Ministry of Commerce: Promote high-quality development of e-commerce to better serve the real economy

Recently, the Ministry of Commerce, together with multiple departments, issued the "Guiding Opinions on Better Serving the Real Economy and Promoting the High quality Development of E-commerce". At today's routine press conference of the Ministry of Commerce, spokesperson He Yadong introduced that the "Opinions" will stimulate the endogenous driving force, innovation potential, and open vitality of e-commerce development, and better serve the real economy.

According to He Yadong, spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce, e-commerce is an important component of the rapidly developing, innovative, and widely applied digital economy. China has been the world's largest online retail market for 13 consecutive years.

In terms of deepening the integration of data and reality, the Opinion proposes to strengthen innovation leadership, develop "artificial intelligence+e-commerce", and deepen the application of digital technology; Cultivate high-quality e-commerce and promote the integration of online and offline; Develop rural e-commerce, cultivate industrial e-commerce, and promote efficient collaboration between production and supply chains. These measures will provide new momentum for the development of the real economy.

Spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce, He Yadong: Expand open cooperation, benchmark international high standard economic and trade rules, explore expanding the "Silk Road E-commerce" cooperation pilot zone, and further increase the efforts of pilot projects. Expand the "Silk Road E-commerce" circle of friends and continue to carry out the theme activity of "Silk Road E-commerce Benefiting the World". The Ministry of Commerce will continue to work with relevant departments to promote the implementation of the "Opinions" and better support high-quality economic and social development.