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China's e-commerce thrives, transactions exceeding 34t yuan in 2019
Updated: July 1, 2020 20:33 Xinhua

BEIJING — China's e-commerce industry continued to thrive last year despite mounting downward economic pressures and lingering trade tensions, according to a report from the Ministry of Commerce.

China led the world in e-commerce, with about 51.26 million people employed in the sector in 2019.

The country's e-commerce transactions hit 34.81 trillion yuan (about $4.9 trillion) last year, with online retail sales reaching 10.63 trillion yuan, up 16.5 percent year-on-year.

E-commerce has contributed a lot in terms of "promoting consumption, stabilizing foreign trade, alleviating poverty, and boosting employment," and played a key role in ensuring the country's steady and high-quality development, the report said.

In 2019, online retailing contributed 45.6 percent to the growth of the country's total retail sales.

The report also said that China has established bilateral e-commerce cooperation mechanisms with 22 countries.

In addition, China approved 24 cross-border e-commerce pilot zones in 2019, bringing the total number to 59. These pilot zones provide a streamlined system with simplified regulations for faster examination and approval, customs clearance, and easier information sharing for cross-border e-commerce imports and exports.

Since the start of the year, the e-commerce industry has played a prominent role in guaranteeing supplies, facilitating work resumption and stimulating consumption amid the COVID-19 epidemic, said the report.

The ministry pledged more measures to promote the digitalization of traditional industries and ensure the high-quality growth of the e-commerce sector.

China had more than 900 million internet users at the end of last year, with an internet penetration rate of 64.5 percent, according to the report.

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