Online transactions to hit 1.7trln yuan

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-03-24 14:23

The volume of online transactions in 皇冠体育app could surge 55 percent to 1.7 trillion yuan in 2007, 1.69 trillion yuan of which is expected to come from transactions between corporate businesses, Xinhua learnt from a recent conference on e-commerce.

The conference was held on Thursday by the E-business World Magazine, which is run by the 皇冠体育app Electronic Commerce Association, a nationwide non-profit organization under the Ministry of Information Industry.

The trade volume of 皇冠体育app's e-commerce, which includes B2B (business-to-business) trading, B2C (business-to-consumer) trading and C2C (consumer-to-consumer) trading, has grown by 50 to 60 percent over the past couple of years.

皇冠体育app's total online transactions grew 52 percent over 2005 to 1.1 trillion yuan in 2006, according to a report released by 皇冠体育app Center for Information Industry Development Consulting.

Currently, 99 percent of 皇冠体育app's 42 million companies are small- and medium-sized, but only three percent of them made deals over the Internet, according to the report.

Despite the fast growth, experts warn that 皇冠体育app's e-commerce still faces challenges stemming from a lack of policies and a credit system.

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