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The billionaire founder of China's second-biggest online retailer JD.com Inc., Richard Liu,
中国第二大在线零售商京东集团的创始人、亿万富翁刘强东，
stepped down as chief executive officer on Thursday, April 7.
于周四（4月7日）卸任首席执行官一职。
The Chinese tech tyrant announced that Richard Liu would pass the baton to current president Xu Lei,
这家中国科技巨头宣布，刘强东将把接力棒交给现任总裁徐雷，
the former head of JD.com's retail business and a company veteran of more than a decade.
他曾是京东零售业务的负责人，在公司工作了十余年。
According to the announcement, Xu will start the top job immediately and join the board as an executive director.
根据公告，徐雷担任首席执行官的任命立即生效，并以执行董事的身份加入京东集团董事会。
Meanwhile, Liu, who owns about 80% of the voting power and nearly a 14% stake, will remain chairman of the board.
与此同时，拥有80%的投票权以及近14%的股份的刘强东，仍将继续担任京东董事会主席一职。
Richard Liu is not the only Chinese tech founder to take a step back recently.
刘强东并不是近期唯一一位卸任职务的中国科技公司的创始人。
Bloomberg reported that Zhang Yiming, founder of Tiktok owner Bytedance, also stepped down as CEO to take a less prominent role in the company last year.
据彭博社报道，抖音母公司字节跳动的创始人张一鸣，去年也辞去了首席执行官一职，在公司担任较为次要的角色。
In addition, video platform Kuaishou founder Su Hua ceded leadership to trusted deputy Cheng Yixiao.
此外，视频平台快手的创始人宿华，则是将领导权交给了其值得信赖的副手程一笑。
And Colin Huang, founder of the upstart e-commerce company Pinduoduo resigned as CEO in 2020.
而新兴电子商务公司拼多多的创始人黄峥，则于2020年辞去了该公司首席执行官一职。
