Deputy Minister of Commerce: Chinese e -commerce becomes an important force for unblocked domestic and international dual cycles

21st Century Business Herald reporter Zhao Zijian Beijing report

On September 1, at the 2022 China Electronic Commerce Conference, Sheng Qiuping, deputy minister of the Ministry of Commerce, pointed out that since 2021, despite the influence of many super -expected factors, Chinese e -commerce still shows strong toughness. In 2021, the national retail sales reached 1.31 trillion yuan, the scale of cross -border e -commerce imports and exports reached 1.92 trillion yuan, and the number of employees in e -commerce and commerce exceeded 67 million.

Sheng Qiuping said that China's e -commerce ranks first in the world in the online retail market, the number of online shopping, the digital express delivery business, and the scale of mobile payment, and has become an important force to unblock the domestic and international dual cycles.

At the meeting, Sheng Qiuping introduced that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, my country has introduced relevant laws and regulations such as e -commerce to formulate e -commerce development plans, promote the continuous upgrading of China's e -commerce development, and continue to integrate and evolve in application scenarios. Innovation high. It has accelerated the reform of the corporate process reconstruction, production method reconstruction and consumer behavior, and played a positive role in promoting high -quality development, shaping high -quality life, and expanding high levels of opening up.

Data show that in the ten years since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, e -commerce transactions have increased by about 7 times, online retail sales have increased by nearly 17 times, and the scale of e -commerce service industry revenue has increased by 160 times.

Sheng Qiuping said that from January to July this year, my country's e-commerce continued to show strong vitality. The national online retail sales reached 7.3 trillion, of which the online retail sales of the physical goods were 6.3 trillion, accounting for 25.6%of the total retail sales of consumer goods, which was about 6 percentage points higher than the global average, becoming an important driving force for consumption recovery.

He pointed out that since this year, my country's economy has faced triple pressures that have shrinking, impacting and weakening expectations, but e -commerce has become the main driving force for consumption recovery.

According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, in the first half of the year, my country's physical online retail sales increased by 5.6%year -on -year, and the growth rate of live broadcasting e -commerce reached 60%, which played an important role in the recovery of consumption. During the same period, the import and export of cross -border e -commerce in my country increased by 28.6%year -on -year, which was nearly three times the growth rate of the total import and export of goods, which became an important force for stabilizing foreign trade.

Sheng Qiuping said that, as a typical representative of the digital economy, e -commerce is not only a specific product of the deep integration of digital technology and the real economy, but also an effective carrier for continuously promoting the new industry and new models. Important forces of consumption.

At present, there are 132 cross -border e -commerce comprehensive trial zones, which basically cover the country; the number of overseas warehouses exceeds 2,000, with an area of ​​more than 16 million square meters; my country and 23 countries in China have established bilateral e -commerce cooperation mechanisms.

Sheng Qiuping pointed out that with the in -depth development of a new round of scientific and technological revolution and the industrial revolution, the digital economy has become a new driving force for global development and a new engine of economic recovery.

He said that as the competent e -commerce department, the Ministry of Commerce will start from three aspects. While expanding the new space of economic development, it will make the development of e -commerce more developed more, better, and more fair to the people.

The first is to strengthen the innovation driving force. Bettering the outstanding advantages of the integration and allocation of platform enterprise resources, guide market entities to increase investment in new technology research and development, and gradually realize the development model from capital and demand to transform from capital and demand to technology and business innovation -driven. Deepen the potential of data factors, improve the productivity of the whole factor, and shape the new advantages of digital development in the business sector.

The second is to optimize the e -commerce ecosystem. Continuously increase the integration of cross -departments, cross -regional, cross -domain policy coordination and resource elements, actively promote the construction of e -commerce policies, regulations, standards, and integrity systems, and enrich public service products and content. In accordance with the trend of consumption upgrade, the digital and intelligent transformation of commercial infrastructure, services and management is promoted. Gradually build an e -commerce ecosystem characterized by consumer demand and cross -border integration.

The third is to expand the international circle of friends. Continue to deepen the cooperation of "Silk Road E -commerce", promote the process of joining the "Digital Economic Partnership Agreement" (DEPA), actively participate in multi -bilateral economic cooperation, international economic and trade rules on high standards, and expand the level of e -commerce opening to the outside world.

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