Promote the healthy and rapid development of e-commerce

Approved by relevant agencies of the Central Government, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation has specially set up the Department of International Electronic Commerce Management to strengthen the macro planning and guidance for government departments in the development of e-commerce and promote the healthy and rapid development of e-commerce in China.

The Electronic Commerce Department of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, which was just established, held an international e-commerce and information technology expert forum in Beijing to listen to expert opinions and suggestions on some major issues concerning the development of China’s foreign economic and trade informatization. Gao Hucheng, assistant minister of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, introduced the current situation of China’s foreign economic and trade development and the development of China’s foreign economic and trade informatization.

According to the person in charge of the Department of Electronic Commerce, the main responsibilities of the Division are: to study and formulate the overall planning and development strategy for the informatization of foreign trade and to organize the implementation; to organize and implement the relevant work of the national “Guanguan Project”; to develop the use of e-commerce to open up the international market Related policies and measures; undertake external negotiations on e-commerce plans and standards; formulate relevant standards and regulations in the field of China's international e-commerce; plan to implement e-government network construction in the field of foreign trade and economic cooperation.

The three major tasks of China’s foreign economic and trade informatization are as follows: First, promote the development of international e-commerce, participate in the formulation of relevant international e-commerce rules, and enable Chinese companies to use e-commerce in 2010 to catch up with the world’s advanced level; The construction of the economic and trade information service system has made it the authoritative foreign trade authority and the largest information center at home and abroad. Third, based on the “Guanguan Project”, the network of China’s foreign economic and trade management system has been realized.

E-commerce is a brand-new mode of trade that accompanies the development of computer technology, the rise of the Internet, and the popularization and application of the Internet. It represents the direction of the development of future trade methods. In 2000, the transaction volume of global e-commerce reached nearly 400 billion U.S. dollars. A UN report predicts that one-third of global international trade will be completed in the form of online trade in the next 10 years. E-commerce will form an important part of the new trade environment.