Data from the Ministry of Commerce of China in June 2024 showed that China's cross-border e-commerce entities have exceeded 120,000, cross-border e-commerce industrial parks have exceeded 1,000, and overseas warehouses have been built.
Among them, as a representative cross-border e-commerce logistics service company, Cainiao Global Supply Chain has operated more than 40 overseas warehouses in 18 countries and regions in Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific and other regions. Chinese companies in large-scale home furnishings, auto parts, home appliances, daily chemicals, 3D printers and other categories are working closely with Cainiao Overseas Warehouse.
The booming overseas warehouse has attracted widespread attention from foreign media. Reuters reported that in the context of the continuous development of the cross-border e-commerce market, Alibaba has made further investments in its Cainiao global supply chain. Building logistics infrastructure overseas will help expand Alibaba's global logistics network and shape the company's competitive advantage in cross-border e-commerce business. Currently, Cainiao has warehouses in many countries such as Indonesia and Belgium, and provides supply chain management solutions for other logistics companies to provide faster logistics services to overseas consumers.
"Chinese e-commerce companies such as Alibaba AliExpress and Pinduoduo's Temu are accelerating their overseas expansion, making every effort in many markets around the world to significantly shorten the delivery time by building overseas warehouses." South Korea's "Daily Economics" reported. "Overseas warehouse services can provide 'shipping' services, which is a good way for merchants to conduct online business without havin to deal with inventory. This business model allows merchants to show their products to customers on e-commerce platforms, and third-party logistics chambers of commerce ship actual products.
Merchants do not have to worry about storage, packaging or transportation issues, they just need to pay attention to customer service and marketing." Kenyan media "Nairobiwire" reported that Chinese e-commerce platform Kilimall has set up overseas warehouses in Africa, and its e-commerce business and overseas warehouse service models are recognized in the Kenyan market. "Overseas warehouses help China's cross-border e-commerce exports." Singapore's Straits Times reported that China is actively strengthening the construction of cross-border e-commerce infrastructure and logistics systems, promoting the high-quality development of overseas warehouses to achieve rapid transportation of goods. "Overseas warehouses are very useful and allow Chinese sellers to prepare stocks in their destination countries. once an order comes, they can be shipped at any time."
