STORY: China provides digital trade cooperation platform with int'l expo
SHOOTING TIME: Sept. 28, 2024
DATELINE: Sept. 29, 2024
LENGTH: 0:01:12
LOCATION: HANGZHOU, China
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the third Global Digital Trade Expo
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CHEN JUNRUI, Brand Operation Director, STAR VISION Aerospace Group Limited
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): XIE JIJUAN, Project leader of Cross-border E-commerce Talents at Dingshu Education Technology (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd

STORYLINE:

The third Global Digital Trade Expo held in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, is offering a glimpse into avant-garde technologies that are unlocking China's burgeoning potential in foreign trade.

Digital technologies such as big data, cloud computing and blockchain are taking center stage at the expo, underscoring how China is harnessing these innovations to propel its foreign trade.

According to the Global Digital Trade Development Report 2024 released during the event, global digital trade soared to around 7.13 trillion U.S. dollars (about 1.02 trillion yuan) in 2023, up from 6.02 trillion U.S. dollars in 2021, marking an average annual growth rate of 8.8 percent.

The report also highlighted that the import and export scale of China's cross-border e-commerce reached 2.37 trillion yuan last year, up 15.3 percent year on year.

As China's sole national-level event focusing on the theme of digital trade, the expo has drawn over 1,500 enterprises, including more than 300 international companies, and over 30,000 purchasers this year.

SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CHEN JUNRUI, Brand Operation Director, STAR VISION Aerospace Group Limited
"This is our second time participating in the Global Digital Trade Expo. Compared to last year, we can clearly feel that this year's expo has attracted more foreign delegations. For international companies like us, the expo provides us with the opportunity to meet more foreign guests and businesses."

SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): XIE JIJUAN, Project leader of Cross-border E-commerce Talents at Dingshu Education Technology (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd
"This opportunity is excellent because it enables us to gain insights into various businesses and diverse user needs. We utilize the African Digital Economy and Trade Platform for talent development. Our primary focus is on cultivating African college students and business professionals, providing them with training in e-commerce platforms and operations. In this way, we can sell our products overseas or introduce foreign products into the domestic market."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Hangzhou, China.
(XHTV)