On May 26, the head of the Department of E-commerce of the Ministry of Commerce introduced the development of my country’s e-commerce and said that from January to April this year, my country’s e-commerce continued to play an enabling role, digital intelligence promoted industrial upgrading, scenario-based stimulation of consumption vitality, globalization expanded cooperation space, and helped consolidate and strengthen the foundation of the real economy.
E-commerce has achieved remarkable results in empowering industrial transformation and upgrading.
With the in-depth implementation of the “Guiding Opinions on Better Serving the Real Economy and Promoting the High-Quality Development of E-Commerce”, e-commerce has significantly improved the quality and efficiency of digital and intelligent industrial transformation and upgrading.
According to business big data monitoring, online retail sales of agricultural products across the country increased by 12.2% from January to April. This shows that e-commerce has brought new vitality to agricultural development, broadened the sales channels of agricultural products, and made it easier for high-quality agricultural products to enter the national and even global markets.
The key monitoring of e-commerce transaction volume in the metal products and chemical product industries increased by 34.8% and 12.2% respectively, reflecting that e-commerce is also playing an increasingly important role in the industrial field and accelerating the digital transformation of traditional industries.
At the same time, e-commerce has a strong diversion effect, driving the rapid development of service industries such as tourism and catering.
According to business big data monitoring, sales in the tourism and catering industries through online channels increased by 33.2% and 20% respectively from January to April.
This shows that the development of e-commerce not only promotes the sales of physical goods, but also provides strong support for the prosperity of the service industry. Consumers can easily book travel itineraries and purchase catering services through the Internet, which greatly improves the consumer experience.
Digital consumption drives the growth of quality consumption.
The 8th Double Product Online Shopping Festival serves “Shopping in China” to release the vitality of quality consumption through diverse scenarios.
According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, national online retail sales of goods and services increased by 6.6% from January to April, and online retail sales contributed 72.2% to the growth of total retail sales of consumer goods.
This fully demonstrates the important position of online shopping in the consumer market. The rich product categories and convenient shopping methods of e-commerce platforms have attracted more and more consumers.
Consumption scenarios such as smart travel promote the growth of digital products. According to business big data monitoring, the smart mobility exoskeleton network grew by 785.5% from January to April.
Consumer-level embodied intelligence has grown rapidly recently. In April, the sales of smart glasses and humanoid robot networks increased by 175.2% and 20.6% respectively.
The hot sales of these digital products reflect consumers’ increasing demand for technology products, and also reflect the strong role of digital consumption in stimulating quality consumption.
“Silk Road E-commerce” deepens international cooperation.
The themed activity of “Silk Road E-commerce Benefiting the World” promotes global high-quality goods to be “exported to China”.
According to business big data monitoring, global merchandise sales on key cross-border e-commerce import platforms increased by 4.3% from January to April.
The retail sales of Thai durian, UAE beverages and Italian casual pants increased by 344.8%, 78.6% and 22.8% respectively. Popular imported products enriched domestic consumption choices and promoted the “Silk Road E-commerce” partner countries to share China’s e-commerce market.
According to preliminary calculations by the General Administration of Customs, my country’s cross-border e-commerce imports and exports from January to March were 618.46 billion yuan, of which exports were 473.55 billion yuan and imports were 144.91 billion yuan.
This shows that my country’s cross-border e-commerce has achieved remarkable results in international cooperation, not only bringing more high-quality imported goods to domestic consumers, but also providing broad development space for the international market.
