Focus on 2021 China E-Commerce Conference

The wide application of the Internet has promoted the high integration of digital industrialization and industrial digitalization. E-commerce has become an important driving force to promote economic and social development and change people‘s production and life. On September 3, the 2021 China E-Commerce Conference opened in Beijing, an important event held during the 2021 China International Fair for Trade in Services. The theme of the conference is "New Opportunities for Digital Education and Future for Business". It is hosted by the Ministry of Commerce and the Beijing Municipal People‘s Government. Many domestic and foreign experts and business representatives participated in the conference to discuss the new direction of e-commerce development.

  Ren Hongbin, Vice Minister of Commerce, said that during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, e-commerce has made outstanding achievements in four aspects: promoting consumption, promoting integration, promoting revitalization and promoting opening-up. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the Ministry of Commerce will do a good job of deepening innovation-driven, leading consumption upgrades, promoting commercial-industry integration, serving rural revitalization, advocating openness and win-win, strengthening international cooperation, promoting efficiency changes, and coordinating development and security. , continue to play the important role of e-commerce in building a modern economic system. The "14th Five-Year Plan" for E-commerce Development, led by the Ministry of Commerce and jointly compiled with relevant departments, will also be officially released in the near future.

  Yan Ying, vice chairman of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People‘s Political Consultative Conference, said that e-commerce has played an important role in driving the economic growth of the capital. E-commerce has achieved leapfrog development, and online consumption has become a new engine driving economic growth in the capital. E-commerce has become a boost to consumption upgrades and brand innovation. As a driving force, enterprises in various industries and fields have access to the Internet; cross-border e-commerce has become a new path to drive trade growth. In the first half of 2021, the city’s cross-border e-commerce import and export volume increased by more than 40% year-on-year, and various related business formats are booming. strong.

  Government representatives at home and abroad, well-known experts and scholars conducted in-depth discussions on the core issues of e-commerce development, shared new opportunities for international digital economic cooperation, and expressed insights.

  In the field of e-commerce, the national e-commerce demonstration base plays an important role in cultivating and incubating small, medium and micro e-commerce enterprises, promoting the application of new technologies and the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, driving entrepreneurship and employment, and promoting consumption upgrades.

  At the meeting, the Ministry of Commerce awarded licenses to 16 newly-added national e-commerce demonstration bases, and at the same time, the Ministry of Commerce, together with relevant units, released the "Digital Business Youth" e-commerce cloud class.