Shanghai is focusing on five major district-level clusters to foster key productive internet service platforms as a way to promote digital and high-quality development.
Pudong New Area, Baoshan District, Putuo District, Lingang Special Area, and Hongqiao International Center Business District have been designated as five key areas to cultivate specific productive Internet service enterprises based on various industries.
The support package announced on Tuesday follows a set of guidelines published last year on promoting the high-quality development of productive internet service platforms.
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Zhu Minren of the Shanghai Commission of Commerce said at a press conference on Tuesday that accelerating the development of such platforms will play an important role in establishing industrial chains and expanding new possibilities for industrial development. He said that this is an important issue for the Shanghai Commission of Commerce. Local government of the year.
Local state-owned enterprises and private enterprises are actively promoting new development models for trade facilitation and technological advancement, and also play the role of demonstration to their counterparts.
Dozens of productive Internet service platforms in Shanghai have achieved fruitful results through continuous efforts to promote and encourage the use of the Internet and digital infrastructure.
Of the 67 major local platforms, 23 are commercial trading sites for commodities and industrial products such as oil and gas, with total sales of 2.63 trillion yuan (US$370 billion) in 2023, compared to the previous year. It increased by 8.8% compared to the previous year.
The remaining 44 digital service platforms mainly provide digital transformation and professional services, and their total revenue last year was 74.39 billion yuan, an increase of 10.5% over the previous year.
For example, Haizol, a one-stop procurement solutions provider headquartered in Shanghai, currently supports customers in 27 languages and connects buyers in 105 countries and regions with 700,000 Chinese manufacturers.
The company has seen a 43% increase in total orders despite an overall slump in demand due to its rapid response to new trends, while total orders from Belt and Road countries are expected to increase by 196% from 2022. , announced that the transaction value surged by more than 60% to reach more than 600 million yuan. .
