Cctv newsOn the afternoon of September 7, the Ministry of Commerce held a press conference to introduce the recent key work in the business field and answer reporters’ questions.
He Yadong, the new spokesperson, introduced that the important exposition of the Supreme Leader General Secretary on developing digital economy and digital trade should be thoroughly implemented, and various measures should be taken to promote the digital development in the business field.
First, vigorously develop digital trade. Promote the introduction of policies and measures to promote the reform, innovation and development of digital trade, strengthen and improve the national digital service export base, promote the establishment of the Digital Trade Standardization Technical Committee of the Ministry of Commerce, strengthen international cooperation in digital trade, and sign a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the field of digital trade with the economic and trade departments of five Central Asian countries. In 2022, China’s import and export volume of digitally deliverable services reached US$ 372.7 billion, up 3.4% year-on-year, ranking fifth in the world.
The second is to speed up the digital transformation of domestic trade circulation. Strengthen the role of demonstration and create a total of 170 national e-commerce demonstration bases; Vigorously develop rural e-commerce and further promote the number of merchants to promote agriculture; Actively promote online consumption, the national physical online retail sales accounted for more than 26% of the total retail sales of consumer goods.
The third is to improve the digital level of trade and investment. The proportion of cross-border e-commerce in the total foreign trade has increased from less than 1% in 2015 to 5% in 2022. The digital economy-related content in the negative list of foreign investment access has been revised many times, and the conditional free trade pilot zone has been promoted to connect with international high-standard digital economy rules.
The fourth is to promote international cooperation and rule-making in the digital field. Actively expand and deepen the "Silk Road E-commerce" cooperation, and have established bilateral e-commerce cooperation mechanisms with 29 countries. Signed a memorandum of cooperation on digital economy and investment with 18 countries, and a number of digital enterprises successfully went to sea.At present, among the 21 free trade agreements signed by China, 10 have set up special chapters on e-commerce or digital economy, and the circle of international friends in digital economy has been expanding.
Digital trade, trade in goods and services have become the three pillars of a powerful trading country. As the only national, international and professional exhibition with the theme of digital trade in China, Global Digital Trade Expo is a powerful starting point to promote the reform, innovation and development of digital trade, which is conducive to linking all parties to jointly build markets, promote growth, discuss cooperation and share achievements, and contribute wisdom and strength to the development of global digital trade.
The second Digital Trade Fair will be held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province from November 23 to 27. It will be co-sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce and Zhejiang Province. With the theme of "digital traders connect with the world" and the characteristics of "integrated operation and integration of numbers and facts", it will set up four sections: conference, exhibition, platform and activities, and build a comprehensive pavilion, two characteristic pavilions of frontier trends and Silk Road e-commerce, digital technology, digital services, digital content and
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