JD.com Global, the international website of JD.com, a leading Chinese B2C e-commerce company, launched its free international delivery services on Thursday for orders over $49.

"Free global delivery for shipments is a major step forward for consumers outside China who love Chinese cultural products, like books," said Kate Kui, vice-president of JD.com, in charge of the company's open platform business.

"It's now even easier for JD.com Global's 200,000 international users to access the world's biggest Chinese language book platform, which boasts more than 800,000 titles," she said.

According to Kui, with more Chinese students studying abroad and Chinese becoming an increasingly popular language to study around the world, JD.com Global's introduction of free shipping will help more people access some of the world's best literature.

The free delivery program move marks another important step in JD.com's long-term internationalization plans.

JD.com Global, a global website launched by JD.com in October 2012, offers more than 850,000 stock keeping units, including categories from Chinese books and media, electronics to wedding & events, apparel, home and garden. Most of the products are manufactured in China.

Items purchased through JD.com's free shipping plan can be delivered to addresses around the world. Most deliveries to US addresses should arrive within seven to 12 days from the company's China warehouses.

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