Lijiang boosts cross-border e-commerce

Lijiang's Huaping county held its first cross-border e-commerce summit on July 20, seeking to further develop its local cross-border e-commerce industry.

Lijiang's Huaping county holds its first cross-border e-commerce summit on July 20. [Photo by Yang Zongyou/Xinhua]

Chen Xingyuan, Lijiang's deputy mayor, said, "The Lijiang government has supported Huaping county to develop its plateau-featured agriculture in recent years and the county has won a great reputation for its agricultural products, such as mangos, tea leaves and walnuts."

Huaping county was designated as a pilot county in Yunnan province to introduce e-commerce in 2015, and has seen great development in mango e-commerce sales revenue reaching up to 72 million yuan ($10.6 million).

Li Xianxiang, secretary of the Huaping county Party committee, said that Huaping's high-quality mangos and mushrooms have been sold worldwide, including to Italy, France, the United Arab Emirates and Dubai through online retailers.

Chen Xingyuan, Lijiang's deputy mayor, delivers a speech during the Huaping cross-border e-commerce summit on July 20. [Photo by Yang Zongyou/Xinhua]

Hua Zefei, president of the Yunnan Association of Private Entrepreneurs, said, "Huaping county enjoys a good location, connecting surrounding areas to develop cross-border e-commerce sales. The online platform can greatly improve the sale of local agricultural products and increase farmers' incomes."

Alibaba, the world's biggest e-commerce company, will support the county in the future to construct the Huaping Cross-border E-commerce Industrial Park. The park will be an e-commerce ecologic park integrating big data, logistics and talent training.

Bai Zilong (R), a project leader from Alibaba, and Hua Zefei, president of the Yunnan Association of Private Entrepreneurs, exchange ideas on e-commerce. [Photo by Yang Zongyou/Xinhua]

Edited by Zachary Dye