Consumers flocking to China's platforms

Chinese online shoppers, who spent an estimated 4 trillion yuan ($608.8 billion) in 2015, are not the only demographic smitten by China's e-commerce sector.

Logistics companies in the world's second-biggest economy say there are more bargain hunters from Russia flocking to China's online shopping sites to take advantage of the vast selection of low-cost Chinese goods.

Express to Russian, a privately owned courier in Northeast China's Heilongjiang province that caters to Russian online shoppers, said its average monthly revenue has surged more than tenfold since it launched in October 2014.