On September 22, Wang Puzhong, CEO of Meituan's core local business, said at the 2026 Meituan Instant Retail Industry Conference that instant retail has passed the most difficult stage of demand cultivation and network deployment, and that the next stop is to move from the “storehouse distribution era” to the “commodity era”.

On September 22, Wang Puzhong, CEO of Meituan's core local business, said at the 2026 Meituan Instant Retail Industry Conference that instant retail has passed the most difficult stage of demand cultivation and network deployment, and that the next stop is to move from the “storehouse distribution era” to the “commodity era”.