JD.com’s Richard Liu Resigns From Chinese Communist Party Advisory Body

JD.com’s Richard Liu Resigns From Chinese Communist Party Advisory Body
JD.com founder Richard Liu attends a Reuters interview in Hong Kong, China on June 9, 2017. Bobby Yip/Reuters
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SHANGHAI—Richard Liu, the founder and chief executive of Chinese e-commerce company JD.com, has resigned from the advisory body to China’s parliament for “personal reasons,” state broadcaster CCTV reported on Nov. 7.

Leaders of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, or CPPCC, accepted Liu’s resignation at a meeting on Thursday, it reported.