Representatives from Nantong government and Jingdong Group sign a cooperation agreement in Beijing on March 16. [Photo/chinanews.com] 

Jingdong (JD) Cloud will set up a regional center in Chongchuan district, Nantong, East China's Jiangsu province, according to a cooperation agreement signed in Beijing on March 16.

The regional center will include a cloud computing big data center for waterway services, a cross-border e-commerce industrial center, an intelligent manufacturing innovation center, and a training center for skilled workers.

It will provide technological support to JD's operations in the Yangtze River Delta region and promote high-quality development of the digital economy in Nantong.