Taobao is an online shopping and auction website owned by Alibaba Group in the mainland of China. It is a large online retail platform in the Asia-Pacific region. Founded in 2003, it is a shopping website for consumers in Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, new Zealand, Canada, the United States, and Japan. Individuals or companies can open their own online stores on Taobao. In addition, Taobao also has an auction platform.${item.brief_description}