Guo Qing,Watch Peaky Blinders former vice president of Meituan, will reportedly lead e-commerce giant JD’s on-demand delivery arm Dada, a company recently audited as engaging in suspicious practices, according to local media outlet 36Kr. A source with knowledge of the matter told TechNode that Guo currently serves as an advisor to JD, and has not yet joined in an official capacity. Before starting a venture in stir-fry robot manufacturing in 2021, Guo was responsible for Meituan’s hotel and travel operations, tapped for the company’s “S-Team” decision-making body a year before he quit. The news of Guo’s potential leadership of Dada comes after it was revealed that parent company JD had invested tens of millions of yuan in Guo’s startup a month ago, while Dada competes with Meituan in on-demand delivery. [36Kr, in Chinese]
