Xiamen Mayor urges e-business development
The mayor of Xiamen, Pei Jinjia, urged the acceleration of the city’s e-commerce development at a governmental conference on March 6.
The conference reviewed a document regarding the promotion of the e-commerce industry which was drafted by the Xiamen Municipal Bureau of Commerce. Pei assured the policies are realistic and implementable.
Pei made calls to strengthen governmental support for constructing professional and centralized e-commerce bases. He also said that Xiamen should foster matched logistic enterprises to guarantee e-commerce delivery and stressed the importance of training professionals and encouraging traditional industrial enterprises to apply e-commerce aspects to their businesses.
Peng Juan from China Daily Fujian Bureau contributed to the story
Why Xiamen
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Xiamen is one of the most economically competitive cities in China and was one of the first Special Economic Zones on the Chinese mainland. As a vice-provincial city independently listed on the State development plan, it has provincial-level authority in economic administration and local legislative power. In 2010, the Xiamen SEZ was expanded to cover the entire municipality. Today, Xiamen is a modern and international port city.