China-ASEAN Cross-Border E-Commerce Development Forum, as a sideline event of the 15th China-ASEAN Expo, was held in Nanning on September 13.
The forum, co-hosted by China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), People’s Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and China-ASEAN Center, and organized by CCPIT Information Center, and Secretariat of China-ASEAN Business & Investment Summit, invited around 350 participants including delegates from the business communities of China and ASEAN countries, diplomats of the embassies of ASEAN countries in China and cross-border e-commerce enterprises.
CCPIT Vice Chairman Chen Zhou noted, CCPIT has been dedicated to promoting the cooperation in cross-border e-commerce between China and the rest of the world. CCPIT is willing to join hands with ASEAN countries to beef up internet infrastructure construction, build up cross-border e-commerce full-process service system, expand the publicity of cross-border e-commerce platforms and push forward intergovernmental policy coordination so as to foster China-ASEAN cooperation.
Zhang Xiulong, a senior official from the government of Guangxi said, China-ASEAN cross-border e-commerce cooperation has come to a golden era. ASEAN countries have gradually attached importance to enacting and improving policies and regulations relevant to cross-border e-commerce. The market entry barriers have gradually been released with reduced trade cost of cross-border e-commerce cooperation and broadened trade channels. Meanwhile, small-and-medium-sized enterprises of China and ASEAN countries have played more essential role in the global value chain.
Delegates from Suning.com, Alibaba, China International Electronic Commerce Center (CIECC), Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI), DHGate.com, etc attended and addressed the forum.
A report on the role of trade facilitation on China-ASEAN cross-border e-commerce and 10+3 customs clearance on goods issued by East Asia Business Council were also released at the forum.
