In 2022, the cross-border e-commerce industry will usher in new development opportunities.
In order to further strengthen the exchanges and cooperation between the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and New Zealand cross-border e-commerce, and accelerate the creation of an international consumption center city and international trade center city based in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, radiating across the country, and facing the world, on June 13, the Shenzhen Municipal Commerce Bureau and Hong Kong Invest Hong Kong jointly organized the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area-New Zealand Cross-border E-commerce Exchange Conference.
More than 50 organizations from New Zealand government departments, business associations, import and export companies, as well as the Shenzhen Cross-border E-commerce Industry Association and related companies participated in the event in an “offline + online” format.
Shenzhen has first-mover advantages and industrial chain and supply chain advantages.
The Shenzhen Municipal Commerce Bureau introduced the overall situation of China-New Zealand trade and mentioned that since the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) came into effect, the trade volume between China and New Zealand has shown double-digit growth, which is inseparable from the vigorous development of cross-border e-commerce.
China and New Zealand have strong economic complementarity, which has laid a solid foundation for cross-border e-commerce cooperation between the two parties.
As the digital transformation of enterprises in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area continues to accelerate, cross-border e-commerce has become an important channel for expanding foreign trade.
As the birthplace of domestic cross-border e-commerce, Shenzhen has first-mover advantages and industrial and supply chain advantages. Shenzhen has great potential for cooperation with New Zealand in cross-border e-commerce in the future.
At the exchange meeting, Invest Hong Kong introduced the resource advantages and development opportunities of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in the field of cross-border e-commerce, and interpreted Hong Kong’s services and policies for cross-border e-commerce; the Shenzhen Cross-border E-commerce Association introduced the development opportunities brought by the signing of RCEP to the cross-border e-commerce industry and the development opportunities for cross-border e-commerce.
The latest information such as the centralized procurement supply chain platform; New Zealand Guangdong Chamber of Commerce, Shenzhen Chamber of Commerce and enterprise representatives introduced New Zealand’s cross-border e-commerce business environment, key cooperation areas, and the New Zealand Guangdong Commodity Center online trade platform; Shenzhen enterprise representatives shared their experience on how cross-border e-commerce can help brands go overseas at low costs.
During the free exchange session, the participating representatives had a dialogue and exchange around “the development trend of cross-border e-commerce in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and New Zealand in the post-epidemic era.”
Participating organizations expressed that they gained a lot from participating in this event. They learned more about the latest trends and related policies in the cross-border e-commerce field in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and New Zealand, especially guidance on how to go overseas safely and at low cost.
Participants hope that under the background of the signing and implementation of RCEP, the Municipal Commerce Bureau will continue to build such an economic and trade exchange platform to promote exchanges and cooperation between enterprises in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and New Zealand in trade, investment, technological innovation and other aspects.
This exchange meeting not only provided a good opportunity for cross-border e-commerce cooperation between the two parties, but also created favorable conditions for Chinese products to further go global.
With the continuous development of the cross-border e-commerce industry, I believe that the cooperation between the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and New Zealand in this field will be deeper and more extensive in the future, bringing new vitality to the economic development of both parties.
