On November 16, the 2022 China Jiangsu E-commerce Conference, guided by the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Commerce and the Nanjing Municipal People's Government and hosted by the Nanjing Municipal Bureau of Commerce, grandly opened in Nanjing. Wang Xuanqing, Special Commissioner of the Ministry of Commerce's Nanjing Office, Yu Bingying, Second-level Inspector of the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Commerce, and Deng Zhiyi, Member of the Standing Committee of the Nanjing Municipal Party Committee and Vice Mayor, attended the opening ceremony and delivered speeches.
The Jiangsu E-commerce Conference has been successfully held for six consecutive years since 2016, becoming a "booster" for enterprise transformation and upgrading, a "circle of friends" for the e-commerce industry, a "wisdom repository" for industrial development, and a "showcase" for the latest achievements in Jiangsu Province's e-commerce industry. This year's conference, themed "Digital Empowerment for a Better Life," focuses on high-end, professional, and trend-oriented aspects, highlighting the forefront of digital economic development, jointly exploring new directions for e-commerce development, showcasing outstanding Chinese industrial internet enterprises and their latest achievements, and providing new models, new wisdom, and new momentum for industry development.
Wang Xuanqing, Special Commissioner of the Ministry of Commerce's Nanjing Office
Wang Xuanqing, Special Commissioner of the Ministry of Commerce's Nanjing Office, welcomed the guests, stating that the commercial and trade services sector is a key area for the development of the industrial internet. Nanjing is one of the earliest cities in China to develop a digital economy and is a nationally renowned "software city," possessing a solid foundation for industrial internet development. Nanjing should leverage its advantages, focus on key areas, and vigorously develop digital trade and digital commerce, using digital empowerment and supply chain integration to continuously elevate the commercial and trade services sector to new heights.
Yu Bingying, Second-Level Inspector of Jiangsu Provincial Department of Commerce
Yu Bingying, a second-level inspector of the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Commerce, congratulated the convening of the conference. He stated that since the beginning of this year, the province's commerce system has resolutely implemented the Party Central Committee's major requirements of "preventing the epidemic, stabilizing the economy, and ensuring safe development," fully leveraging the positive role of e-commerce, and coordinating various tasks. E-commerce has generally shown a stable and positive development trend. Currently, Jiangsu boasts 15 national-level e-commerce demonstration bases, ranking first in the country; and 8 national-level digital commerce enterprises, ranking second nationwide. It has also established 107 provincial-level digital commerce enterprises and 64 provincial-level e-commerce demonstration bases. The province's commerce system will earnestly implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and under the strong leadership of the Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government, will fully promote the integration of e-commerce with the real economy, and drive e-commerce to play a more active role in digital transformation and upgrading, expanding circulation and promoting consumption, and encouraging innovation and entrepreneurship. Cordless Vacuum Cleaner China
Deng Zhiyi, member of the Standing Committee of the Nanjing Municipal Committee and Vice Mayor
In his address, Deng Zhiyi, Standing Committee Member of the Nanjing Municipal Party Committee and Vice Mayor, stated that Nanjing, as one of the first batch of national-level e-commerce demonstration cities, is using e-commerce as a starting point to accelerate the deep integration of the digital economy and the real economy, and promoting the intelligent transformation and digital transformation of 1,800 large-scale industrial enterprises. Nanjing will firmly grasp the opportunities presented by the development of the digital economy, enabling digital empowerment for industrial transformation, focusing on the city's "2+2+2+X" innovative industrial system, promoting digital transformation in various fields, and continuously fostering new business forms and models such as personalized customization, intelligent production, and networked collaboration; and enabling digital empowerment for a better life, focusing on areas such as commerce, sports, elderly care, transportation, tourism, and cultural and creative industries, expanding digital life application scenarios, and enhancing citizens' perception and experience of digital life.
2022 Jiangsu Province Digital Commerce Enterprise
The first batch of county-level e-commerce industrial clusters in Jiangsu Province
Taking the demonstration project as an opportunity to better leverage the agglomeration and radiation effects of the e-commerce industry, this conference held an awarding ceremony for the 2022 Jiangsu Provincial Digital Commerce Enterprises and the first batch of Jiangsu Provincial County-level E-commerce Industrial Clusters. Three enterprises and one cluster from Nanjing were listed: Jiangsu Kangzhong Auto Parts Co., Ltd., Whale Cloud Computing Technology Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Suhao Cloud Commerce Co., Ltd., and Gaochun Gucheng Lake Crab Industrial Cluster. Currently, Nanjing has two national-level demonstration bases, six provincial-level e-commerce demonstration bases, five national-level e-commerce demonstration enterprises, three national-level digital commerce enterprises, and twenty provincial-level digital commerce enterprises, ranking first in the province in both quantity and quality.
At the meeting, the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Commerce released the "Ten Key Actions for High-Quality Development of E-commerce in Jiangsu" via video. These actions focus on key areas such as cultivating e-commerce market entities, upgrading demonstration bases, deepening the application of e-commerce live streaming, and promoting "digital commerce for agriculture." Based on the important role of e-commerce in connecting online and offline, linking supply and demand, and connecting domestic and international markets, the actions aim to further expand, strengthen, and optimize Jiangsu's e-commerce industry, accelerate the digital transformation of the economy and society, innovatively promote the construction of a modern circulation system, and continuously promote higher-level international cooperation, adding new momentum to the construction of a strong, prosperous, beautiful, and innovative Jiangsu.
At the conference, the Industrial Digitalization Innovation and Development Alliance was officially established. This alliance was jointly initiated by nearly 20 listed and soon-to-be-listed companies in the industrial internet sector, including Huitongda, Huaneng Zhilian, Guolian Shares, and Ouye Cloud Commerce. The alliance will focus on innovation and practice, uniting key enterprises, institutions, universities, and third-party think tanks to create a resource-sharing intelligent platform and continuously promote the sustained innovation and healthy development of industrial digitalization in my country.
The 2022 Nanjing Digital Trade Innovation Enterprises List was also released at the conference.
The three-day conference featured a variety of special events, including the Industrial Internet Expo, the 9th China Industrial Digitalization Annual Conference, and a venture capital matchmaking event. These innovative and engaging activities created a comprehensive and multi-dimensional annual event for the digital economy!
Highlight 1: See Trends, Find Services, Select Products—Industrial Internet Expo
From November 16th to 18th, the Industrial Internet Expo was held at the Nanjing Xinzhuang International Exhibition Center. Spanning 6,500 square meters, the expo featured nearly 200 exhibitors and included zones for new retail, e-commerce platforms, cross-border e-commerce, supply chain innovation, city pavilions, and industrial parks (clusters). Based on Jiangsu's distinctive industries, the expo showcased cutting-edge e-commerce experiences across the industry, providing effective business negotiation opportunities, powerful brand promotion, and a large-scale cross-industry exchange platform. It created a commercially valuable space for cooperation between brand owners, distributors, and service providers. The "Super Factory Zone," in conjunction with 1688, featured 30 carefully selected high-quality source factories from Jiangsu's industrial belts, showcasing products including plush toys, personal care and household cleaning products, home textiles, and daily necessities. Through a combination of exhibition area, live streaming, and competition, the expo leveraged the platform's online and offline merchant and buyer resources to help more high-quality Jiangsu manufacturers sell nationwide and globally. The expo also included exciting events such as live product selection sessions and cross-border e-commerce sharing sessions.
Highlight Two: High-end, Authoritative, and Professional – The 9th China Industrial Digitalization Annual Conference
The 9th China Industrial Digitalization Annual Conference, hosted by Toby.com, a leading domestic media and research institution specializing in industrial digitalization, brought together a large number of established and emerging listed companies and leading enterprises in China's industrial digitalization sector. It integrated top resources in strategic consulting, platform planning, industrial promotion, academic exchange, innovation and entrepreneurship, and industry-finance cooperation to create an open, shared, and collaborative exchange platform. Several industry experts, including Zhao Lindu, Chief Professor of Southeast University and Vice President of the China Logistics Society, Xu Xiuxian, founder of Huitongda, and Li Jiaping, General Manager of Alibaba's Strategic Development Department, delivered keynote speeches on the digital transformation of various industries. The conference also featured several exciting events, including the "Jinling Industrial Digitalization Night" and the "IDLC-20 and the First Council Meeting of the Industrial Digitalization Innovation and Development Alliance," and the release of several awards, including the "2022 Top Ten Chinese Industrial Digitalization Companies."
Highlight Three: Stimulating Innovation and Setting Benchmarks—The 2022 Nanjing Digital Trade Innovation Enterprise List is Officially Released.
To cultivate key digital trade enterprises and accelerate the development of innovative digital trade business models, the Yangtze River International Digital Trade Innovation and Development Research Institute and Xinhua Media Think Tank conducted the 2022 Nanjing Digital Trade Innovation Enterprise Selection, which was announced at this conference.
This selection process highlighted the fundamental characteristics of Nanjing's digital trade enterprises in their innovative application of digital technologies. It established an "Evaluation System for Innovative Digital Trade Enterprises," conducting quantitative evaluations and selections of relevant companies in the fields of digital trade platforms, digital technology and digital service trade, and e-commerce, based on industry surveys and expert opinions. Following the selection process, 20 companies, including Jiangsu Manyun Software Technology Co., Ltd., Huitongda Network Technology Co., Ltd., and Whale Cloud Computing Technology Co., Ltd., were awarded the title of "2022 Nanjing Digital Trade Innovative Enterprises." The release of this list sets an innovative example for the development of digital trade in Nanjing and stimulates its innovative momentum.
Highlight 4: Financial Empowerment for the Integration of "Two Chains"—Venture Capital Matching Event
On November 17th, the 2022 China Jiangsu E-commerce Conference will host a special event for venture capital matchmaking. More than 40 financial institutions from across China will participate, and the project roadshow attracted nearly 30 innovative and entrepreneurial companies. Several high-quality projects received professional guidance and feedback from the judges. During the event, the Nanjing E-commerce Association will also release the "Nanjing Financial Empowerment 'Two Chains' Integration Action Plan." This is an innovative measure by industry organizations to enhance the level of professional services in the financial field. It aims to deploy the innovation chain around the industrial chain and lay out the industrial chain around the innovation chain, promoting greater strides in high-quality economic development. The plan establishes a resource-sharing platform, promotes exchange and cooperation between enterprises and financial institutions, expands the scale of upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain, accelerates the integration of the innovation chain and the industrial chain, and cultivates new drivers for industrial modernization. The Nanjing E-commerce Venture Capital Service Center will also be unveiled at the event. Through providing technology transfer and transformation services, and supporting innovation and entrepreneurship venture capital elements, the center will assist the growth of start-ups and help medium-sized enterprises grow stronger.
Business officials from Guangdong Province, Jiangxi Province, Anshan City in Liaoning Province, and various cities and counties in Jiangsu Province, as well as relevant leaders from the Municipal Cyberspace Administration, Municipal Finance Bureau, Municipal Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau, Municipal Market Supervision Administration, and Municipal Supply and Marketing Cooperative, along with renowned experts and scholars, leading e-commerce platforms, industrial internet companies, investment institutions, and media representatives, attended the conference.
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