JD.com opens first unmanned sorting center

JD.com Inc, China's second-biggest e-commerce player, said it has launched the first unmanned sorting center in Kunshan, Jiangsu province, as part of its strategy to build an intelligent and high-efficient logistics system.

The whole process, from parcel sorting to loading onto the trucks, are fully automatic in the Kunshan center, which is also the first of its kind in the world, JD said in a statement.

Compared with traditional automatic sorting centers, JD's is more intelligent and efficient, the company said. The coverage rate of automated equipment has reached 100 percent and about 9,000 parcels can be sorted every hour.