the 3rd global digital trade expo achieved fruitful results
2024-10-04
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from september 25th to 29th, the 3rd global digital trade expo (hereinafter referred to as the "digital trade expo") with the theme of "digital trade connecting the world" was held in hangzhou, zhejiang. this digital trade fair attracted more than 1,500 companies from 32 countries and regions to participate in the exhibition, and more than 30,000 professional buyers registered to participate.
there were 113 signed projects inside and outside the digital trade conference this year. representative projects such as the united nations international trade center hangzhou innovation center, the china-kazakhstan smart port, the central asia innovation center, the “belt and road” china-africa cooperation industrial park, and china unicom data intelligence company were signed and implemented.
this digital trade fair will set up 1 comprehensive exhibition area and 8 featured digital industry exhibition areas, focusing more on industry hot spots and development trends. 446 new products and new technologies were unveiled for the first time at this digital trade fair, and the number far exceeded the previous one. steven barnett, chief representative of the international monetary fund in china, believes that the digital trade fair has established a platform for countries to promote exchanges and cooperation in the field of digital economy.
the comprehensive exhibition area is set up with china pavilion, international organizations, guest country of honor, province of honor, hong kong and macao zone, zhejiang pavilion and other exhibition areas to showcase leading companies, innovative models and application scenarios in the field of global digital trade. the china pavilion focuses on displaying china’s achievements in the development of digital economy and digital trade. eight distinctive digital industry exhibition areas, including data and finance, silk road e-commerce, artificial intelligence, and smart cities, focus on displaying the future trends and directions of trade under new digital technologies.
to implement the ten major partnership actions for china and africa to jointly promote modernization and the "international economic and trade cooperation framework initiative for digital economy and green development", this digital trade fair will hold the "digital trade africa day" and "global smart city conference·hangzhou" for the first time, upgrading and creating "road e-commerce day", 32 key activities including investing in china, data element management, digital free trade zone, digital trade rule of law, county new consumption, etc., and 161 exhibition area supporting activities were held.
the silk road e-commerce exhibition area showcases innovative models of the entire e-commerce industry chain including e-commerce platforms, cross-border logistics, mobile payments, and cloud services. “cross-border e-commerce allows ugandan coffee, tea and handicrafts to enter the chinese market, creating more job opportunities and development space for us.” oliver woneka, uganda’s ambassador to china, said that he hopes to work with china to promote africa-china cooperation. digital trade is booming.
a large number of authoritative reports were released one after another at this digital trade conference, demonstrating the vitality and broad prospects of digital trade in an all-round and multi-angle manner. the "global digital trade development report 2024", jointly compiled by the digital trade fair organizing committee and the international trade center, announced for the first time the total estimated global digital trade involving international organizations; "road e-commerce" cooperation development report 2024 - open innovation creates a new highland for cooperation" believes that in the context of global digital transformation, the development of e-commerce is the common aspiration of all parties, and more and more countries are beginning to agree that "to do e-commerce, look to china." .
since hangzhou was approved as the country's first comprehensive cross-border e-commerce pilot zone in 2015, the number of cross-border e-commerce sellers has increased from less than 100 to 63,000. hangzhou’s leading cross-border payment companies account for about 40% of the country’s total. in 2023, hangzhou's digital trade volume will be approximately 319 billion yuan. shen kaibo, deputy secretary-general of the hangzhou municipal people's government, said that hangzhou will rely on its first-mover advantages in digital trade and digital economy, deeply participate in formulating standards for digital trade, create a world-class digital business environment, and actively promote the institutional opening of digital trade.
"people's daily" (page 03, october 03, 2024)
source: people's daily - people's daily
