the picture shows the scene of the press conference. Photo by Hu Yuanhang
chinanews.com, Kunming, May 11 (reporter Hu Yuanhang) Yunnan's cross-border e-commerce has achieved rapid development. In 2020, the province's cross-border e-commerce retail import and export achieved 13.1947 million customs declarations, with an import and export volume of 1.353 billion yuan (RMB, the same below), 13.13 times that of 2019. In the first quarter of 2021, the province's cross-border e-commerce retail import and export achieved 2.5548 million customs declarations , the import and export volume was 385 million yuan, 3.23 times that of the same period in 2020
this is the news that the reporter learned from a series of press conferences in Yunnan Province to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China on the 11th
Yunnan is located in Southwest China, bordering Vietnam, Myanmar and Laos, and adjacent to South and Southeast Asia. It has obvious advantages in cross-border e-commerce development. In July 2018, China (Kunming) cross border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zone was approved, marking the official start of cross-border e-commerce in Yunnan
Li Yi, deputy director of the Department of Commerce of Yunnan Province, introduced that at present, the three prefectures and cities of Kunming, Dehong and Honghe in Yunnan Province can carry out two modes of cross-border e-commerce direct mail purchase and bonded online purchase and goods preparation. Other prefectures and cities also have the conditions for cross-border e-commerce direct mail purchase, and the coverage of cross-border e-commerce in the province has been further expanded
in addition, Yunnan has built a provincial cross-border e-commerce public service platform; Kunming comprehensive free trade zone, Kunming high tech bonded logistics center and other offline Park platforms have obtained the operation qualification of cross-border electric shopping malls; And build a series of cross-border e-commerce platforms for regional cooperation, such as China ASEAN Free Trade Area business portal, China South Asia free trade business portal and GMS cross-border e-commerce cooperation platform
it is worth mentioning that Yunnan Province has also innovated the modes of"cross-border export of mutual E-commerce", actively explored the construction of B2B export, overseas warehouse and information sharing of overseas operation centers, and promoted the rapid development of cross-border e-commerce
Li Yi said that in the next step, Yunnan Province will also use the policy superposition advantages of free trade pilot zone, cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zone and comprehensive bonded zone to reform and improve the support policies for new business forms such as cross-border e-commerce, actively carry out pilot projects and promote the high-quality development of trade
source: China News Network