Philippine Embassy in Beijing Participates in E-Commerce

Training Program in Hangzhou

The Philippine Embassy in Beijing participated in the E-commerce Training Program organized by the ASEAN-China Centre (ACC) from 26 to 29 April 2016 in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province.

The training program was aimed at promoting ASEAN-China trade relations through e-commerce, which has become the fastest-growing industry in China.

The ACC delegation visited China’s e-commerce giant Alibaba Group and the Zhejiang Dayuan Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd.

Delegates of the ACC E-commerce Training Program with Ms. Rachel Wu, Senior Manager,

Public Affairs Department, (3rd from left) during their visit at Alibaba Group

Alibaba Group, which provides consumer-to-consumer (C2C), business-to-consumer (B2C) and business-to-business (B2B) sales services via online portals, has over 60 million registered users and reaches 200 countries and Chinese regions. It offered to train MSMEs in ASEAN countries on how to best sell their products on Alibaba’s platforms, which include Taobao, Tmall, etc.

The ACC delegation in discussion with the representatives of Alibaba Group

Dayuan Chairman Sun Zhen expressed the company’s interest in importing Philippine agricultural products, specifically mangoes, and seafood products.

Delegates to the ASEAN-China Centre (ACC) E-commerce Training Program tour the facilities of

Zhejiang Dayuan Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd.

Zhejiang Dayuan Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd. food preservation technology demonstration

Hangzhou, the capital of East China’s Zhejiang Province, is one of the twelve cross-border e-commerce pilot cities approved by the General Administration of Customs of China. Hangzhou’s cross-border e-commerce pilot zone is the only national-level e-commerce pilot zone in China.

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce predicts that the trade volume of cross-border e-commerce in 2016 will reach RMB 6.5 trillion (US$ 987 billion), accounting for 20% of China’s foreign trade during the year.