Meituan establishes Amazon-style special team led by founder Wang Xing

Meituan founder and Chief Executive Officer Wang Xing announced in an internal meeting on Wednesday that the company is going to set up a special team to oversee the operation of its retail business, the new business priority for the company.

-The team includes five members, including CEO Wang Xing, Wang Puzhong and Chen Liang. The latter two are senior vice presidents overseeing the company’s home delivery and grocery delivery arms, respectively. The other two members are Guo Wanhui, the head of restaurant produce delivery platform Kuailv, and the head of Meituan app Li Shubin.

-The company has integrated the business of Meituan Youxuan, a community grocery unit and Kuailv to increase efficiency. Chen will lead the integrated team with assistance from Guo.

-With the move, Meituan is taking a leaf out of Amazon’s book, which created a similar D-team in 2008, a critical transitional phase for the e-commerce giant to shift to a digital giant.

-Guo Qing, a member of the company’s senior executive team called S-team and manager of its transportation unit, is going to leave the company to work on his own startup, according to LatePost. Home delivery president Zhang Chuan reportedly will replace Guo.