New season of How China Works out on Youku

On a journey to explore China's huge package-delivery system around Singles' Day (Nov 11), an annual 24-hour shopping extravaganza started by Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, US TV host Danny Forster hops onto a van in Shanghai that goes to many neighborhoods to deliver the goods and interacts with his interviewees en route.

How China Works, the documentary series Forster hosts, released its second season on the Chinese online video platform Youku in March. The season will show three 45-minute episodes, covering some of the country's most ambitious projects, cutting-edge technologies, lifestyle changes and the impact of internet on society.

Jointly produced by China Intercontinental Communication Center and Discovery Networks' Asia-Pacific division, the documentary series was conceived in 2013, when the producers planned to examine through the eyes of a foreigner how a vast country like China operates efficiently.