Avid shopper Marina Kobylenko Viktorovna is delighted with the goods she bought online from China.

The resident of Kaluga, Russia, bought decorations and gifts for her family for the New Year's holiday.

Viktorovna, 34, likes to shop on Taobao.com, China's leading online shopping platform, and has been doing so for five years. She buys clothes, bags, decorative items, toys and electronic goods nearly every month.