China News Service, November 11, in response to the "Double Eleven" brings opportunities to Taiwan compatriots and other issues, Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said that the booming mainland e-commerce market not only provides convenient services for Taiwan compatriots, It also provides a strong support for Taiwanese compatriots and Taiwanese enterprises to deepen the mainland market and expand domestic sales, creating huge business opportunities.

Data map: Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Yang Kejia

　　The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council held a regular press conference on the 11th.

At the meeting, a reporter asked a question that "Double Eleven" has become the largest e-commerce shopping festival in the mainland. What opportunities will it bring to Taiwanese businessmen?

What progress have Taiwan-funded enterprises made in expanding the domestic market?

　　Zhu Fenglian pointed out that November is the hottest online shopping season in mainland China, and this year's "Double Eleven" will start ahead of schedule on November 1.

It is expected that this year's "Double Eleven" period will attract more than 800 million domestic and foreign consumers, 250,000 brands, and 5 million merchants to participate, making it the most extensive and highly engaged event.

Last year, Taiwan was the region with the largest increase in purchases during the "Double Eleven" period.

Zhu Fenglian said, "We believe that the people of Taiwan will still participate very actively this year."

　　Zhu Fenglian mentioned that the mainland has 1.4 billion people, of which more than 400 million are middle-income people. It is the world's largest and most potential consumer market.

As of June this year, the mainland's online sales users reached 749 million, of which e-commerce live broadcast users reached 309 million.

　　Zhu Fenglian introduced that in order to further help Taiwanese-funded enterprises expand the mainland's domestic sales market, various mainland departments and local governments have taken many practical measures this year, including guiding the holding of multiple online promotion and matching activities for "Taiwan-funded enterprises to expand domestic sales" to assist Taiwanese businesses and Taiwan. Tsinghua uses "live broadcast with goods" to expand the market and negotiates with Taiwanese businessmen and enterprises to participate in the CIIE.

　　The majority of Taiwanese businessmen and enterprises have taken the mainland Internet economy express train to keep up with the pace of development of the mainland's e-commerce and have gained tangible benefits.

During the just-concluded Zhejiang-Taiwan Cooperation Week, companies on both sides of the strait have achieved more connections in the digital economy, finance and other industries.

38 newly signed Taiwan-funded projects with a total investment of 4.83 billion US dollars.

At the just-concluded third CIIE, the first US$500 million purchase intention order was also signed by a Taiwanese company.

　　Zhu Fenglian also stated that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the mainland will enter a stage of high-quality development and accelerate the construction of a new development pattern with domestic and international cycles as the main body and mutual promotion of domestic and international cycles, and a higher level of open economic new system.

This contains huge opportunities for cross-strait exchanges and cooperation and cross-strait integration and development, which will surely provide broad development space for Taiwan compatriots.