Ministry of Commerce： Cross-border e-commerce in China has maintained a rapid development momentum, with an increase of nearly 10 times in five years.

　　Cctv newsOn April 23rd, Li Xinggan, director of the Foreign Trade Department of the Ministry of Commerce, introduced that many new changes have taken place in the international market in the past three years. One of the important changes is that more and more consumers around the world are accustomed to online shopping. Through cross-border e-commerce platforms, people can buy all over the world without leaving home. At present, all countries in the world are vigorously developing cross-border e-commerce. According to the WTO report, global B2C cross-border e-commerce will maintain a growth rate of 27% by 2026. In recent years, cross-border e-commerce in our country has maintained a rapid development momentum, which has increased nearly tenfold in five years. In the first quarter of this year, it continued to maintain a high-speed growth momentum.

　　Cross-border e-commerce is a growing point of foreign trade growth. Around the development of cross-border e-commerce, we will do the following four things:

　　First, develop "cross-border e-commerce+industrial belt". Relying on our country’s 165 cross-border e-commerce comprehensive test zones, combined with the industrial endowments and location advantages of various places, we will promote more products with local characteristics to better enter the international market. That is to say, while doing a good job in consumer-oriented B2C business, we will also vigorously support our traditional foreign trade enterprises, expand sales channels, cultivate brands and expand trade scale through cross-border e-commerce, especially expand the scale of B2B trade and service capabilities for enterprises.

　　Second, build an online integrated service platform. In recent years, various comprehensive test areas are actively promoting the construction of online integrated service platforms, and the concept is "let enterprises run less errands and let data run more". At present, there are more than 60,000 cross-border e-commerce enterprises served by these platforms, which is about 60% of the national cross-border e-commerce enterprises. It is also necessary to support and guide these cross-border e-commerce comprehensive test areas, further optimize the functions of service platforms, and guide overseas warehouse enterprises to dock online comprehensive service platforms. We strive to integrate the functions of customs clearance, taxation, finance and overseas warehousing, and realize the "one-stop access" comprehensive service, so that such a convenient integrated service can benefit all cross-border e-commerce enterprises.

　　Third, improve the assessment, promote excellence and help the strong. According to the requirements of the State Council, starting from 2021, we will carry out the assessment of the comprehensive test area together with relevant departments. This year, we will continue to optimize and adjust the assessment indicators in combination with the new characteristics of cross-border e-commerce. Through the assessment, we will guide the comprehensive test area to optimize the development environment, enhance the innovation level, accelerate the cultivation of a number of key enterprises, and enable outstanding enterprises to grow up better and faster, thus enhancing international competitiveness. At present, we are also preparing for the work promotion meeting of our national cross-border e-commerce comprehensive test area, exchanging local experiences and sharing effective practices, so as to better play the leading role of the excellent comprehensive test area.

　　Fourth, guide compliance management and prevent and control risks. Actively cooperate with China National Intellectual Property Administration, speed up the introduction of guidelines for the protection of intellectual property rights of cross-border e-commerce, help cross-border e-commerce enterprises understand the intellectual property rights in the target market, and do their homework in advance. As we all know, the protection of intellectual property rights at the national level has been increasing in recent years. In the field of cross-border e-commerce, we should set an example to protect intellectual property rights, put an end to counterfeit and shoddy products, and make cross-border e-commerce platforms and enterprises in China the base camp of "authentic, excellent and beautiful" products. At the same time, let cross-border e-commerce platforms and cross-border e-commerce enterprises become spokespersons for fast fashion consumption, thus attracting more consumers, especially young consumers, and fully protecting the legitimate rights and interests of global consumers.