (2/8)

Reporters keep eyes on order volumes of Tmall, a business-to-consumer marketplace of China's biggest e-commerce platform Alibaba, in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Nov. 11, 2013. The online shopping spree on Nov. 11, initiated in the name of "Singles Day," a celebration for those not paired off, has become China's most popular annual commercial holiday and created an e-commerce miracle. As of 8:42 a.m. on Monday, the order volumes of Tmall has reached 12.1 billion yuan (about 1.98 billion U.S. dollars). (Xinhua/Han Chuanhao)