China’s cross-border e-commerce sees solid growth

Workers promote products via live broadcast at the cross-border e-commerce industrial park in Ganzhou, Jiangxi province, in September 2023. ZHU HAIPENG/FOR CHINA DAILY

BEIJING — China’s cross-border e-commerce volume reached 1.22 trillion yuan ($170.95 billion) in the first half of 2024, up 10.5 percent year-on-year, customs data showed on Tuesday.

The development has been boosted by supportive policies, including setting up pilot zones for the development of cross-border e-commerce and facilitating customs clearance, Lyu Daliang, a spokesman for the General Administration of Customs, told a news conference.

Lyu said that looking to the future, the country aims to further streamline customs clearance procedures and improve services to support the development of cross-border e-commerce.