2024 services trade fair | focus on new trends in e-commerce development - scanning the 2024 e-commerce conference
2024-09-13
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xinhua news agency, beijing, september 12title: focus on the new trends of e-commerce development - 2024 e-commerce conference scan
xinhua news agency reporters tang shining, bai chun and yang na
on the afternoon of september 12, the opening ceremony and theme forum of the 2024 e-commerce conference with the theme of "panoramic integration and digital intelligence navigation" was held at the national convention center. what is the latest development trend of global e-commerce? how to promote high-quality international cooperation? more than 500 guest representatives from all walks of life conducted in-depth exchanges and discussions.
the e-commerce conference has been held for 14 consecutive years. as an important part of the china international fair for trade in services, it has become an international and professional exchange platform that leads the cutting-edge concepts of e-commerce development, showcases innovative e-commerce achievements, and provides insights into e-commerce development trends.
on the afternoon of september 12, the opening ceremony and theme forum of the 2024 e-commerce conference was held at the national convention center. photo by xinhua news agency reporter bai chun
data shows that in the first half of this year, my country's online retail sales reached 7.1 trillion yuan, up 9.8% year-on-year, of which the online retail sales of physical goods reached 5.96 trillion yuan, up 8.8% year-on-year, accounting for 25.3% of the total retail sales.
"in recent years, the circle of e-commerce users has continued to expand, benefiting the entire population." jiang ming, president of the china general chamber of commerce, said that currently, the scale of online shopping users in my country has exceeded 900 million. as an important part of the digital economy and the real economy, e-commerce has made important contributions in promoting consumption, benefiting people's livelihood, and stabilizing employment.
with the vigorous development of e-commerce in my country, new formats and models continue to emerge, and the influence of e-commerce platforms in the world continues to increase. at the conference, the "big data analysis report on regional development of e-commerce in china" was officially released. instant retail, live e-commerce, cross-border e-commerce, rural e-commerce and "ai+ e-commerce" have injected new vitality into the development of e-commerce in my country.
qu weixi, deputy director of the ministry of commerce's international trade and economic cooperation research institute, cited the report's content and said that e-commerce is a natural soil for promoting the iteration of ai technology. "at present, ai is deeply empowering the e-commerce industry from the e-commerce operation, supply chain and consumer ends, and promoting the continuous development of e-commerce towards all-round intelligence and personalization."
the extensive and in-depth application of digital technologies is shaping a new look for online consumption and services, driving service consumption into a new stage of rapid growth.
online medical treatment, online medicine purchases, and health consultations are becoming one of the key expenditure areas for new health consumption. jin enlin, ceo of jd health, said that by seizing new opportunities for the development of digital consumption, green consumption, and healthy consumption, "internet + healthcare" has great potential. "we are accelerating the implementation of large models and continuously building a 'new quality productivity' with high technology, high efficiency, and high quality to help the intelligent development of medical and health services."
trading idle items, advocating green circulation, reducing resource waste... idle trading platforms are popular among young people. ding jian, president of xianyu, said that the platform uses digital technology, takes c2c transactions as a starting point, continuously enriches and innovates circulation methods, and promotes the integration of multiple scenarios.
currently, service trade, including e-commerce, has become an important driving force for economic globalization. "silk road e-commerce" is opening up new space for international economic and trade cooperation.
32 international and domestic freight train routes have been opened, connecting 54 cities in 23 sco countries and countries participating in the joint construction of the "belt and road initiative", and more than 3,700 china-europe freight trains have been launched; the first overseas linkage base of "silk road e-commerce" was listed and operated in moscow, and exploration was made with mongolia to set up a dedicated cargo terminal in qingdao port... the china-shanghai cooperation organization local economic and trade cooperation demonstration zone is gradually becoming a highly influential intersection of economic and trade resources.
li gang, deputy secretary of the party working committee of the sco demonstration zone and executive deputy director of the management committee, said that they will continue to improve infrastructure channels, deepen international cooperation, strengthen model innovation, promote the development of "silk road e-commerce", and promote high-quality joint construction of the "belt and road".
according to arman shakaliyev, minister of trade and integration of the republic of kazakhstan, since the opening of kazakhstan's national pavilion on alibaba's platform at the end of 2022, more than 290 kazakh companies have opened commercial pavilions on this platform, and a large number of products have been exported through the e-commerce platform.
arman shakaliyev said that kazakhstan and china have been continuously strengthening cooperation in many fields, especially in the development of e-commerce. kazakhstan is leveraging the rich experience of chinese partners in the field of e-commerce to bring more small and medium-sized enterprises into the digital market. "for us, cooperation with china will bring huge economic growth potential."
