<Tr> <Th> Next time </Th> <Td> 11 November 2018 (2018 - 11 - 11) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Frequency </Th> <Td> Annual </Td> </Tr> <P> Singles' Day or Guanggun Jie (Chinese: 光棍 节; pinyin: Guānggùn Jié; Wade--Giles: Kuang - kun chieh; literally: "Single Sticks' Holiday") is an entertainment festival popular among young Chinese people, that celebrates the fact that they are proud of being single . The date, November 11th (11 / 11), was chosen because the number "1" resembles an individual who is alone . </P> <P> The event is not an officially recognized public holiday in china although it has become the largest offline and online shopping day in the world . Sales in Alibaba's sites, Tmall and Taobao, have reached US $5.8 billion in 2013, US $9.3 billion in 2014, US $14.3 billion in 2015, US $17.8 billion in 2016, and over US $25.4 billion in 2017 . JD.com also achieved a sales record of US $19.1 billion in 2017, while Lazada drums up US $123 million . </P>

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