JD set to make its businesses intelligent in next 12 years

JD.com Inc, China's second-biggest e-commerce player, is set to build up a world leading intelligent technology-driven enterprise in the next 12 years, which includes intelligent e-commerce, finance and insurance, aiming to become the largest B2C platform by 2021.

JD Finance, its finance unit, is striving to become one of the top three financial technology companies globally by 2020, to serve thousands of financial institutions and millions of enterprises, said JD.

"JD Finance will not only possess financial products and service, we will also tap into security, credit and bank fields quickly. We will apply for our own bank, or take shareholdings in a bank, to offer all-round financial services one day," said Liu Qiangdong, chairman and CEO of JD, on Friday at the annual meeting of the company.