On April 14, the 8th China-Korea (Incheon) Cross-border E-commerce Conference was held in Incheon, South Korea.
This conference was co-sponsored by the Weihai Lingang Economic and Technological Development Zone Management Committee and the Weihai Municipal Commerce Bureau, with the theme of “Leveraging the linkage of the four ports to build a cross-border e-commerce hub in Northeast Asia”. It aims to further smoothen the economic and trade cooperation channels between China and South Korea, deepen all-round and multi-level economic and trade exchanges and cooperation between the two places, accelerate the construction of Weihai’s international logistics channel to South Korea, and jointly build the China-South Korea cross-border e-commerce industry chain and ecosystem.
More than 120 people from Chinese and Korean government departments, cross-border e-commerce platforms, industry business associations, representatives of international logistics, e-commerce operations and import and export trade enterprises, and heads of relevant institutions gathered together to discuss cooperation opportunities and seek common development plans.
The level of guests at this conference is high, the industry coverage is wide, the business formats are comprehensive, and the docking effect is remarkable.
The second-level researcher of the Shandong Provincial Government’s Economic and Trade Representative Office in South Korea and the president of the Korean E-commerce Enterprises Association attended the conference and delivered a speech; representatives from the Incheon Metropolitan City International Cooperation Section, CJ Logistics, Dewu Platform, Yunda Korea, Incheon Logistics Co., Ltd., Fiber Fusion Technology Institute and other Chinese and Korean government and enterprise representatives attended the conference.
At the same time, the conference also attracted active participation from representatives of cross-border e-commerce sellers and logistics and freight forwarding service companies from Shanghai, Zhengzhou, Qingdao, Weifang and other places in China, building a bridge for cross-regional and cross-field economic and trade exchanges and cooperation.
At the meeting, China and South Korea successively carried out business environment promotion and key project roadshows to deepen industrial docking and build consensus on cooperation.
The heads of Weihai Municipal Commerce Bureau and Weihai Lingang District Commerce Bureau made keynote presentations, comprehensively introducing the solid industrial foundation, perfect port functions, high-quality business environment and fruitful results of the development of cross-border e-commerce in Weihai and Lingang District. They also explained in detail the supporting policies and key cooperation opportunities for enterprises, and systematically looked forward to the bright prospects for the win-win development of the cross-border e-commerce industry between China and South Korea.
Weihai International Logistics Park, South Korea CJ Logistics, Dewu Platform, Shandong Fanjie Industrial Park, Dawei Live E-commerce Base, Weihai Smart Valley Park, Shensuli International Logistics and other key enterprises successively promoted projects, focusing on cross-border logistics strategic layout, dual hub operations in China and South Korea, and South Korea
It focuses on core areas such as the introduction of high-quality domestic brands, one-stop comprehensive e-commerce services, ecological construction of live broadcast e-commerce, empowered development of smart parks, and service guarantee for the entire industry chain, to demonstrate the efficient, convenient, safe and stable comprehensive service capabilities and solid industrial support levels of the cross-border e-commerce industry between China and South Korea.
During the meeting, the Weihai economic and trade delegation met with the heads of key institutions and enterprises such as the Korean E-commerce Enterprises Association, Korean SBS TV Station, Yunda Korea, etc. to conduct in-depth discussions and exchanges.
The Weihai delegation stated that South Korea is Weihai’s largest trading partner. Incheon and Weihai have intensive air routes, efficient customs clearance procedures, and strong industrial complementarity. The two sides have a solid foundation for cooperation in cross-border e-commerce, international express, air freight, cold chain logistics and other fields, with huge potential and broad prospects. They hope to use this conference as an important opportunity to further deepen practical cooperation between the two sides and promote new and greater breakthroughs in economic and trade exchanges between the two places.
The Korean guests agreed that Weihai and South Korea are geographically close, business connected, and culturally close. The cross-border e-commerce cooperation has a solid foundation and broad development space. On the basis of the existing good cooperation, Weihai is willing to continue to deepen exchanges, expand cooperation areas, and amplify the effectiveness of cooperation, jointly promote the acceleration of the transformation of the “four-port linkage” advantage, and work together to help China and South Korea’s cross-border e-commerce industry improve quality, efficiency, and coordinated development.
The China-Korea Cross-border E-commerce Conference has been successfully held for eight consecutive years, and has gradually developed into an important platform for exchanges and mutual learning between China and South Korea’s cross-border e-commerce industry, accurate resource docking, and in-depth integrated development. It has provided strong support for deepening local economic and trade cooperation between China and South Korea and improving the level and influence of Weihai’s opening to the outside world.
The Weihai Municipal Commerce Bureau will use this conference as a new starting point to continue to increase economic and trade promotion with South Korea, constantly optimize the business environment, attract more Korean companies to understand Weihai, enter Weihai, and layout Weihai, continue to expand the breadth and depth of cross-border e-commerce external cooperation, fully promote the transformation of the “four-port linkage” advantage into development success, accelerate the creation of a core hub for cross-border e-commerce in Northeast Asia, and promote the high-quality development of cross-border e-commerce in the city.
