B[The number of cross-border e-commerce import lists in Yiwu, Zhejiang this year exceeded 100 million orders] On October 17, Yiwu Customs, a subsidiary of Hangzhou Customs, announced the latest data on the 17th: As of October 17, the number of Yiwu cross-border e-commerce import lists under the supervision of Yiwu Customs this year exceeded 100 million orders, reaching the goal more than 40 days earlier than last year, setting a record high for the same period. It is reported that since this year, Yiwu’s cross-border e-commerce imported goods cover more than 70,000 categories such as food, cosmetics, infant milk powder, toys, etc., from more than 90 countries and regions around the world. At present, Yiwu Comprehensive Bonded Zone and Yiwu Bonded Logistics Center have gathered more than 130 cross-border e-commerce companies. In the first three quarters of this year, the number of cross-border e-commerce import lists reached 96.05 million orders with a value of 23.779 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 25.1% and 28.18% respectively. B[Ministry of Commerce: Shaping a healthy competitive landscape for e-commerce that emphasizes quality, better service, and superior supply] October 15th, at the regular press conference of the Ministry of Commerce held today, Ministry of Commerce spokesperson He Yadong introduced that it will shape a healthy competitive landscape for e-commerce that emphasizes quality, better service, and superior supply. He Yadong said that since 2013, China's online retail market has steadily ranked first in the world, and online consumption has been deeply integrated into people's daily lives. Recently, seven departments including the Ministry of Commerce jointly released the "Five Excellent" Action for Quality E-commerce, focusing on deploying 15 specific measures. With "quality" as the key word, policies are systematically implemented from the five dimensions of platform, merchants, consumers, "Silk Road E-commerce", and standards to lead the improvement and upgrading of e-commerce.
He Yadong introduced that in the next step, the Ministry of Commerce will continue to work with relevant departments and localities to implement the "Five Excellent" actions to create a healthy competition pattern that emphasizes quality, superior service, and excellent supply, making it easier for consumers to discover and choose good products and services, so that merchants' investment in improving quality will be rewarded by the market, thereby further activating the consumer market, creating a virtuous cycle of "quality supply, quality service, and quality consumption" and promoting the sustainable and healthy development of China's e-commerce. (CCTV News) B[Consumer orders pick up and China’s e-commerce logistics index rises slightly in September] On October 13, the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing released the China E-commerce Logistics Index in September today (13th). The index rose slightly month-on-month, online consumer demand was concentrated, and e-commerce logistics operations maintained a positive trend. China's e-commerce logistics index in September was 111.9 points, an increase of 0.4 points month-on-month. Among the nine sub-indexes, the total business volume index, rural business volume index, inventory turnover rate index, logistics timeliness index, fulfillment rate index, satisfaction rate index, personnel index, and load rate index all rose simultaneously, while the cost index fell slightly. From the demand side, seasonal consumption and holiday consumption have combined to drive growth, and holiday gifts have become a new growth engine, driving the growth of online orders. The demand for autumn clothing and travel equipment is accelerating, sales of seasonal products are booming, and the consumer electronics market is heating up. B[China opened a total of 15 new international air cargo routes in September] October 11th, according to the Air Logistics Branch of the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing, a total of 15 new international air cargo routes were opened across the country in September, with the number of round-trip flights reaching 42 per week, and China's international air cargo network is accelerating. From the perspective of route layout, these 15 new routes include 9 Asian routes, 4 European routes, and 2 North American routes. A total of 9 airlines participate in the operation, 8 of which are domestic airlines. The goods carried are mainly cross-border e-commerce, fresh cold chain and agricultural products, electromechanical and electronic products, high-end manufacturing products, and daily consumer goods. B[Combining Leniency and Strictness to Optimize M&A Supervision, China’s First Platform Centralized Hearing Implemented] On October 10, the State Administration for Market Regulation recently held a public hearing on Meituan’s acquisition of the equity in Malt Field. This is the first public hearing in the field of concentration review in China. It is reported that the combined share of both parties in the delivery aggregation platform market exceeds 50%. Upon review, the concentration may restrict small and medium-sized merchants from independently selecting shipping capacity, crowd out third-party shipping capacity providers, and strengthen Meituan’s market control. To this end, the applicant submitted a conditional commitment plan. In order to ensure objectivity and fairness, the General Administration held hearings based on three considerations: First, it involves the interests of merchants, transport operators, riders and other parties, and opinions need to be fully listened to; second, the mechanism of damage to platform economic competition is complex and requires face-to-face cross-examination and debate; third, it is to explore public hearings and improve the level of legalization of law enforcement. The hearing was held on September 18, and invited representatives from Taobao flash sales, JD.com, flash sales, UU errands, industry associations, merchants and riders, experts and scholars to participate. All parties conducted cross-examination debates focusing on the enforceability of the commitment plan and the protection of rights and interests, and achieved the expected results. In the next step, the General Administration will adhere to equal emphasis on development and regulation, promote review in accordance with the law, protect the rights and interests of small and medium-sized merchants and riders, prevent "involution" competition, and continue to explore a public hearing mechanism. (CCTV Finance) B[Seven departments: Strengthen the cultivation of quality e-commerce entities and coordinate the rectification of disorderly and irrational competition] On October 10, seven departments including the Ministry of Commerce issued a notice on the implementation of the "Five Excellent" actions for quality e-commerce, which mentioned that the cultivation of quality e-commerce entities should be strengthened. Make good use of platforms such as exhibitions and events, organize e-commerce platforms to focus on improving product and service quality and publicly release commitments and action plans, publish platform quality management reports, actively accept social supervision, and create a "main front" for the development of quality e-commerce. Give full play to the role of the national e-commerce demonstration base in leading, radiating and promoting quality science, carry out quality-oriented demonstration creation, strengthen credit management and classification guidance, and cultivate a number of quality benchmarking platforms that operate with integrity. Collaborate to rectify disorderly and irrational competition. Strengthen supervision and law enforcement in the e-commerce field, correct disorderly competition behaviors such as "automatically following prices" and "lowest prices on the entire network" on e-commerce platforms, standardize rules such as platform commissions and merchant ratings, and avoid squeezing the living space of quality merchants. Crack down on illegal and illegal activities such as fraud and fraud. Establish a dialogue and communication mechanism between e-commerce platforms and small and medium-sized merchants to coordinate and resolve operational difficulties and blockages, and promote win-win development for all parties. B[Novo Nordisk responds to "Simeglutide reflux drugs": supports and fully cooperates in cracking down on illegal activities, and continues to promote the authorization and certification channel system] On September 22, regarding the issue of semaglutide "reflux drugs", Novo Nordisk China told reporters that in response to recent reports, the company always puts patient safety first, and has always firmly supported and fully cooperated with relevant national departments to crack down on illegal activities such as medical insurance reflux drugs in accordance with the law to safeguard the safety of the national medical insurance fund and the legitimate rights and interests of patients. In the statement, Novo Nordisk stated that it will continue to work with industry chain partners such as medical institutions, retail pharmacies, and e-commerce platforms to jointly support standardized medication management and patient education, continue to promote the authorization and certification channel system (including brand direct supply and official authorization channels), and collaboratively improve the quality management and traceability capabilities of the entire drug circulation chain to provide patients with drugs and professional services with clear sources, compliant storage and transportation, and traceability. (The Paper) B[iPhone 18 Pro series sold out on multiple e-commerce platforms] On September 12, Apple’s new products officially opened for pre-sale at 8 pm on September 12, and the first night of pre-sale for the iPhone 18 Pro series was staged. While consumers flocked to various platforms to snap up purchases, the first batch of supplies of many popular models were sold out on different e-commerce platforms, with obvious price premiums. The average transaction price of the iPhone 18 Pro Max 256GB in burgundy was 12,799 yuan, an increase of 1,800 yuan, or 16.4%; the average transaction price of the 256GB silver version was 13,999 yuan, an increase of 3,000 yuan, or 27.3%. On the other hand, as of press time, the iPhone 18 Pro series is still available for pre-order on the official website in some regions, and can be picked up on the same day it goes on sale. B[All Chiba Jewelry online stores have been emptied, clerk responded] On September 11, the sponsoring brokerage Northeast Securities issued a risk warning announcement stating that it was unable to contact Lin Mingjie, the actual controller of Chiba Jewelry, and his wife Gao Xiaosong for unknown reasons. Chiba Jewelry’s official flagship stores on JD.com, Taobao, Xiaohongshu and other platforms have no products for sale. Among them, all products of Qianye Jewelry on JD.com and WeChat stores have been cleared. On September 11, a reporter called a number of Chiba Jewelry offline stores in Beijing as a consumer. The clerks all said that some Chiba Jewelry franchise stores are still operating normally. An employee of a Qianye jewelry franchise store in Haidian District, Beijing, said: "We are a franchise store and have our own boss. The brand selects several manufacturers, and the franchise store purchases goods directly from the manufacturers. Currently, it does not affect customers' consumption and purchase in the store." (China-Singapore Jingwei) B[Li Bin of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange: Continue to vigorously support the development of new trade formats such as cross-border e-commerce and provide more precise policy support for key areas and key industries] On September 10, at a press conference held by the State Council Information Office, Li Bin, spokesperson and deputy director of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, stated that we will persist in coordinating development and security and improve the level of openness of capital projects. On the one hand, we will use the reform of the foreign exchange exhibition industry as a starting point to promote facilitation policies from focusing on business management to paying more attention to subject convenience, continue to vigorously support the development of new trade formats such as cross-border e-commerce, and provide more precise policy support for key areas and key industries. On the other hand, we should coordinate the opening up of capital accounts and the internationalization of the RMB, and promote the deepening of capital account opening from channel opening to institutional opening, from business convenience to subject convenience, from foreign exchange management to domestic and foreign currency coordination, and from exchange links to full-chain management services. (Reporter Li Ting) B[Ministry of Commerce: "Silk Road E-commerce" has become a new engine for high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road"] On September 7, the State Council Information Office held a press conference today. The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Commerce said that in the past ten years, "Silk Road E-commerce" has become a new engine for high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" and promoted new practices for the inclusive and inclusive development of global e-commerce. In the past ten years, "Silk Road e-commerce" cooperation has been extensive. China has signed e-commerce cooperation memorandums with 38 countries on five continents, deepening e-commerce cooperation with multilateral regional e-commerce cooperation such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, China-ASEAN, and China-Central Asia.
In addition, China has promoted the establishment of nearly 200 online and offline national pavilions by platforms and localities, creating an e-commerce express for tens of thousands of high-quality specialty products from partner countries to enter the Chinese market. At the same time, e-commerce platforms are supported to establish more than 60 overseas direct procurement and supply bases, driving the development of the entire industry chain such as cross-border logistics, mobile payment, and cloud services. "Looking to China for e-commerce" has become a consensus among many countries.
Wang Pengfei, head of the Department of E-commerce and Informatization of the Ministry of Commerce, introduced that the "'Silk Road E-commerce' Benefits the World" themed event launched for the first time in 2025 launched 42 cooperation initiatives, attracting the participation of more than 100 countries. It has helped more than 80,000 small and medium-sized businesses in partner countries “get on the platform and sell globally”, creating more than 100,000 direct jobs. B[Ministry of Commerce: Chinese residents’ digital consumption reached 13.3 trillion yuan in the first half of the year, a year-on-year increase of 4.1%] On September 7, the State Council Information Office held a press conference to introduce the fifth Global Digital Trade Expo. Wang Pengfei, head of the Department of E-commerce and Information Technology of the Ministry of Commerce, introduced the results of the "Guiding Opinions on Vigorously Developing Digital Consumption to Create a Better Life in the Digital Era" in the past year since it was issued. According to estimates from the Ministry of Commerce, in the first half of 2026, the scale of digital consumption by Chinese residents reached 13.3 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.1%. Many new generation digital products, such as smart walking exoskeletons and consumer-grade 3D printers, are favored by consumers. Digital services such as online micro-series and virtual reality parks increased by 7.0%, and individual payments for large models increased significantly. Digital consumption continued to play a driving role in China's consumption of goods and services in the first half of the year. B[Liu Liehong investigates the market-oriented allocation reform of data elements in Guizhou Province] September 3rd, during the 2026 China International Big Data Industry Expo, from August 28 to 29, Liu Liehong, Party Secretary and Director of the National Data Administration, led a team to investigate in Guizhou Province. Judging from the survey, the Guizhou Provincial Data System insists on coordinating data development and security, intensifies innovation and exploration, and promotes the market-oriented allocation reform of data elements to achieve significant results. In terms of computing power infrastructure, the company insists on coordinating the construction of intelligent computing centers and computing power dispatching systems. The computing power scale of Guiyang Gui'an has exceeded 176,000 PFlops, and the proportion of intelligent computing exceeds 98%. The foundation for artificial intelligence development has been continuously consolidated. In terms of the development and utilization of public data resources, a medical insurance imaging cloud private network has been built that connects the provincial, municipal, county and township levels, covering 1,633 medical institutions, collecting more than 10 million pieces of imaging data, and realizing cross-hospital retrieval and reuse of imaging reports.
In terms of data fusion applications and scenario construction, the company has launched an enterprise "four-factor" verification product, which has compressed the review cycle for e-commerce settlement and CA processing from seven days to seconds. It has also adopted the cross-provincial collaboration model of "Guizhou exports data and Wenzhou exports scenarios" to accurately serve the personal information of more than 700,000 Guizhou residents in Wenzhou and other places. In terms of the data annotation industry, a data set service platform has been built, with more than 700TB of corpus on the shelves, gathering more than 240 ecological partners, revitalizing the original park resources, and effectively creating local and nearby employment for more than 10,000 people. In terms of data elements empowering the development of artificial intelligence, we will deeply implement the "artificial intelligence +" action, explore the construction of "modulus factories", closely follow the "word elements - new paths to release the value of data elements", use "modulus resonance" to drive the "data flywheel" to accelerate the operation, and innovate new models of "domestic processing and cross-border services". Overall, Guizhou's synergy in computing power, data, applications, and industry has made useful explorations for the country to deepen the reform of market-oriented allocation of data elements.
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