China News Service, Fuzhou, March 8 (Zheng Jiangluo) The reporter learned from a press conference held in Fuzhou on the 8th that the China Cross-border E-commerce Fair (hereinafter referred to as "Cross-border Trade Fair") will be held from March 18 to 20. Held in Fuzhou.
Chen Danfeng, executive vice president of the Fujian Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export, said that at present, the cross-border trade fair has attracted more than 50 mainstream cross-border e-commerce platforms around the world to participate in the conference.
According to customs data, China's cross-border e-commerce import and export in 2021 will be 1.98 trillion yuan (RMB, the same below), an increase of 15%, and the scale will increase nearly 10 times in five years.
The rapid growth reflects the strong development potential of cross-border e-commerce.
Fuzhou, the site of the Cross-border Trade Fair, is an open city with a profound history and a solid economic foundation.
Fuzhou officially launched the first cross-border e-commerce bonded import order in December 2015, and at the end of December 2019, it was approved as a comprehensive pilot zone for cross-border e-commerce in China (Fuzhou).
Liang Yong, deputy director of the Fuzhou Area Management Committee of the Fujian Pilot Free Trade Zone, pointed out that cross-border e-commerce in Fuzhou is developing rapidly, and all cross-border e-commerce customs clearance modes have been opened. A year-on-year increase of 5.36 times.
In terms of cross-border e-commerce infrastructure construction, Fuzhou has opened a special line for cross-border e-commerce shipping to Taiwan, as well as 7 intercontinental passenger-to-cargo charter routes and 4 intercontinental all-cargo charter routes. Local companies have established 92 on five continents. One overseas warehouse with a total area of 1.17 million square meters.
Huang Xuexun, deputy director of the Fuzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce, said that cross-border logistics channels will be unblocked, charter flights and cross-border e-commerce freight lines to Taiwan will continue to be cultivated, and e-commerce channels from Fuzhou to the world via Taiwan will be actively built.
"We will make good use of the rich overseas Chinese businessmen resources of 4.3 million overseas folks from Fuzhou to help smooth the connection with overseas markets and open up the last stop of overseas sales."
It is reported that this cross-border trade fair will also hold a number of activities such as the BRICS Digital Economy Dialogue, China's Cross-border E-commerce Financial Capital Summit Forum, to seize the new cross-border blue ocean of TikTok's e-commerce, and Amazon's global store opening cross-border special event.
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